Rin Ito and Suzu cleaned the kitchen, while Kaede took Saki Yoshida home to teach her some image-changing techniques, such as makeup and styling.
However, Saki Yoshida didn't stay long at Kaede's house; as a good girl, she couldn't come home too late. Around 8 PM, Kaede had Rin take Yoshida Saki home.
"Um... Mr. Ito." Under the moonlight, Saki Yoshida, whose hair had been changed from twin pigtails to long black straight hair, lowered her head, pursing her lips with a shy smile. "Thank you very much."
After saying that, she blushed and ran into her house as if fleeing.
Although Rin and Kaede hadn't done much, treating Yoshida Saki just like a normal friend, this was enough to deeply move Yoshida Saki, who had been friendless her entire life.
Helping her become cheerful, regain confidence, and make normal friends was the best way to prevent her from undergoing the corruption seen in the little manga.
But this wasn't an overnight task. Rin didn't expect a few hours to completely Metamorphosize Yoshida Saki in a positive way. Today was a good start; they would take it slow from here.
After bringing Yoshida Saki home, Rin returned to his house... Since this world was potentially the underground world, he had to take the initiative!
I'd rather cuckold the world than let the world cuckold me!
That was the thought, but how should he talk to Kaede?
Tell her he wanted to be with her and Suzu? Under normal circumstances, Kaede would definitely refuse, and she tended to be quite jealous.
However, if the other girl was Suzu... there might be a chance.
Arriving at the front door, Rin didn't go back to his own house. Instead, he took out his key and opened the Hoshizuki family's door.
The living room lights were off; Kaede and Suzu must have returned to their rooms. Rin approached Kaede's door, hesitated slightly, then raised his hand and gently knocked before opening the door.
Inside the room, Kaede, sitting on her chair, had her bare, pale feet resting on the desk. She wasn't using her phone but was looking at the various enhancements in the System Store.
It had been over a week since the System bound to her. Although she had accumulated a lot of Nurturing Points by completing daily missions, Kaede hadn't applied any points to Rin yet; she hadn't decided how to allocate them.
Seeing Rin, Kaede, feeling guilty, quickly took her bare feet off the desk.
Because Suzu usually stuck to Kaede, the two rarely had the chance to be intimate like a normal couple. On the contrary, Kaede, knowing Suzu also liked Rin, made an effort not to appear intimate with Rin in front of Suzu.
Only at night, after Suzu returned to her room, did Kaede have the chance to sneak into Rin's house or invite him to her room for kisses and hugs.
But now... due to the Nurturing System, if Kaede and Rin tried to be intimately close with desire before another girl had been intimate with him, she would feel an electric shock-like sensation.
Oh no... how do I explain this to him?
Nervous, her ten small, round, pearl-like toes were tightly curled.
"Yoshida-san... is she home?"
"Yes, she's home."
Section 8
Rin didn't try to be affectionate with Kaede as he usually did. Kaede looked at Rin's surprisingly serious expression with confusion.
"Did... something happen?"
"Yes. I wanted to talk about Suzu."
"!!!!!"
Hearing Rin mention Suzu, Kaede's body instantly froze. Her thin uniform was immediately soaked with cold sweat.
Suzu must have told him about her cuckold fetish! P-P-Pssh... What do you mean my cuckold fetish? It's my fake cuckold fetish!
"You... you know?"
"You know?"
Rin was taken aback, then quickly reacted.
Did Kaede know about Suzu all along... No, no, no!!!
Maybe I was the only one kept in the dark!
In an instant, everything that had happened over the past week flashed through Rin's mind.
It was all planned by them!
No wonder Kaede suddenly started bringing girls home to introduce to him, and then Suzu dragged him into the closet to watch Kaede get off using Reverse-NTR manga, and Suzu even had similar videos on her phone... How could all that be a coincidence?
As the older sister, Kaede must have known Suzu's feelings.
But Rin had always acted exclusively devoted, so they set up this scenario!
They allowed Suzu to obtain leverage over him, while Kaede made sure he knew about her Reverse-NTR manga hobby... Everything Kaede did was to make him believe she truly had a cuckold fetish.
The goal was to make me accept Suzu with a clear conscience!
I see!
"Yes, I know."
"That Suzu, she..."
Kaede lightly bit her lower lip... Suzu promised not to tell him, but she immediately sold Kaede out.
"This... this can't really be blamed on Suzu. After all, it can't be helped. Liking someone isn't something you can control."
"That... yeah, that's true too."
Although the two were having a normal conversation, they were talking about completely different things.
Rin thought Kaede's "liking" referred to Suzu's love for him, while Kaede's "liking" actually referred to the cuckold fetish she had 'confessed' to Suzu earlier.
Despite the hilarious misunderstanding, their conversation continued smoothly.
"Since she likes me... it can't be helped, and I'll try my best to fulfill that, but... Suzu is a bit too bold. I think it would be better if the first time was with you."
In Kaede's mind, Rin was saying: "Although you have a cuckold fetish, and I'm a faithful person, I can accept it for you. But I love you most, and I don't want to give my first time to someone else."
Rin's actual meaning was: "Although you and Suzu both like me, you're my girlfriend, so it's better if my first time in this world is with my girlfriend."
"So... is that okay?"
Rin reached out to hug Kaede, but the moment he touched her shoulder, Kaede sprung away as if shocked by electricity.
"Um... I, I want to go take a shower first."
Kaede fled the room as if escaping. Rin simply thought Kaede was shy.
But in reality...
WHAT DO I DOOOOOOOO!!!!
MY MIND IS SHAKINGGGGGGGGG!!!!!
Kaede felt her mind trembling, wishing she could smash her head against the floor.
Before, Kaede would have instantly agreed, but things were different now. With the System in place, to cultivate herself into the heroine of a Reverse-NTR manga, she couldn't have intimate contact with Rin unless another girl did so first.
But if she refused, he would definitely think her cuckold fetish was already pathological.
What do I do, what do I do, what do I dooooooo!!!!!