"Pervert!" A young lady quickly pulled her hand away, then screamed and ran off.
"Hey!
I said I was reading palms! How can I do that without looking at your hand?!"
Luo En, who had almost been slapped, called out from behind, feeling a bit speechless.
Today, he followed the instructions on the slip of paper from the mystical item box and set up a street stall to tell fortunes for others.
Originally, he had wanted to go directly to the Divination Club, but then he remembered Hainasi, who had previously read his palm, saying that palm reading was not a legitimate branch of mysticism, so he dismissed that idea.
These Chinese fortune-telling methods did not seem to be widely accepted in this clearly Western-leaning world.
However, using divination methods like tarot cards or pendulums would not count as the unique method written on the slip of paper.
Having no other choice, he found a street corner, took out a wooden sign, and set up a street stall, essentially cosplaying as a fortune-teller.
At first, one or two people were indeed drawn over, but when Luo En started to read their palms, touching their hands and leaning in to examine them, the atmosphere completely changed.
The men called him a pervert, and the women called him a lecher.
Seriously, he felt like a Monster. He wasn't a pervert like Yoshikage Kira... Luo En, having been rebuffed again, felt a bit dejected.
"Haven't had a single customer all day, sigh." Thinking of the way those people had looked at him earlier, Luo En sighed deeply in his heart.
Speaking of which, sitting on the ground and performing strange divination methods, he really did look like a Monster.
Luo En suddenly froze in place.
Monster... Monster... "Monster" potion!
Could it be...
Luo En recalled what had happened each time he felt something unusual with his body.
Every time, it was when he felt like an outsider, or when others thought he was an outsider, that he had that feeling.
Could it be... He seemed to have discovered something significant.
Why didn't the information the Eye of Wisdom sold him mention this situation? This shouldn't be very rare information, right?
"Excuse me, are you divining?" A ethereal yet warm female voice came.
"Ah, um." Luo En snapped out of his daze and looked up at the person approaching.
He broke free from his thoughts, opening his eyes wide to clearly see the person's appearance.
She was wearing a hooded black outfit, with blue eyeshadow and blush, and a silver chain with a white crystal pendant wrapped around her exposed wrist.
"Both her makeup and clothing are very old-fashioned." This was Luo En's first thought upon seeing her.
But on closer inspection, she was quite young, probably not over thirty... Luo En was a bit unsure.
Should he address her as 'Miss' or 'Madam'?
She should be older than him, right?
And that silver chain had a mystical feel to it; could she be a fellow Beyonder?
"Hello... Madam." After much thought, Luo En decided to use the address 'Madam'.
"Would you like a divination?"
The other party nodded, then asked, "Excuse me, what kind of divination method is palm reading, as written on your sign? I know a bit about divination, but I've never heard of this method."
So, she was half a fellow Beyonder.
"Of course, this is my unique... ahem, I mean, this is a method passed down by my family."
"There's only one in the whole world."
"Unique, how interesting!" She seemed to have found something amusing, showing a very interested expression.
"Then what's the fee? Don't tell me it's free, is it?"
"No, if it were free, wouldn't I seem very suspicious?" Luo En said with a chuckle, continuing.
"Just 1 penny."
"Very cheap, just consider it..."
"No problem." Before Luo En could finish speaking, she directly handed him a coin.
So straightforward, it seems she's not short on money. Did I price it too low...? Luo En reached out to take the coin.
Seeing that the other party wasn't short on money, he felt like he had lost out big, but he didn't show his thoughts on his face, maintaining a smile.
"Just as it says on this sign, my divination method is called palm reading."
"As the name suggests, it's through examining the lines on the palm to divine the future." Luo En introduced his divination method very seriously.
"Please place your hand in front of me."
"Interesting." She didn't say much, simply doing as told.
Learning from the previous lesson of being called a pervert, Luo En didn't directly reach out to touch the lady's hand, but instead slightly frowned, making his eyes gradually focus.
"Let me see." Luo En concentrated, examining the hand in front of him.
"Your career line is good, which means Madam, you have great talent in your career, even calling you a genius would not be an overstatement."
