"Kaede, wake up! Suzu and I know a new ice cream parlor that just opened. Should we go check it out? My treat~"
"Ice cream parlor?"
"Yeah! I heard their parfaits are delicious."
It was already the afternoon after school on the second day. After 'confessing' her cuckold fetish to Suzu last night, Kaede hadn't slept a wink, the awkward scene replaying in her mind every time she closed her eyes.
As a result, Kaede was groggy all day. She even fell asleep in class. Fortunately, Kaede's grades were excellent, and the teachers, aware of her family situation, assumed she was tired from a part-time job, so they only told her to rest without further comment.
Both Kaede and Suzu were popular, academically gifted, and part of the student council. As soon as school ended, several friends gathered around to chat and invite them out for post-school snacks.
However, the attentive Kaede noticed a girl in black-rimmed glasses shrinking behind the group, looking hesitant, as if she wanted to say something to Kaede but was too timid to approach while Kaede was surrounded.
"Yoshida-san? Is something wrong?"
Hearing Kaede call her name, the girl named Yoshida flinched.
Yoshida wore old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses. Her slightly frizzy, waist-length hair was braided into two pigtails hanging in front of her.
Her plain appearance made the girl seem utterly unremarkable, like she belonged to a different world from the popular Kaede and Suzu.
But Kaede realized that with a little effort, she could be quite cute.
"Um... Hoshizuki-san, yesterday... well, I'm free today."
When Yoshida mentioned yesterday, Kaede remembered. Yesterday, to complete a System mission, she had wanted to bring Yoshida home to meet Rin, but Yoshida had declined, citing a lack of time.
But now, there was no need... Kaede had exploited a System bug!
Kaede was perfectly happy to let Suzu join her and Rin. In fact, she wanted that.
With Suzu as the female Yellow Hair, that was enough!
Suzu could help complete various missions, and she could also help bypass the System's restriction that only allowed Kaede to be intimate with Rin after another woman had been intimate with him.
Since she had already 'confessed' to Suzu yesterday, Kaede wasn't afraid of losing face in front of her sister anymore.
So, there was no need to introduce Rin to any other girls.
However...
Kaede glanced at her sister... It might sound strange, but until Suzu successfully seduces Rin, Kaede has to maintain the persona of having a cuckold fetish! This way, Suzu can seduce her boyfriend with a clear conscience.
"Yoshida-san is free today? Why don't you come over to my house? It's pretty big."
Rin is very faithful! Suzu is just a special exception! Introducing Yoshida to him wouldn't hurt. Yoshida wasn't cunning like Suzu, and given her personality, she probably wouldn't make a move, and Rin, with his faithful nature, certainly wouldn't provoke her.
It would just be a formality, and she could complete her daily mission on the side.
"Hehe, go to Kaede's house? Haha, Kaede just wants to show off her boyfriend! You're so naughty, Kaede. I wish I had a boyfriend like that~"
"But Kaede's boyfriend is definitely handsome."
The other girls who had previously been introduced to Rin chattered about him, which made Yoshida feel a bit lost... As an inconspicuous girl in the class, when Kaede invited her yesterday, Yoshida thought her chance had finally come—that she could use this to integrate into their circle and shed her invisible image.
Was she only invited so Kaede could show off her handsome boyfriend to her?
Tears welled up behind her black-rimmed glasses.
"I... I think I'll pass after all." Yoshida pressed her lips together, trying to escape before she cried, but Kaede grabbed her wrist just as she turned.
"Yoshida-san, don't listen to them. That's definitely not what I meant." After a brief explanation, Kaede stood up and grabbed her bag. "We can get parfaits next time, Yoshida-san. Suzu, let's go."
Pulling Yoshida and Suzu out of the classroom, Kaede didn't know how to explain herself to Yoshida... Should she tell Yoshida that she wasn't trying to show off her boyfriend, but that she had a cuckold fetish?
Putting aside the fact that she didn't actually have that fetish, she couldn't tell her even if she did!
However, to Kaede's surprise, the timid Yoshida spoke up first.
"Um... Hoshizuki-san, you have so many friends. Why me...?"
"There's no special reason. I just wanted to be friends with you, Yoshida-san."
Faced with Kaede's bright smile, Yoshida, who rarely spoke to anyone, felt a surge of shyness... This is wonderful.
Hoshizuki-san is so nice.
Yoshida had been isolated since middle school. Initially, many girls tried to talk to her and befriend her, but Yoshida always refused out of fear.
She feared being bullied due to her low self-esteem.
She feared being looked down upon.
