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 book

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 taste of it, he wanted

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

past life, Penny could

invited to

she is in grade 7 and he's in grade 8, so

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a little to check on him. The stacked

a little.

like a statue, staring blankly at the open book in front of

still alive?" she asked quietly, watching his blank eyes veered

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

the first

"Not even the introduction!"

the bridge

Slater she remembered was very clever, humorous,

that just

rarely met Slater. She might try to visit him or reach out to him, but he was too busy to give her a minute of his

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

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Tell me what you

even have

chair closer to her and said, "Penny, this isn't

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

but still in great distress. "I don't

there was still

that, Penny grabbed the

Slater glanced at it. He only had a glimpse of it

paper. "Try to analyze it and answer. I want to determine what grade you left your brain. This is an example problem

to answer this."

don't think I've seen this

the paper and flipped it to the clean page. She

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time Slater frowned. "Are you mocking

two!"

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