"Magic?!! But How?" Mu Lingxi exclaimed. She never thought that her life can be more complicated.
"Silly girl. If I knew how, do you think I still need to send you away?" Mu Ruochen sadly retorted.
"But grandfather, I don't want to go... I want to take care of you. Just send Yanxiao away I'll stay with you.. don't send me away. Pleaseeee???" She pleaded with puppy eyes. Mu Lingxi decided to play her card and act cute in front of her grandfather again.
Hoping that this will change his mind. She knew better than anyone that she can't have any sort of magic precisely because she is not the real Mu Lingxi in the first place.
"Little girl, I hope you will not hate grandfather but this time we cannot do it your way. Someday you will realize that I'm doing this for your own good"
"But grandfather,... I don----------"
"His highness wants to seek an audience from the Mu head clan." a high pitched voice resounded on their ears before Mu Lingxi can even voice her protest.
"We will talk about it later, for now, you can go back to your room." Mu Ruochen dismissed her granddaughter and headed to personally greet his majesty.
Mu Lingxi had no other choice but let go of the matter. She feels like crying but there were no tears to shed. She walked back to her chamber downcasted.
"What should I do????!!!"
"MEOW" [ Just let it be... relax. ]
"How could I??? You heard him... He wants me to learn magic... and obviously, I cannot. You know that."
"MEOW" [ So what? It doesn't matter. ]
"Yes, it is! What if they got suspicious about my identity because I don't have magic and find out that I'm not the real Mu Lingxi? What if they accused me of killing her instead? what if----"
"MEOW" [ Cut it off Lingxi... you are overthinking. Don't you see, even your grandfather doesn't have magic so it's normal that you don't have it as well. It won't be an issue. ]
"But I don't know what to do in that Academia or whatsoever.."
"MEOW" [Just do your best. Who knows? Maybe you could be able to conjure one or two spells.. That would be better. ]
"Well, I'm not some sort of Hermione or Harry Potter as you know. I am no wizard or whatever you called them."
Mu Lingxi was busy talking to her cat, as she turns to a corner and bumped with someone. They both fell down.
"Oh, I...I'm sorry..." She mumbled and as they got up. Yanyan helps her up of course. She automatically dusted the other party's skirt just like what she used to do whenever she bumped to someone before.
"It's ok Lingxi, I can just change to a new set of a dress just let it be." Mu Lingxi heard a sweet voice with a hint of laughter, she slowly raised her head to meet the owner of that voice.
"It seems like you're totally fine. I'm glad to see that you're not hurt." The lady continued to say.
This lady was no other than Mu Lingxi's cousin, Mu Yanxiao. She had a slender body and pale white skin. Her silky black hair fell beautifully down to her waist. She looks perfect if not for the bandage that she was wearing on her head.
"Yeah, I'm good." Mu Lingxi replied to humor her cousin
She immediately doesn't feel good upon meeting this cousin. Her smile looks so sarcastic.
Mu Lingxi was about to continue walking away when one of Yanxiao's servant whispered to the other handmaiden.
" Lady Lingxi is really ill-mannered, do you see how she speak to Lady Yanxiao, her benefactor?" Loud enough to be heard by Mu Lingxi.
"It seems that you have an opinion for yourself," said Lingxi as she faces the girl who just spoke.
The maidservant glance at Mu Yanxiao and when she saw that her young miss was pretending as if she does not hear anything, she continued to question the behavior of Mu Lingxi.
"Lady Yanxiao got hurt all because of you! But you never intended to visit her, and now that you see her you don't even know how to say thank you!" She said justifiably as if Mu Lingxi really wronged them.
This maidservant is not just a commoner that is why she has guts to utter some words of disdain towards Lingxi. Most of the maidservants around Mu Yanxiao came from the side family of other powerful clans. They are more like a lackey to Yanxiao, doing her bidding without the slightest hesitation.
"Who gave you the right to question young miss? You are just a lowly servant you don't have the right to talk to her! You insolent brat!" Yanyan exclaimed.
She was familiar with this kind of scenario since she used to follow Mu Lingxi for quite some time now. This kind of people who do not know better than to hold their tongue was not enough to make her young miss take a personal move. Without waiting for any response, she directly hit the girl on the face. The slap was so hard that Yanyan's hand seems to be printed red on the maid servant's face.
She might be someone from the side family of an influential clan. But in this place, she was still a servant just like Yanyan. And Yanyan previously handles this kind of girls a lot. They tend to do things that will please Yanxiao to get the better of her. And they thought that one of the easiest ways to achieve that was through humiliating Mu Lingxi. Yet they thought it wrong. Unlike her, the only maidservant of Lingxi, those girls were like disposable goods for Yanxiao. Whenever this kind of situation happens she will stand up for Lingxi. She will beat the insolence out of those dim-witted ladies in waiting. After that, those unlucky maidservants will get punished for crossing Mu Lingxi. They will be banished on the clan residence and who knows what will happen next to them given that Mu Lingxi has an overly doting grandfather at top of that.
After all, who sane grandfather will let their grandchild get bullied by just anyone???
Every time the situation escalated that way, Lady Yanxiao won't do anything to save those dumb lady in waiting that used to serve her.
But Yanyan unlike them has Mu Lingxi. Although this young miss is a troublemaker on the surface, she believed that Mu Lingxi has a good heart. Her young miss always stands on her side to defend her and shield her away from any punishment. That is why she was confident that even after what she has done, she will remain unscathed while this poor little girl will have to say goodbye to this storyline.
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