The Granddaughter of Manhyang Escort Bureau Hides Her Magic - Chapter 99
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Chapter 99
As soon as she recited the Illusion Magic Spell, Shin Ah’s Dantian and Circle spun wildly.
Soon Bang Jin and his subordinate began screaming.
“Aaaah, aaaaaaah, centipedes, centipedes! Where did these come from, hey! Get them off me, huh? Get them off!”
“Uuuugh, boss, they’re on my body too. These, aaaah, please catch them!”
The two men flailed their arms and jumped around frantically, then lay down on the dirt ground and rolled around.
“Why are those guys acting like that?”
Juhwa stared at the men with her mouth agape.
“Heaven must have sent down divine punishment. They must be seeing things. Like centipedes?”
At Shin Ah’s calm response, Juhwa blinked several times before belatedly nodding.
Though it was a sudden and absurd situation, seeing them scream loudly to have centipedes removed, she couldn’t help but believe it.
Shin Ah passed by the bewildered Juhwa and shouted.
“Hey, should I help you get the centipedes off?”
“Please, please! Aaaah, they’re biting, biting. It stings, ah it stings!”
“I’m scared of centipedes too, so I can’t touch them with my hands. Instead.”
Shin Ah looked around and found a bamboo broom with frayed bristles.
The corners of Shin Ah’s mouth slowly curled up.
“I’ll get them off with this!”
Shin Ah raised the bamboo broom high and charged forward.
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Shin Ah struck the Dark Path members with all her might. She even infused Internal Energy into the bamboo broom.
Since she was converting Internal Energy to Mana, she couldn’t use Strong Energy like a peak master, but it was enough to educate the Dark Path members who were out of their minds from the Illusion Magic.
Thwack, thwack, thwack.
Ugh, ugh, uugh.
Every time Shin Ah beat them down, the Dark Path members screamed in perfect rhythm. Juhwa’s facial muscles twitched along with them.
Exhausted from beating them, Shin Ah exhaled and lowered the bamboo broom.
‘If I do more, I’ll collapse from Mana deficiency.’
Shin Ah quietly withdrew the magic. The illusion disappeared instantly.
Bang Jin muttered in a bewildered voice.
“The, the centipedes… the centipedes are gone.”
“I knocked them off for you.”
“Did I see things that weren’t there?”
“That can’t be. You saw them, your subordinate saw them, I saw them, and Juhwa saw them too. Right?”
Shin Ah poked Juhwa’s side. When Juhwa reflexively answered “Yes,” Bang Jin scratched the back of his head and nodded.
Then he grabbed his shoulder and groaned in pain. As he came to his senses, the pain struck him.
His whole body was throbbing…
“What, what’s this? Blood, I’m bleeding?”
A nosebleed trickled down.
Bang Jin blocked his nose and glared at Shin Ah with bloodshot eyes.
“I won’t forgive you!”
As he growled and tried to get up, Shin Ah spread Thin Ice under his feet at that exact moment.
“Whoa, whooooa!”
Bang Jin stepped on the Thin Ice and slipped backward, falling flat on his back.
Thud!
There was a sound like a pumpkin cracking, and Bang Jin lost consciousness.
“Hey, do you have anything to say?”
Shin Ah looked at Bang Jin’s subordinate.
Being slightly smarter than Bang Jin, he didn’t believe Shin Ah’s claim that the centipedes were real. And he clearly saw with his own eyes the Thin Ice forming under Bang Jin’s feet.
He also clearly saw that Shin Ah had muttered something then, and the child’s expression when Bang Jin fell backward.
‘It was an expression of getting what she wanted.’
Realizing this, a chilling sensation ran down his spine.
All the bizarre incidents that had happened were definitely the result of that child doing something.
The man licked his dry lips with his tongue. His lips were cracked and tasted of blood.
“I have nothing to say.”
He knelt respectfully and answered. Shin Ah raised one eyebrow.
This one understands reason.
“So you won’t cause trouble at the Chang’an Branch anymore, right?”
“That’s… that’s our job!”
“Then this is my job, isn’t it?”
When Shin Ah raised the bamboo broom, the man made a strange “hiiek” sound and banged his forehead on the ground.
“I’m sorry. I won’t do it!”
“There are three things that need to disappear from Chang’an. Listen carefully.”
