The star chart illuminated, its tracks forming a celestial ring.

Suddenly, four golden characters materialized on the celestial screen, their strokes flowing like streams of golden sand.

[The Beginning is the End]

Luo Wei gazed at her reflection on the celestial screen, perplexed. Previously, it had only shown star patterns, but today it gave a direct message?

Moreover, "The Beginning is the End" - what could this mean?

Setting aside this phrase for now, Luo Wei proceeded to ask her second question.

"How can I return to my original world?"

The text on the celestial screen vanished, replaced by new star patterns. This time, however, she had to interpret them herself.

"The snake bites its tail, the cycle repeats," Luo Wei furrowed her brow as she studied the star pattern. "Starting point overlaps the endpoint, the starting point is the endpoint..."

"The endpoint is the starting point!"

A flash of insight struck Luo Wei, and she suddenly grasped the meaning of this phrase.

"The Chronicles of Galan" was a strategy game. Although she hadn't played it, she had seen the login interface.

It featured an introduction to the game's background, describing social unrest on the Star of Galan, with various powers rising and frequent wars.

Players would log in with an initial identity as a small lord, then compete with others in the game to fight for territory, establish city-states, and become kings or overlords.

The social environment Luo Wei found herself in now differed from the game's introduction. Although there was some unrest on the continent, it was still relatively peaceful, not yet at the point where battles raged everywhere.

Could it be that she had transmigrated to a time before the game started, and she could only return after the game began?

The start of the game would be the beginning, and also the end of her transmigration journey!

Based on the current situation on the continent, it would probably take about ten years or so for chaos to break out. By then, many players might enter the game and meet her, telling her how to log out of the game!

So she needed to strive to live until the game starts!

The more Luo Wei pondered this, the more excited she became. Returning to her original world seemed within reach.

Today's divination felt peculiar. After asking two questions, she didn't feel mentally exhausted. She even felt she could divine one more time.

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Had her mental world grown stronger?

Fortune favors the bold, Luo Wei decided to try once more.

"What should I do to keep living?"

This time, the star pattern dimmed, and another line of text appeared on the celestial screen.

[When the skin is gone, where will the hair attach?]

"When the skin is gone, where will the hair attach..."

Interpreting it literally, it meant that when a person loses their skin, the hair has nowhere to attach, implying that she couldn't survive if she lost the foundation of her existence?

So what was the foundation of her existence?

Luo Wei pondered briefly and understood the meaning of this phrase.

It was referring to the disguise she wore, because everything she had now was obtained by impersonating a noble. If she lost the facade of nobility, she would be killed.

It was similar to the saying "when the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold" - they were interdependent.

Although she understood, Luo Wei still felt something was a bit odd.

The result of the first divination, "The Beginning is the End," seemed to have the same meaning as the "The endpoint is the starting point" from the second divination. Didn't this count as repetition?

Luo Wei exited her mental world and was surprised to find that she wasn't dizzy at all today. She felt even better than after yesterday's divination.

It seemed her mental world had indeed become stronger.

Luo Wei optimistically thought that at this rate of progress, she might really become a fortune teller.

When that time came, she would change her name to Luo Half-Immortal.

Three or four days passed, and Luo Wei didn't encounter any danger.

During these days, she would divine her fortune every morning when she woke up, and the results were always auspicious.

Lilith went to school for classes, the knights moved out, and even Axina became much more docile, not causing her any trouble these days.

"So boring~"

Luo Wei sat in the small courtyard, sighing.

For someone like her, when life became peaceful, she felt uncomfortable and wanted to stir things up.

"Bella, Roman, how about we open a bakery?"

Spices were too expensive to afford, but they could still make bread. They could open it right across from the school, specifically to fleece those noble students.

"Open a shop? Great, great!" Roman danced with joy, "Our bread is so delicious, surely many people will come to buy it."

Bella, on the other hand, looked hesitant: "Opening a shop requires renting a storefront and hiring workers, it will cost a lot of money."

Since becoming the housekeeper, Bella had been extremely worried about the household's financial situation. The expenses were really too high, and she was afraid she couldn't manage the household well and would let her master go bankrupt.

The other day when she was buying vegetables, she met Fanny, a maid from the city lord's house. Because they often bought meat from the same butcher shop, they had become friends over time.

Yesterday, she shared her concerns with Fanny, and Fanny actually brought her to meet the city lord's housekeeper. The city lord's housekeeper enthusiastically passed on her experience of being a housekeeper.

Which was: Always help the master manage the household finances and daily affairs well.

But the master spent money like water, she simply couldn't control it!

Just like now, Luo Wei had made a unilateral decision: "Troy, let's go check out some storefronts on Academy Street!"

Troy jumped down from the roof: "When?"

"Now!"

Bella watched the two of them walk out the door, feeling even more worried.

......

As Luo Wei went to look at storefronts, Troy watched from a distance, always maintaining a distance within twenty meters of her. This way, the residents here wouldn't notice him, but he could always keep her in his sight.

Except for taverns, he didn't like entering other shops.

Those people didn't welcome him into their shops either.

Luo Wei looked at several storefronts in a row, but the owners didn't want to transfer them. The shops that had transfer signs were too small, and she didn't like them.

Just as she was about to give up, a sharp-faced young man popped up behind her: "Miss, are you looking to buy a shop? I have a storefront I want to transfer, the price is cheap, and the place is spacious. How about I take you to have a look?"

Luo Wei sized him up: "You don't look like a merchant."

"Oh, someone else asked me to sell it. It's a two-story street-facing shop, only one gold coin. That family is moving and in a hurry to transfer it!" the sharp-faced man said.

Luo Wei glanced at Troy, who was following not far behind her, and agreed: "Alright then, take me to see it."

"Great, follow me. I'll take you on a shortcut, it's very close from here."

The sharp-faced man said as he walked ahead, leading her into a secluded alley.

At the Academy.

"Axina, you still want to use me. Do you really think I'm stupid?"

"I promise it's not like that this time. I just want to take you to see a good show," Axina coaxed persuasively, "Don't you hate Luo Wei? She's about to die for sure. Don't you want to go and see?"

Vina looked at her warily: "Why should I believe you?"

Axina smiled like a beautiful snake: "It's just going to watch. You don't have to do anything, so how could I be using you?"

"I know asking you to deal with her before was a bit difficult for you, so today I'm taking action myself. I'm also helping you vent your anger. She insulted you so much, don't you want to go and mock her a bit?"

She leaned close to Vina's ear and whispered softly: "Don't you want to see what that bitch looks like when thugs tear her clothes and rape her?"

A glint flashed in Vina's eyes: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true. I even found a group of old and ugly beggars and invited them to go play with her too." Axina's lips curled slightly, her gaze vicious.

"Alright, I'll go with you," Vina's eyes rolled, "Call a few more people, let's go together."

To be continued