"Oh, that's quite accurate. I am indeed like that. Is there more?" She happily accepted this result and continued to ask Luo En.
Hey! Madam, you're showing off a bit... Luo En's mouth twitched slightly.
"Your love line was a bit messy at first, which means Madam, you used to be quite... ahem, I mean, Miss, your past emotional life was quite rich."
Luo En observed the other party's expression; he was a bit unsure about his own half-baked skill, and it would be troublesome if he said something wrong and upset the other party.
"Hmm... Is that so? Not bad, in the past..." She no longer had her initial confident demeanor and was looking down, seemingly lost in thought.
After a pause of several tens of seconds, she continued, "Go on, your divination shouldn't just be this much, right?"
"Of course." Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, Luo En continued:
"Although your love line was a bit messy in the early stages, it gradually converged later on."
"You must have already met the person you truly love, haven't you?"
The lady didn't speak, only nodded slightly in affirmation.
"Mm."
"That's right, that person is your true love."
"True love?"
"Yes, that's right, true love." Luo En said with a very firm tone.
In reality, so-called fortune-telling is one-third metaphysics and two-thirds psychology. Luo En was doing just that now.
He observed the lady's expression and quickly thought.
She was so open before, but now she's dressed so old-fashioned and plain; her beloved must be very conservative...
"Your beloved must be a very conservative person, right?"
"Yes, he is indeed very conservative." She did not deny it.
"You've always been the one taking the initiative, but he's always been very dull, right?"
"That's right, even though I've hinted many times, he just..."
"Then that's it." Luo En directly interrupted the other party and began to express his opinion.
"I see that the love line on your palm is incomplete. It will be very difficult for your love to have a result!"
"Really?" The lady's face showed some anxiety.
"If things continue like this, you and he are absolutely impossible."
"Moreover, look, your life line is very short and intertwined with your love line." Luo En pointed to a longer mark on her hand.
"If not handled well, I'm afraid you might be separated by death."
"Our work can indeed encounter very dangerous situations." She lowered her head as if recalling something unpleasant.
"Of course, there is a way to break this."
"Really?"
"Of course, I see that we two are fated. As long as Madam, you give me 10 gold... Ahem!"
Phew, that was close, I almost couldn't stop acting!
"What I mean is, Madam, you need to be more proactive."
Before the other party could speak, Luo En continued:
"You may have given your beloved many hints before, but you've never explicitly stated anything."
"So in other people's eyes, at most there's just a bit of ambiguity between you two, and it's precisely because you weren't firm enough that it led to the later tragedy."
Seeing the other party's somewhat moved expression, Luo En continued to press his advantage: "So you need to be proactive."
"You might feel a bit inferior because of past relationship issues, but trust me, the other person absolutely won't care about that."
"As long as you take the initiative, the other person will definitely fall for you."
"You will definitely end up together." He used a resolute tone.
After hearing Luo En's divination results, the lady opposite remained silent, showing a complex expression.
The atmosphere fell into an eerie silence.
Did I say something wrong...? Luo En observed the other party's expression.
About a minute later.
"Thank you, your divination is very interesting." She stood up, smiled again, and then walked away with light steps.
Watching the other party's receding back, Luo En breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally, I bluffed my way through it." He wiped the sweat from his forehead. In reality, with his half-baked fortune-telling skills, a simple quick glance was already his limit.
But seeing how interested the other party was, he didn't feel comfortable saying he didn't understand.
Most of what he had just said was improvised by Luo En on the spot, based on the other party's expression.
Fortunately, he didn't reveal any flaws.
"How clever of me! This order should be considered a success, and the task on the slip of paper should be completed, right?"
"Hey! Over there, no hawking allowed here!" A patrol officer walked over from across the street.
"Oh my god, it's the police, quick, retreat."
Luo En didn't hesitate, packed up his things on the ground, and ran away without looking back.
Relying on the Beyonder physique of a Monster, which was different from ordinary people, he successfully shook off the police officer after not long.
Not far away, Daly Simone, who had already reached the street corner, watched everything before her, deep in thought.
"Is that fortune-teller a Beyonder?"
"And Dunn..."
She lowered her head, seemingly having made some kind of decision.