" 22 21 20 " a girl with a jacket tied to her waist , carrying a backpack , shoves the last slice of steak into her mouth and slams her fork down " And she's got 19 seconds to spare "
The customers roared , cheering Dennis as she completed the 5-minute steak challenge again . It has become a sensation for the restaurant to have an early loss in most of the days , but because of her return , they were able to sell more .
" Damn , so she really doesn't have anything special " the manager said at a distance while the server took off the power inhibitor bracelet from Dennis " Here's the tip " Dennis said , leaving a big bill " Thank you , manager " Dennis said as the manager sighed .
Dennis puts on her wireless headphones , connecting to her phone as she listens in on a downloaded news video at a faster playback speed " Ever since the world merger occurred , we have had to make many changes in our infrastructure to accommodate new groups outside of our own " Dennis was running too fast to a train station to worry about skipping some "recap of the world nowadays" .
" Our world has gone much bigger now that we are hit by the laws and inhabitants of other worlds . The gifts , a phenomenon from other worlds , also fell into our world too " " Yes , according to a local restaurant , one customer comes often and demolishes the steak challenge while wearing an all-purpose power inhibitor "
" Nice side story , Robert . But our news channel should be discussing the more pressing matters , which are the trade and return of slavery . It has received a lot of backlash from our communities who are against such slavery . Here is a clip on the internet that shows activists protesting at a slave trade venue that appeared in one of our big markets "
The video shows many activists outside blocking the entrance of a slave selling auction with many screaming different dialogues but all aiming to free the slaves " Yeah , it is a very good representation of how our history has influenced our view of slavery . But to the world , this establishment originates , slavery is another option that debtors take to escape poverty "
" Exactly , sometimes legalising certain sorts of business lessens the outrage and risk over it . We have alcohol , which can clearly cause drunk drivers , but we legalised it and reinforced it with laws backed by tools like breathalyzers . So there is some benefit that we get from the advanced legal system behind slavery and that is slavery managed by the government and reinforced with rules such as consent , minors exempted from certain works "
Dennis paused the video upon reaching the train waiting area and messaged a contact while also making plans for school . She then got a call from her mother , but before they could reply , she immediately said .
" Yes , that's how I've been living . The manager is completely fine since they get a lot of customers thanks to me eating there . No , I didn't cheat because it can't work like that ... Anything else ... No , okay bye "
Dennis got in the train and once she did , she activated her gift . She paused in a corner and approximately twenty minutes later she gotoff the train . She smirked , glad to have saved 20 minutes of her life and headed to school .
While in the background , unseen by the naked eye , five clocks , each representing a measure of time , moved accordingly to the twenty minutes she saved .
' I've got to find other improvements ' Dennis takes out an empty pocketbook and flips through the pages , as the notes slowly appears , which record her growth of Save and Load skill as well as the time she had Saved .
I got Save and Load during a dentist appointment when Mom confiscated my phone . Later on after frequent use and disappearance with Save and suddenly speeding up with Load . I learned that the skill helps me Save time and Load that time for later use and it stacks . I thought it was too restrictive at that time , so I ran some tests and found that I could also Save not just time but progress .
Boiling water was pretty easy afterwards as I simply had to Save the boiling time and then Load it later on . It seems like the boiling progress can be transferred to another kettle , but due to the size of the kettle and the amount of water , I have to make sure that the saved progress from kettle 1 must always be used on the same kettle 1 or else it would be difficult .
It is possible to only Save the boiling progress of the water , but if the boiling progress is Loaded into a glass of water , that glass will break . Mom got mad at me for breaking that one on that day and made me wash the dishes . But then I managed to figure out a way to Save the dishwashing progress and Load it into a dirty dish , removing the grime .
So I started saving as much dishwashing progress from the dishwasher , so I don't have to do the dishes when I go to college . But I have to make sure the dish wasn't that dirty because if I loaded a dishwashing process of a slightly dirty plate to one that was soaked in oil , it would require more Loads .
' I found a lot of other ways to make use of Save and Load . But with the recent news about kidnapping gift holders , I had to apply for the protection program ' Dennis walks to her school and takes the elevator quickly , used Save and moves out of the elevator to reach her classroom .
