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.

isn't even studying. Does she even know these lessons from this book?' he mentally grumbled,

sister was scary, but he had to do this as well. If he didn't, then he should start 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,

only every flip of the pages resonating every

achievements in her past

was often invited to

her subjects and Slaters aren't that far since she is in grade 7 and he's in grade 8, so she could easily follow the stages. Half an hour later, Penny fully grasped

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drew her head back a little to check on him.

blocked her view, so she had to tilt a little. When

in front of him. It was as though his

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

This is insane!" Slater slapped the book as he harrumphed. "My brain's not functioning! I couldn't understand a

the

"Not even the introduction!"

Penny pinched the bridge of her nose

because the adult Slater she remembered was very

that just a

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

incident, he didn't end up at the bottom of his class in his new school. Although not at the top, he wasn't on the last.' Penny peeked at the distressed Slater and sighed. "This is gonna

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Tell me what you don't

even have

He dragged his chair closer to her and said, "Penny,

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

of course not." His tone calmed down, but still in great distress. "I don't

was still a fighting spirit left in

Penny grabbed the paper and pen

only had a glimpse of it before she slid it in front

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 answer this."

think I've seen this problem ever in

the paper and flipped it to the clean page.

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Slater frowned. "Are you mocking

two!"

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