That afternoon, Luo En sat alone in his hotel room, feeling somewhat at a loss.
"So, everything's fine?" He looked down at his uninjured body.
The entire day had been calm, and he hadn't received any warnings from fate.
"No, this is just the beginning. Only half a day has passed. At the speed of a steam train, that silver-haired woman might have already reached Tingen."
"What should I do now?"
Luo En had thought about going out to hide, but then he dismissed the idea, realizing he was unfamiliar with the place.
He decided to stay in this hotel for a full week first; at least, he shouldn't waste the room fee.
"Meow~"
Luo En held the Orange Cat in his arms, absentmindedly stroking it.
"You, I've already given you food, why are you still so greedy? You even went looking for something to drink, and of all things, you had to drink a potion."
"Do you know how much trouble you've caused me?"
Luo En spoke to the cat in a dejected tone, though it sounded more like he was talking to himself than having a conversation.
"Meow?" A cat face full of innocence stared at Luo En.
"Sigh, you're right, why am I arguing with a cat?"
"But since I'm planning to adopt you, I should give you a name. Just calling you 'cat' isn't going to work."
Although he said that, Luo En was actually just trying to distract himself by thinking of a name.
"What kind of name would be good?" Luo En fell into deep thought.
Mimi, Huang, or Miao?
Forget it, those are too Chinese; they don't fit the style of this world.
"If I chose those names, I might accidentally expose my identity as a transmigrator." Luo En rejected his initial ideas.
But he also felt a bit unaccustomed to purely Loen-style names.
"Meow…"
"Don't squirm!" Luo En said with some displeasure, looking at the unruly Orange Cat in his arms, "I finally got you clean; don't get dirty again."
After bringing it back earlier, Luo En had forgotten to bathe it because of the potion incident. By the time he realized it, he had already started getting fleas.
He had unknowingly petted an unbathed stray cat for two days.
Neither he nor his original body had ever seen such a thing. Luo En, seeing fleas for the first time in two lifetimes, was distraught when he scratched one out of his head.
The thought of the cat licking his face while he slept made his skin crawl.
He immediately took the cat to the washroom and gave it a thorough 'torture'.
Only then did he discover it was a female cat.
"Look at you, before your bath, you looked like you were picked out of a trash heap… Well, you were a stray cat, so it's probably about right."
"By the way, what name should I give you?"
"Trash…" Luo En suddenly thought of something.
Trash… Lachi… Lucky.
Lucky! Luo En's eyes lit up.
Just call her Lucky?
No, let's change it a bit…
"You'll be called Lachi." Luo En decided to transliterate 'lucky', playing on a homophone.
However, the name Lachi also unexpectedly fit the Loen people's habit of naming pets.
"Lachi, that's your name, understand?" Luo En said seriously, staring into the Orange Cat's eyes.
"Meow~" The Orange Cat just looked at him, nodding slightly.
"Forget it, if I call her by it more often, she'll probably understand." Although the Orange Cat made a human-like gesture, Luo En didn't believe it could understand his words.
A cat is a cat, even if it drank a potion, it just became a Beyonder cat.
"A Beyonder cat? Not a bad idea. If I ever become a plagiarist, maybe I can write this concept into a book." Luo En nodded, pleased with his sudden burst of creativity.
"Lachi, I hope you can help me turn my luck around, just like your name." After solving the pet naming problem, he went back to his desk.
"I might as well do something since I'm idle."
Luo En took out the information he had previously bought from the Eye of Wisdom. He hadn't finished reading it on the train, and now that he had time, he planned to continue studying it.
Over the next few days, Luo En spent his time in the hotel in a state of sustainable anxiety, which greatly reduced his learning efficiency.
However, even so, he still learned a lot, and what interested him most was Divination.
The word Divination was not new to Luo En, but he heard the word 'fortune-telling' more often.
Before transmigrating, Luo En had been instigated by a roommate who liked mysticism to try Tarot card Divination a few times, and also tried the more Chinese-style palm and face reading a few times.
At that time, he hadn't felt much pressure, so he still had the energy to learn a few tricks from that roommate.
But as for accuracy? It couldn't be said to be precise; it could only be said to be completely unrelated to reality.
"I even used my roommate's turtle for turtle shell fortune-telling back then." Luo En recalled his past life with some emotion.
"The mysticism of this world is real, so Divination might really be useful." Luo En felt a bit tempted, looking at the description of Divination in the material.
The description of Divination in the material was too versatile, from simply judging right or wrong, to appraising items, to predicting various futures… It felt like Divination was omnipotent.
"But, if Divination is really that accurate, there shouldn't be stocks, bonds, or gambling games that rely on luck in this world."
His reasoning was not without merit. Even if this was a world with supernatural powers, a method so versatile, easily mastered, and widely known, its actual effectiveness was indeed questionable.
But if Divination really worked, then he might be able to clearly understand his situation and wouldn't have to worry every day.
"I don't have any of these things!" Luo En looked at the pendulums, astrolabes, and Tarot cards written in the material; he had none of them.
The only method that didn't require tools was a Divination method called Dream Divination. However, the material didn't describe this method in detail, and it sounded too casual, lacking clear, identifiable objects.
Luo En doubted its accuracy.
"By the way, is palmistry useful in this world?" Luo En remembered the palm-reading skills he learned from his roommate before transmigrating.
"If mysticism is real, then palmistry should also count as mysticism, right?" Luo En was unsure if Eastern mysticism was useful in this Western-style world, but he still extended his hand and examined it carefully.
"The life line is a bit short; no wonder I died suddenly."
"The career line is good; it looks like I can get rich."
"It's just that the love line is a bit messy, looking like I'm going to be a playboy. I remember the original owner hadn't been in a relationship yet, right?"
Luo En analyzed his new hands with his half-baked fortune-telling knowledge.
"But does this even count as my own fate?" Luo En was unsure; after all, he had transmigrated, and these hands were no longer his own. So, could this palmistry still be accurate?
"No, this thing can't be disproven." Luo En thought about it repeatedly but couldn't come up with a conclusion.
"It seems I should consult a professional Diviner."