Entering it , a teenage-looking female elf greeted her " Hello ... Dennis " " Morning , Willow " She placed her bag down and wrapped herself in her jacket " How's your sister ? " " She is doing well back at home , I have to thank you for taking care of her after she found herself in debt " " It was nothing , you paid her debt after she cleared a part of it . I know we keep in touch , but is there a reason you are enrolling yourself in this college ? "
Willow smiles and said " Because there is upward mobility here , among the many worlds that come into the united worlds , yours was one of those that attracts a lot of people . One feature desired by many is that there is upward mobility "
" It's a familiar system to me . Mom usually works very hard in her cleaning agency and she eventually got enough experience that she started her own cleaning agency and shop " Dennis said .
" Exactly , so I'm here wondering how far my magic can bring me . There are a lot of crimes that usually come out when a world enters the United Worlds . One of them is people trafficking , although considering what you did , I highly doubt you don't benefit "
" I benefit from the legal system , not that one and I'll be fine from human trafficking . Since I just applied for the protection program , The process was tedious and they had me use my Save and Load in so many ways it feels like getting grope "
Willow looks at Dennis taking out her notes and Willow asked " Wouldn't it be a problem if they get their hands on your notes ? " " They wouldn't be able to " Dennis used Save on the writing progress , causing all the letters to disappear " You're quite a mischievous child hiding your abilities " Willow said sensing the disappearance of ink .
" While education teaches me what I can do , it also limits me because I am growing in a kind environment . If I want to grow my gift , I have to grow in a wicked environment " " you throw a lot of words I don't understand " Willow complains , chuckling a little as the teacher comes in " So , any updates on the news you would like to share ? "
Dennis immediately raised her hand " I want to mention some news I heard on the radio " she stood up and described it " It was about a recent kidnapping incident of a young child who gained the gift to understand others . According to the evidence , there was a demand to be able to understand others without the language barrier . Legally , they are still a child and will eventually grow to an adult who can use that gift , but acquiring them much earlier allows whoever wants the gift to benefit much earlier "
Dennis then looked over the site that links to the news and says " It's similar to how organs were sold in our world illegally before the meeting with other worlds because it takes a while to receive the proper organ through legal means . But considering that the nature of the ability simply matches the demand , it's highly possible that there might be a demand for a certain ability and it could be yours . "
Dennis sat down , finishing her sharing as she opened her laptop and Willow messaged her through it "That was an amazing example . Did you watch it because you were afraid ?" She teased .
"I watched it because I was curious how the child used it , I heard that they managed to extend their gift to understand not just the language of people but the world too . Although my best explanation for that would be understanding the language of science"
"BTW , have you finished your living arrangements yet ?" Dennis added "I was actually going to ask if you could offer me a room . I did apply to be your bodyguard when I saw the oppurtunity" Willow sent Dennis a link to the offer she took "I'm sure you'd prefer me to be a bodyguard"
Dennis weighed her options and thought it through as thoroughly as she could "Fine , I'll tell mom about the living arrangements . But don't tease the others" Willow smiles , looking at her phone and ask .
"Do you think you can loan me some money ? I can put in this bracelet as collateral" Dennis looked at the expensive bracelet "You want a laptop ?" "No , I was hoping to get a game console and buy some chips"
"You can borrow mine , I have a lot of games I played . But I have more priority" "alright , how about you loan me money while I buy a laptop . I know some games can be played there"
"I know you're just gonna ask for money in exchange for the bracelet , so go to a pawnshop" "But I might get scammed since I'm not a local" "It's a waste of time" by the time the class finishes talking about the recent news , the teacher begins the official lecture .
Dennis used her Save to slow her time as the clock starts to turn faster in her eyes . She listened to the lecture at a very fast speed and undid her Saving by the end of her lecture .
" Come on , I'll show you the way " Dennis packs her things and Willow follows , with her magic bringing her notebook and pens into her bag " Why don't you use your Save and Load to Load yourself into a location "
Dennis replies to it quickly saying " It doesn't work the same way as a video game , where I load a file alright ... and It's not like you got one " " Oh , but I would love one . See , you are such a mystery , dear Dennis . I want to know as much as I can about you . I even studied human biology and I know you are younger thanks to your Save and Load "
" It just shows how much time is wasted in waiting " Dennis said " Then I hope I can get a gift that lets me see your skill rather than waiting for you to tell me . But it could ruin my guessing game "
" Then if you like guessing so much , try not to pray too hard for one " Dennis said as they reached the train station and sat inside . Dennis Saved waiting time , escaping a conversation and after they left the train , Willow took the opportunity to start talking to Dennis while they walked " Is there a reason you don't want me to touch your room ? Do you have a diary ? " Willow teased
" Not just my room but also the other rooms , I already have house plants over there and I don't intend to make you the main contributor of oxygen " Willow looks at Dennis blankly and asked .