“Yes, yes!”
The man was extremely tense, worried that Shin Ah might use another strange technique.
He nodded vigorously.
“First, Dark Path activities. Second, Dark Path members.”
She’s telling us to leave.
The man was despairing about where to go when.
“Lastly.”
Shin Ah stared at the door beyond the man’s shoulder.
“Putting anyone related to our Branch Office in danger. I’m the branch manager. I repay both kindness and grudges threefold. Since Escort Warriors repay twofold, I should repay threefold, right? If you don’t like it, should I make it fourfold?”
“No! Threefold! I’ll remember.”
The Illusion Magic, the bamboo broom beating, and making Bang Jin slip.
The man was thoroughly disciplined.
“Let’s never see each other again.”
‘This should be enough for him to understand my warning clearly.’
Just then, he sensed someone’s presence from inside the room.
“Yes, yes, I’ll keep it in mind.”
The man with a blue bruise around his eye answered loudly.
Whether Oh Bangja understood Shin Ah’s warning remained to be seen.
* * *
That night, Juhwa brought news that the Dark Path members had packed their things and fled in the night.
Shin Ah was newly amazed by Juhwa.
“Juhwa, where do you hear all this news?”
Juhwa the Pioneer.
She was known as an Escort Warrior who pioneered paths using her information network spread in all directions, but Shin Ah suddenly had the reasonable suspicion that the cause and effect might be reversed.
‘She found new paths because her information network was good.’
“Me? I just… overhear things?”
“So where do you overhear them?”
“From the Beggars Under the Bridge.”
“From beggars?”
“Yes. When I was little, I was briefly kicked out of home. While staying Under the Bridge then, I became friends with several beggars. We were really close, but then my mother came looking for me and I went back home.”
Juhwa’s face was bright as she talked about her dark past.
She was hungry then, but it was really fun.
“After that, I often bring food when I go to hang out there.”
“Do those people just tell you all sorts of things?”
“Huh? What would beggars know to tell me? They just chatter among themselves about things they picked up here and there, whether I’m there or not.”
Shin Ah’s eyes narrowed.
The beggars under Chang’an bridge – why do I get the feeling there’s something more to them?
However, Shin Ah’s thoughts couldn’t continue deeper.
“Miss, you haven’t forgotten that you’re meeting the courier applicants today, have you?”
The courier recruitment could no longer be delayed.
They had posted the courier recruitment notice just a day ago, and already over a hundred documents were piled up on Shin Ah’s desk.
“If all those people come rushing in at once, our branch office will burst at the seams.”
Juhwa joked around.
* * *
After much deliberation, Shin Ah, Juhwa, and Chilseon selected three couriers.
Two sturdy men and one woman.
The two men were one thing, but hiring a female courier was quite radical, so So Hyeokho immediately expressed his doubts.
‘Grandfather really – he hired Juhwa too, yet now he’s surprised about a female courier.’
He probably trusted the systematic courier examination process, but didn’t trust Shin Ah’s judgment.
‘He thinks I lack experience.’
So Shin Ah simply sent back a reply telling him to wait and see.
The courier she selected was a woman, but she was as strong as any man, and having worked long at a trading company, she knew how to handle goods delicately.
Being a courier wasn’t just about having brute strength, so this kind of person was absolutely necessary.
‘She’s a woman, but that’s exactly why she’ll do better.’
While Shin Ah smiled contentedly, Juhwa’s training was in full swing.
“You have to lift it carefully so the goods don’t get damaged!”
“That’s not where you put it.”
“How many times do I have to tell you that’s called a short ice storage? Start counting the goods again from the beginning.”
Sure enough.
Only the male couriers were getting scolded by Juhwa when it came to handling packages.
Thanks to telling them before hiring to thoroughly respect Juhwa and Chilseon as their seniors, the older men just nodded silently and did their work despite the stream of nagging and criticism.
‘Right, I knew they’d be docile.’
That was the reason these two men were selected from among the numerous courier applicants.
They had gentle and steady personalities, like cattle.
Shin Ah swung her feet leisurely as she observed the bustling branch office.
The couriers quickly adapted to the escort agency work. Juhwa’s sharp teaching and Chilseon’s warm care played a big part in that.
‘This much should be enough to give our branch office a proper form.’
They were steadily getting closer to their goal.
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