She feared being teased.
Yoshida hated this part of herself.
She was like a goblin hidden in a cave, wanting to leave but terrified of the harm that might follow.
Unbeknownst to her, her classmates had formed various social circles, leaving Yoshida alone... She had grown accustomed to solitude.
When Kaede invited her yesterday, she instinctively refused. Only after thinking about it all night did she finally decide to take courage.
She wanted to change! She wanted to be popular like Kaede! She wanted to make many friends and be able to talk to anyone!
Today, she was finally taking the first step!
Filled with anticipation and nervousness, Kaede and Suzu brought Yoshida to Rin's doorstep.
"We're here! This is my house, and my boyfriend lives here too."
"Huh? Co-habiting?" Yoshida gently covered her mouth. "Hoshizuki-san, you're so brave."
"Not really. I still go home to sleep. Actually, this is his house, and mine is next door."
Before Yoshida could react, Kaede unlocked the door with her key. As soon as the door opened, Yoshida smelled the faint aroma of dinner... Kaede's boyfriend could cook!
"Looks like we're just in time. Yoshida-san, please have a seat... I'll let you taste my cooking. Suzu, come help me. You entertain Yoshida-san."
Tossing her school bag near the entrance, Kaede pulled Suzu into the kitchen, then pushed Rin out... After only a day of rest, the cycle had started again.
Every time, she brings a classmate home, then she and Suzu hide in the kitchen, leaving him to entertain the guest... Does Kaede really have a cuckold fetish?
However, Rin couldn't say much in front of a guest.
Leaving the kitchen and entering the entrance hall, Rin saw the girl and paused... Wait, what did Kaede call her just now?
Yoshida-san?
"Why don't you sit in the living room? I'll get you some water."
Rin ushered Yoshida to the living room and had her sit on the sofa.
After placing tea and fruit on the coffee table, Rin sat down next to her, carefully observing the girl.
"!!!!"
Yoshida sat awkwardly on the sofa.
Already shy in an unfamiliar environment, Yoshida became even more nervous and embarrassed under Rin's gaze. Unsure what to do, she focused intensely on the TV screen, her legs pressed tightly together, her entire body rigid... She had never been stared at by a man like this before.
Rin wasn't eyeing her lustfully; his PTSD had kicked in.
Sailor uniform, pigtails, glasses, and the surname Yoshida... Rin knew that combination was enough to trigger PTSD in many people.
She reminded Rin of something terrible.
In his previous life, Rin didn't have much contact with the underground world, but as a struggling manga artist, he had encountered some famous underground comics.
For example... Metamorphosis.
Just mentioning the name was enough to trigger Rin's PTSD.
"Hello, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Rin Ito, Kaede's boyfriend. Yoshida-san... your first name wouldn't happen to be Saki, would it?"
Rin asked tentatively.
"Huh? Mr. Ito, do you know me?"
Yoshida Saki was stunned and looked at Rin in surprise... Not all her classmates knew her name. How did he know?
Rin took a deep breath, a wild thought flashing through his mind... Was the world he was reborn into not a normal world, but an underground world?
Rin took another deep breath and temporarily suppressed his complicated feelings.
"Kaede mentioned you. She said there's a very cute classmate named Saki Yoshida."
"Oh... Cute?"
Yoshida Saki's cheeks flushed at Rin's direct compliment... It was the first compliment she had received from anyone other than her parents.
"Haven't you noticed, Yoshida-san?" Rin smiled, reached out, and gently took off her glasses, pushing aside the slight fringe that covered her eyes. "You're definitely cute."
"!!!!!"
The compliment and the intimate gesture made Yoshida Saki's heart pound. As someone who had always been socially awkward, she had never been complimented or treated this way before.
Regardless of whether this was an underground world or if she just happened to share a name with the Saki Yoshida from his memory, Rin decided to treat her as the Saki Yoshida he knew.
In Rin's memory, Saki Yoshida, due to her lifelong low self-esteem, was easily seduced when the Yellow Hair complimented her, leading her to be lured to a KTV, where the Yellow Hair gave her strange drugs, leading to her irreversible corruption.
Rin was no Josuke Higashikata; he had to stop her before she was corrupted... Fortunately, judging by her current appearance, she hadn't been corrupted yet... he still had time!
Rin didn't know if she was that Saki Yoshida, but she hadn't been corrupted yet, and Rin couldn't find the Yellow Hair who would corrupt her.
To prevent Saki Yoshida from being corrupted, Rin could only do one thing:
Take the initiative!
If he corrupts her first, the Yellow Hair won't be able to!