" Then is that why you have been Loading oxygen in the air for you to breathe " Dennis wondered how well Willow's perception was for her to be able to sense that she was loading Photosynthesis into her breathe .
" I know because I'm an elf , I can feel the power of the green around you " Willow's fancy way of describing photosynthesis was a show of her roots in her elf heritage .
" I won't tell you that you can do something as intricate as that , but if I'm guessing correctly , your gift must be related to how creative you can get . You have told me too many times about how horrible the other gifts were to discourage creativity like that famous gift holder of the gardens "
" Yes , I do agree with you about that . So please keep it quiet before I figure out ways to keep it off your mouth " Willow smiles and tells Dennis " You can simply do it , I won't mind . I want to keep guessing "
" You sure ? " Willow nodded and after getting her approval , Willow blinked with some memory lost " I wonder how I should arrange the plants " " Do what you want as long as it doesn't go beyond your designated area"
" Then do you think you can clear a balcony room for me ? Or even better , I would like the rooftop instead " " Okay I'll reserve a space for you " ' That's cutting some of my supply , but having her around is safer '
" Then make sure that it's above your room , that way I can go down to protect you much faster " Dennis had a thought but didn't let it out " or do you have a way to let me go down fasted ? " " Not possible , I haven't even tested it yet " " Do you want to find out ? " " No " Dennis said .
" Oh , but I have a healing spell that can fix me up , in the case my body becomes nothing but a single-cell organism . " Dennis wondered if that was the requirement for traveling out of the elves' homeland .
" But if you are so adamant about not figuring it out , then I will settle with it " Dennis sighed and reached home Loading the unlocking and opening progress of the door .
" How lazy are you that you Saved and Loaded the progress of the door unlocking and opening ? " " It's faster and saves me time " ' I should avoid using the memory Save on her . It will be bad if she finds out I've been taking her memories . '
She gives some shoes to Willow and Loaded to change her shoes before going in " Mind doing that for me too ? " " No , you can handle it " she uses Load to open a second door again and used it again to transport her bag to her room before going to the kitchen .
By the time Willow puts on the given shoes , Dennis already has some freshly fried potatoes with her . She continues to abuse Load by Loading several progress to save time .
She Loaded her controllers on herself and on Dennis , connecting her game console to the massive tv " I'm streaming this , hope you don't mind being seen online " " That's fine , but I'm a beginner , please hold back "
" I know you're a fast learner " after many games , Dennis ended the stream " Hoho , that was super fun . But for someone so secretive about their skill , you sure blabber a lot about what you do at home " Willow said .
" I have to keep the viewers entertained , plus a lot of them really like my skill since it does give them a lot of time . Moreover , it takes a lot of effort to make use of this skill . The waiting time was the easiest , but Saving other things is much difficult . But it does make for a good treadmill "
Willow looks at the hallway and asked " So how many are you planning to buy ? " " Only a few , the ones I have , did a lot of things . But I hope they are almost done with the book summary "
" You are quite greedy . Are you sure it's safe to be consuming the learning progress ? " " I didn't do that , I asked them to make notes about everything in the book so I don't have to read a lot of it . It also ate up their meter . "
" Are you going to transport them by box or something ? I'm pretty sure you have a driver's license , but you only mention having a motorcycle " " I'll manage , just go get settled "
...
In a massive building where several protesters were standing , a trader tends to the report and their secretary reported " Sir , The Debrah's are here " " I'll go greet them "
Dennis and a woman wearing a headband around her eyes sat in a waiting room with the slaves that have completed their debt meter " Good afternoon , my slaves' favorite customers , how do you do ? "
Shrub said as he looked at each slave's debt meter " Oh this one got an extra . By law , you gotta pay them wages relative to how much they made " " I intend to continue doing so " Miss Debrah says while Dennis said .
" It's nice of you to come quick , but I already got an idea of what I want . I already told your clerks about it " Dennis said " Straight to the point as usual . I'll undo the magic , Miss Debrah . Is it the usual for Miss Dennis "
" Of course , she has made them do quite a lot that I feel like the internship that I usually give was already provided by her . " Debrah says , while she brings an envelope for a contract .
" If it were before , people would be quite mad that I'm making children work . " she commented with a laugh " You know how effective our legal systems are . You can keep browsing for any kind of slave you want "
" Then if there's nothing else , I'll go buy mine . Bye mom "
...
