"Knock, knock, knock." Luo En knocked on Mrs. Griffin's door on the first floor.
"Who is it, so early in the morning?" Mrs. Griffin's voice came from inside the room.
Morning? It's almost noon, Luo En's mouth twitched.
He had gone out to buy groceries early in the morning, met that silver-haired woman, then spent time calming himself down after mixing and drinking the potion, and then spent more time packing his luggage to make a run for it. After all that, it was already close to noon.
"Do you know it's very impolite to disturb a lady's sleep, little Luo En?" Mrs. Griffin opened the door, looking a bit annoyed, seemingly with some morning grumpiness.
"Actually, it's almost noon," Luo En reminded her softly.
"Noon? Oh! I guess I'm getting old," Mrs. Griffin sighed lightly.
"No, Mrs. Griffin, you're still very young, just like, just like…" Luo En was momentarily stuck for words; he didn't have much experience in social interactions.
"Hmm, I know I'm starting to get old, let's not talk about such boring topics." Mrs. Griffin quickly ended the conversation about age. She looked up and glanced at Luo En, seeing his breathless appearance, and asked,
"What do you need me for, looking so flustered?"
"I, I recently have something urgent and might have to go on a long trip. I wanted to come and say goodbye to you."
"Going on a long trip? So are you here to check out, or to ask me to terminate the lease?"
"I remember we signed a contract, which cannot be violated. Don't think about breaching the contract just because I'm easy to talk to," Mrs. Griffin said seriously.
"No, no, I'm not trying to breach the contract," Luo En quickly denied.
"Then what do you want to do?" Mrs. Griffin asked, puzzled.
"Honestly, little Luo En, you've been really strange these past two days."
'A bit strange? Have I been found out?'
As a Transmigrator, Luo En felt a bit guilty.
"I…" Luo En hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, it's just that during the time I'm away, could you also leave for a bit?"
"Why?"
"I've provoked some people and need to avoid them. I'm afraid they'll come looking for me here, and then I'm afraid they'll…"
"You're afraid of implicating me, aren't you?" Mrs. Griffin interrupted before Luo En could finish.
"Yes," Luo En nodded.
"Just this kind of thing?" Mrs. Griffin looked indifferent.
This kind of thing? The other party might be a powerful Beyonder, are you really that fearless, old lady?
"No wonder you've been so strange these past two days, so you caused trouble!"
"You don't need to leave." Mrs. Griffin continued, "The original contract included a clause that the landlord must ensure the safety of the residents. With me here, you don't need to be afraid."
"But…" Just as Luo En was about to say something, Mrs. Griffin directly interjected.
"Who did you provoke? Is it a gang, or the police? Or a noble?"
"None of them, they're much more troublesome than that."
"Oh? Then what is it?" Mrs. Griffin became interested.
"Uh, please don't be scared when I tell you," Luo En hesitated.
"Don't worry, I've seen everything when I was young, there's nothing that can scare me," Mrs. Griffin reassured him.
"It's… it's some people who are beyond human limits." Luo En didn't know how to describe Beyonders, so he could only put it that way.
"Beyond human limits? Interesting." Mrs. Griffin neither disbelieved nor showed fear; instead, she seemed a bit eager to try.
"How did you provoke those people?" Mrs. Griffin gave him a scrutinizing look.
Luo En felt a bit uneasy under her gaze and didn't speak.
"Never mind, you have some secrets, and I won't ask you. Anyway, I'm not leaving."
"But…" Just as Luo En was about to speak, he heard Mrs. Griffin say,
"Why don't you just stay too? This house is very safe."
"After all, all violence is forbidden here."
"As for those so-called people beyond human limits, I've taken down many of them when I was young," Mrs. Griffin said with a confident expression.
So confident? Could it be that Mrs. Griffin is also a Beyonder, and a very powerful one at that?
If that's true, then maybe I don't have to leave. Luo En analyzed the situation in his mind.
But just then, Luo En became dazed again, and a scene suddenly appeared in his mind: sparse crowds and a speeding steam train.
That was Backlund Train Station.
'Is fate telling me to leave?' Luo En thought.
He was still willing to trust this possible cheat.
"Little Luo En? Are you alright?" Mrs. Griffin asked, seeing Luo En frozen in place.
"Uh… I'm fine, I just didn't expect you to be so brave."
"Of course, when I was young, I was…" Mrs. Griffin was very pleased with the compliment and began to talk voluminously about her youth.
"I know you're very capable."
"But, I still have to leave for a bit." Luo En decided to temporarily follow the guidance of fate.
"You think I can't protect you?"
"No, no." Luo En quickly denied, making up an excuse: "It's just that I already planned to leave temporarily, and this is my own business. I don't want to involve you."
This was also the truth; Luo En was not the kind of person who liked to owe others favors. And although Mrs. Griffin seemed very confident, what if? She was old, what if she couldn't beat the opponent?
If he wasn't there, even if that silver-haired woman came looking for him, she probably wouldn't risk dealing with Mrs. Griffin, an unrelated person, after all, the wrongdoer has their target.
Mrs. Griffin looked deeply at Luo En and nodded.
"Alright, if you want to go, I won't stop you."
"But you don't need to worry about me; no one can hurt me in my own home." Mrs. Griffin smiled confidently again.
"When are you leaving?"
"Tonight, probably?" Luo En was a bit uncertain.
"Then be quiet and don't disturb me.
Alright, go do your thing, I still need to catch up on some sleep." With that, Mrs. Griffin turned and closed the door.
"Uh, goodbye."
After saying goodbye to Mrs. Griffin, Luo En returned to his room. The time he had agreed upon with Wine Bottle was 8:30 PM, and it was only around 12:00 PM, so he had plenty of time.
He planned to use this time to test the abilities he had gained after drinking the potion.
"It seems, my strength has increased a bit?" Luo En came to the desk, placed his left hand under the desk, and then with a strong push, lifted the table with one hand.
"That's right, my strength has indeed increased. Neither I before transmigration nor my original body had such strength."
Luo En felt the changes in his body, and it wasn't just strength; his entire physical quality had improved.
But Luo En wasn't very happy.
"My strength has indeed increased, but it hasn't exceeded the level of an ordinary person." Luo En calculated in his mind; for such a small improvement, he had to spend several hundred pounds, which was clearly an unprofitable business.
"Far beyond ordinary people's spirituality, how do I verify this?"
After thinking for a while, Luo En pulled a penny coin from his pocket. He flicked it gently, and the coin was tossed into the air. His gaze followed the coin as it rose to its peak, and at the moment of its descent, he suddenly caught the coin with a backhand.
"I guess it's tails." Luo En opened his palm and found that it was indeed the tails side facing up.
Then he tossed the coin again.
"I guess it's heads."
…
"I guess it's…"
After trying several times and finding that he could guess correctly every time, Luo En finally understood what "far beyond ordinary people's spirituality" meant.
At least in the current situation, it could be considered an exceptionally accurate intuition.
"Perhaps I can be a gambling god.
With this ability, guessing dice rolls or something should be very simple," Luo En muttered to himself.
Although he finally felt a bit like a Beyonder, Luo En wasn't really happy.
Firstly, this ability was too subjective and didn't suit a science and engineering man like Luo En.
Secondly, this ability wasn't intuitive enough; there was no real sense of holding Beyonder power.
"Strange, why am I so tired?"
Luo En looked up at the mechanical clock on the wall.
"Is it already past five in the afternoon?"
Realizing that he had spent almost an entire afternoon testing his spirituality, Luo En quickly perked up.
The agreed time with Wine Bottle was 8:30 PM, and accounting for travel time, it was almost time to depart.