After dinner, Penny dragged Slater to the library for a briefing. Seated on the chair, Slater's jaw hit the floor at the stacks of books in front of him. This sight was too overwhelming for him.

"This..." Slater scoffed, averting his dilated eyes at the little sister standing behind the table. "I have to read all of this?"

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"There's more. Don't worry." -

"There's more?!" his face drained of colors as his face twisted in dismay.

Looking at him, Penny wondered if she even made the correct

decision. These books were just too basic. Even Penny in the first life understood them quickly.

"Penny, I can't do this," Slater confessed, while shaking his head vigorously. "This is too much for me! I can't do it like this or I'll die - ack!"

Slater nearly bit his tongue when her hand struck the back of his head. He gasped in disbelief, looking at her with dilated eyes.

"Did you

did you just smack my head?"

"I did. So what?"

"Penny!"

"You said you want to die or just be Keith's slave for the next year until he mysteriously goes missing." Her expression died and her tone was cold. "You hadn't even opened one book and you're saying you can't do it? Goodness."

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He wouldn't need to be a slave if she didn't bring it up!

Slater rubbed the back of his head as he sulked. "I don't want to be

a slave," he mumbled. "Fine. I'll read."

"Good. Start with this one." Penný casually picked up one book from the stack and dropped it in front of him. "Go, chop chop!"

He thought once she said that, she would leave. But Penny sat right next to him and started writing on a piece of paper.

know these lessons from this book?' he mentally grumbled, opening the

accepting his fate of being Keith's dog. Although Slater wasn't spared from Keith's deathly glares all day, Keith didn't step into his personal space. For Slater, that was already freedom, and after having a

flip of the pages resonating every few minutes. Penny quietly skimmed through the lessons

in her past life, Penny could

lessons. She was often invited to teach in

this was junior secondary. Fortunately, her subjects and Slaters aren't that far since she is in grade 7 and he's in grade 8,

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drew her head back a little to check

had to tilt a little. When she saw him, her face twisted in an ugly

at the open book in front of him. It was as though his brain went into overdrive and he automatically

blank eyes

as he harrumphed. "My brain's not functioning! I couldn't understand a word

the first

"Not even the introduction!"

bridge of her nose in

because the adult Slater she remembered was very

that just a

were adults, she rarely met Slater. She might try to visit him or reach out to him,

class in his new school. Although not at the top, he wasn't on the last.' Penny peeked at

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Tell me what

even have the slight

closer to her

to be a slave?" because if he did, Keith would have to go. Where? That would be her darkest secret in this

His tone calmed down, but still in great distress. "I don't want that, but I also know this is

pleased there was still a fighting spirit

grabbed the

Curious, Slater glanced at it. He only had a glimpse of it before she slid it

placed the pen on top of the paper. "Try to analyze it and answer. I want to determine what grade you left your brain. This is an example problem from last year." Slater looked at it up close and then back to

to answer this."

think I've seen this problem ever

to the clean

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Slater frowned. "Are you mocking

two!"

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