The slaves sat inside a box and eventually found themselves inside a massive apartment . They were very surprised by how clean everything was , how much there is . They have heard some of the freed slaves who had such a short time as a slave thanks to the amount of work given to them by Dennis .
But after being told the jobs they can do inside the apartment , they begin to wonder why one of the jobs is cutting a block of tofu repeatedly . They were all aware that the debt meter counts every single order given to them accurately , so even ordering a slave to exercise counts as paying their debt .
But reducing their debt by repeating a strange action like that was strange . It hardly stopped there since there was a life-size replica mannequin of their master . All of the tasks were strangely a normal task if what they were doing was actually on the master herself .
They had to dress and then undress the mannequin in all pieces of clothing as possible " Your slaves are just as confused as my sister when you bought her " " It takes too long to explain , but as long as they can do the job , I don't mind their confusion " " Then would you tell me more about your skill ? I know you Saved my memory a while ago "
Dennis auto-Saves the sound of the secret and Willow was surprised " Oh , you can even make it automatic " " How did you know ? " " Simple , I felt like the memory was missing . It could be a brainfart as you call it , but I know the difference between intentionally wiped out rather than subconsciously wiped out "
Dennis sighed and admitted it " I hope you don't disclose that information " " don't worry I only give this information to trustworthy allies . But I was already curious from the beginning " " my Save can also work as a storage for objects " " Uhm , that's fascinating " " the speed is maintained " Willow figured out what Dennis wanted and just said it to her " Fine , here is the deal "
Willow gives the gist of what the high elves knew " Some gift holders hold a strong connection to a being beyond us . Some were afraid that these beings don't have great intentions for us , so we prepare . But since your gift is strange due to its initial nature and any evolutions have all been made by you . We assume that your gift might be a stray "
" Meaning it holds no connection to any beings ? " Dennis assumed " Yep , it's usually the case for gifts that are obtained by new worlds . But possibilities of reconnecting are present , so I'm around hoping that doesn't happen " " did my world's governments think the same ? " " Yes , part of the bodyguard's role is to protect the gift holder and to prevent the gift holder from harming anyone . "
Dennis immediately has a thought of updating her auto-Save functions " But it's not all that bad , considering how you are making use of the stray gift . I'm hoping you change it so much it can't reconnect . But you know , the being formerly connected may not like it "
After being assured that she won't be harmed , Dennis calms down " Wow , you were so ready to attack me . I really hope that being doesn't connect " " I'm just glad I'm actually cultivating my gift towards my desires instead of the other way around " Dennis said and thought of what she thinks of the other gift holders .
" What are you thinking about ? " " Has there ever been one evil being that reconnected ? " " Dennis , they'd be the stupidest beings ever . A lot of good ones are present , so openly declaring your malicious intentions is a sign of ignorance . But don't worry about it , due to how much you possibly have been molding that gift , you won't be affected " Willow said guessing how much Dennis changed her gift .
" You're not a gift holder , so I wouldn't trust your word " " It's fine , I'm just giving you some inside knowledge to assure you to continue what you are doing . I can trust you to not disclose this " " I gain nothing but ire if I do " Willow smiles " So if you can tell me more about the changes you've already made , I'll be more than happy to give you more magic books than before "
" Not right now , I gotta finish this one my slave made . " Dennis takes a notebook and walks to her room . She stays inside and starts reading the book , Loading some time so she can spend more time inside ' I'm getting sleepy ' she goes to sleep and the next day .
" Dennis , wanna go out ? " she looks at Willow , who was already wearing outside clothes " your mother is telling you that you can't stay at home all the time and tasked me to drag you out " " Fine , let me Load some clothes . You go down , I'll fetch you with my motorcycle "
... Willow was very amazed by Dennis's Load skill that provided oxygen for them to breathe in the city's low-quality air " I must admit I never expected you to do this . But aren't you going too fast ? " " Don't worry , my auto-Load will get me time in case I need it and couldn't Load fast enough "
" I'll think of what magic to repay that information " Willow said and they arrived at the mall's parking space " quite the thriving mall " " It's got a rooftop park . So you don't complain about a lack of nature as you did in the road " " then how about going to that cafe "
Dennis looks at the cafe , which was blatantly advertising handsome guys and beautiful girls from different species " your mom says she wants you to meet with anyone handsome or beautiful so you can get married " Dennis looks at Willow with a blank face .
" I'll have you know I was born 20 years ago and have been abusing my gift for a long time " " I know , but legally you are twenty " Willow said .
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