Watching the crimson moon of the deep night Loki meditated on the problem he was facing as Elane slept with her head on his thighs.
'Well now that everything is nice and quiet, I can think about what has happened.'
Loki looked down at the little girl and brushed her hair with his fingers casually as his mind drifted. He had a rather enlightening conversation with himself.
'Since I've not been corrupted by any outer deities or true gods even after I have a remarkable amount of mysticism knowledge about them, am I really not in the world of Lord of the Mysteries?'
'Or perhaps the Evernight Goddess is using her concealment to protect me from turning into an eldritch horror and losing control.'
'I can try reciting the true names of various true gods and great old ones, but if I am in the LOTM world, things would end badly for me.'
'The only thing that points to the fact that I'm not in the world of LOTM, other than my memories, is that I've seen a car. Which means there is oil in this world, something that was extinct in the world of LOTM.'
'...unless this is also a miracle of the Fool's pathway?'
'But if it is not the world of LOTM, how did I get Transmigrated into this world?'
'And then there's the Luck Enhancement Ritual. I could try doing the luck enhancement ritual I did before I was transmigrated to see if like Klein I can also gain access to the realm above the grey fog.'
'If I can that would be definitive proof that I am in the LOTM world or at least something that resembles it.'
'But where do I do the ritual?'
'And with what do I do the ritual? It's not like I'm loaded with food or a starter money pack like Klein was.'
'With what happened today, it'll be hard to scrap food just to fill our stomachs for the next few weeks.'
*sigh*
'I think I know how I can earn money, but I don't know if it'll work as I expect it to.'
'Loki used to steal money from people at popular tourist sites like the British Museum each day. His small stature and the general unawareness of the tourists left him unnoticed and confident in his abilities to steal.'
'Something he had been doing for as long as he was able to walk.'
'Loki's, or rather now my, mom was a drug addict and lived on the streets and for as far back as I can see in my mind, she never did anything to properly raise me up.'
'If possible she would've even sold me to get her hands on more crack.'
'Even when Elane was born, and caused the death of their mother, Loki was the one who raised Elane by expending his blood sweat and tears to take care of her.'
'His daily routine was set in stone. Wake up before Elane. Steal from the streets of London and then finally return home with food for the day.'
'This religious routine had kept Elane well-fed for the last few years. There was only so much he could earn, and he didn't want to let Elane ever feel hungry.'
'Ludwig and his gang on the other hand were the people he had to pay 'protection' money to so that rival gangs would not touch me or Elane during our stay in his territory.'
'I can try speaking the True Name of the Evernight Godess right? Since she must be protecting me and keeping me concealed from the other gods?'
'Alright then. Here goes nothing.'
'Three.'
'Two.'
'One.'
"Amanises."
Out of fear from uttering a name he was likely not worthy to speak, the hair on Loki's arms and legs stood up forming goosebumps.
'I feels like the temperature just dropped.'
'Is someone gazing at me?'
Loki looked up at the beautiful Crimson moon and wondered if the Goddess was looking at him but after the undisturbed eternal silence of the night remained for the next few minutes he gave up.
'Maybe the Evernight Goddess doesn't want to show herself so soon?'
'Didn't she only show herself to Klein much later down in the story too?'
'Alright. I have two more ideas. But I hope none of them work.'
"Adam."
Speaking the forbidden name, Loki looked around vigilantly at each and every corner of the shack and then out onto the street, but once he found no one again, he relaxed a little.
"Final name then."
Loki nodded to himself and gulped before saying the name he and most of the readers of LOTM feared terribly.
"Am- Amon."
The goosebumps on Loki's hands grew more pronounced as he paid keen attention to everything around him, trying to even see if any of the insects around him had maybe put on monocles on their right eyes, but seeing nothing of the sort Loki relaxed further.
'At least Amon and Adam are not here for sure.'
'That's good news.'
'But is this really not the world of LOTM?'
With a disappointed *sigh* Loki closed his eyes and relaxed a bit on the unstable walls of the shack that would collapse if a stone was thrown at them, but his underfed weightless body didn't make a difference.
'Time to sleep, tomorrow is a big day.'
'I doubt I can steal anywhere near as efficiently as Loki did it. Instead of stealing, I need to figure out how to earn more money and see if I can perform the Luck Enhancement ritual somehow.'
Suddenly Loki flinched when the slowly healing wound on his back came in contact with wooden splinters.
'Curses. My back still hurts. I will make sure to beat you up for this, Ludwig! Damn bastard!'
'I just have to grow up a little bit and then I will be able to give him the infamous Attitude Adjustment, just like John Cena.'
Waking up early the next morning Loki opened his eyes and found Elane still sleeping on his thigh.
'Damn. I'm afraid to move my leg now.'
'There was no blood flowing into my leg for the entire night. I'm pretty sure it's going to feel like static.'
Carefully lifting Elane's head and putting it on an old cloth to prevent her from resting her head on the solid wood floor, Loki stood up.
'Damn, it hurts.'
'But seeing that pretty little face that's drooling is worth it.' Loki thought about Elane as he watched her snore into oblivion.
Turning back and limping through the street half naked, Loki thought of the things he would need to find today in the early morning so that he could begin earning money before school began.
'I need a cardboard and a pen.'
'I hope my plan is successful, I don't want to resort to stealing again, especially after having been caught by the coppers twice. I'm pretty sure if I try and steal anything, I'll just get caught.'
Nodding to himself, Loki set out on the road to meet his adventure.