120 Why is she so competitive?

The library was quiet with only the sound of pens scribbling on the papers resonating. Penny pursed her lips, scanning her brothers. They were all busy with their own work while she was just pretending. Penny was diligent in school and in her free time, she would study advanced

- more like a relearn of what she already practiced and applied in her first life.

lessons

I thought they'd want to skip today's lessons to give Nina some time.' She mentally shrugged off the thought, thinking they simply wanted to focus on their studies for now. They'd have plenty of time on summer break'

Not thinking about it anymore, Penny tried to focus on the lesson plan she needed to work on. Slater was surprisingly diligent, and she only had a hard time at the beginning of their sessions.

Knock Knock

The quiet and peaceful atmosphere in the library was disrupted by a knock. All four of them turned their heads at the door, seeing a maid take a step in.

"Miss Penny, your cousins are here," she announced with a smile.

Penny's brows rose as her round eyes looked wider. "Yugi and Yuri?"

"Yes, Miss Penny."

"Oh! They came too!?" Without a second thought, Penny excitedly jumped out of the chair and sprinted toward the door. Despite her wide size, her movements were so agile that she reached. the door in less than a few seconds.

The maid chuckled and followed Penny, closing the door to let the young masters continue their study.

"Why is she so excited?" Slater muttered, pouting. "It's just her cousin. She isn't like that to us.")

Atlas also kept his gaze fixed on the door. He couldn't articulate or even process what he felt while watching Penny jump out so excitedly at the mention of a cousin. But what he was sure of was that he didn't like the feeling. +

the twins, explained. "The three of them grew up together, so

Like siblings to her...

their attention to Hugo,

first time. "But Butler Jen explained that she's with them for thirteen years and she's only with us

to greet them here. Good thing I have extra snacks in store," Hugo continued, pushing himself up from

saying his piece, Hugo casually walked out of the library as if he had some sort of leverage in joining Penny and the twins. When he left, Slater awkwardly veered

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is she

you still going to study?" he

my cousins, and Penny needs some time with them. I'll

the same, the

D

his third brother tilt his head a little to

to introduce myself to Penny's

you don't

"Well, Penny likes them."

you didn't like

sucked his inner cheeks, saying. "I never said that!" before he fled to avoid

the moment he found out Nina wasn't their sister. He was already attached to Nina and in his heart, they were siblings. However, the more Slater g know Penny and the more

anything in return, Slater

if Slater was ashamed of being called a big brother or that he couldn't properly think or act on how to make amends, he thought he should. learn from the twins. After all, they were with Penny

Atlas, who was left in the library, stared at

next thirty minutes. He even forgot that he was alone since he was used to it. But thirty minutes came and he could hear voices from the window. Initially, he ignored

and pushed himself up to close the window. "Why

another two kids cheering for Penny. His face contorted, studying what they were

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