Volume 6 Chapter 17: It’s All Muscle Memory


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 6 Chapter 17: It’s All Muscle Memory


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wee home, everyone." Diana and Nephele greeted the students as they returned to the mansion.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm, we''re back." Keith nodded.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." It was a few seconds before Diana questioned, "Keith, what are we looking at right now?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ahh, the thing is," Keith scratched his head. He really didn''t know how to exin this. Diana was talking about Herrick and Alfia. There weren''t any changes as they returned to the mansion. Well, at least they knew how to walk. But that was about it. Doing other things was an entirely different matter.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"They''re wearing it because they failed their assignment," Keith exined.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see."


    <span style="font-weight:400">Everyone went to the backyard. It had be a usual thing when they returned from sses. Usually, it was calm and fun.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hey! I was trying to eat an apple!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And I''m trying to spar!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">Alfia and Herrick red at one another again.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This will happen for a few days, so bear with it."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Understood." Diana nodded, "Also, how will they clean the mansion?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Are you serious? You still want them to clean with those cuffs on?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"They need some practice with it on. So Alfia, Herrick. Get to work." Keith stated with a calm voice.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." The two gave him a weird look. So, too, did the others. This was going to be horrible.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait, why do they need to clean?" Carolyn was confused.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Ahh, I should exin it to you," Sarah exined the incident.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You guys need to start cleaning as well."


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I can''t believe the first thing we have to do is clean," Melor muttered. He was cleaning the lobby. Gabriel shrugged, "He told us we have to do it for a week."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And should we really not help them?" Melor looked at the second lobby.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Stop pulling!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Same here!" Herrick and Alfia were doing a push-and-pull game. One person pulled while the other had to push.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This is going to be a war zone."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Indeed."


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You''re so mean, Keith." Carolyn sighed. She could hear the explosiveness inside. She was resting with Keith in the backyard.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s punishment for firing magic inside." Keith drank his juice casually.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"By the way, Keith. When am I going to get my special snack?" Nephele''s body moved back and forth, eager to get it.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I will have it ready for youter. Don''t worry about it." Keith chuckled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">...


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Professor Aidiun, can''t you do something about this?!" Alfia turned to Aidiun. She couldn''t take it any longer. Tennol did say the manager could take it off.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"But you guys aren''t sleeping yet."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s affecting my health! I don''t think I can take it!" Herrick agreed with her for once! He was going to grab his head, but he remembered what happened. There were so many things he couldn''t do.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Suck it up. You guys need to get used to it." Aidiun sighed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">The two groaned. The two kept arguing with one another before they went to bed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">…


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And I''m off! See you guyster!" Keith waved his hand. However, the same couldn''t be said for Alfia and Herrick. Their eyes were dark and groggy, like they wanted to hurt someone.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Keith dragged his cart to his usual spot. What awaited him was a long line.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Kid, set up your cart!" Cedric stated.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yo!" Keith raised his hand as he set up his cart, "Please get on line for me to take your order!" This was the usual process. While Keith got everyone''s order, he started to cook everything up. While he did,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Good morning, Boss." Keith looked up to see a pair of elves.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hello, Mr. Fin and Mr.Lin." Keith greeted the two, "Do you guys want your usual?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm." "Understood. Please give me a minute."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is it just me, or is he going at it faster?" Fin muttered as he watched Keith work. Cedric thought about it,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now that you have mentioned it." Every time Keith set up his cart, there would be an increase in speed. It was subtle. However,pared to the first day he opened, he was much faster.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s because it''s more muscle memory," Keith answered the group.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"When you do it as long as I have, the techniques you use just be ingrained into your body." Keith was running on default.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see." Fin and the others took a step back.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Isn''t it more insane that he''s capable of doing something like that?" Fin whispered to Cedric.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I''m more surprised he could do that while talking." That was not only muscle memory. It was skills and talent added together. He took orders while he worked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What are you guys saying?" Keith couldn''t hear them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Nothing! You don''t need to worry about it."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see. Your order is up." Keith smiled as he handed the order out to Fin and Lin. When he did, they were excited as they ate.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Even when I eat it a hundred times, I still can''t get the taste out of my mind."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"It''s one of the things you can''t fathom," Lin muttered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hmmm," Keith continued to hum as he worked. After some time, he took something out to drink.