Mashiro likes Rin Ito, and Kaede likes Rin Ito, so they are comrades. Because they are comrades, they won't be angry about participating in research sessions together... Is that the reason they hold parties!? Mashiro's words made so much sense that Sagiri couldn't refute them!
"Are you a comrade too?"
"I..." Sagiri was tongue-tied. If she abandoned her possessiveness, it made a kind of sense. Did Kaede not have any possessiveness over him at all? Is she... is she so generous that she's willing to share him with other girls? Sagiri didn't understand, but she was greatly shocked.
"Doesn't... doesn't she worry about him being stolen?"
"Why would he be stolen?" Mashiro asked curiously. "Since we are comrades."
Megumi Jinno had previously talked about cuckolding Kaede, but the result was... like punching cotton. The other person simply didn't care and might even be pleased that Rin Ito was gaining experience. And it wasn't just Megumi Jinno; Sagiri hadn't even heard of the girl Mashiro mentioned, Hinata. There were probably many more so-called 'comrades.'
Since this was the case... then I am his comrade now too!
Returning to her room door, Sagiri took a deep breath before pushing the door open.
"Did you confirm with Mashiro?"
"Yes... c-c-confirmed..." Sagiri's cheeks were flushed, her eyes darting nervously as she stammered.
"Shall we... start?" Rin Ito looked at Sagiri, whose cheeks were red up to her ears, with a half-smile.
"I-I-I'll go take a shower first!!!!"
With that, Sagiri, her cheeks at their reddest, ran to her closet, grabbed a loose short-sleeved shirt, and fled the room. In her panic, she accidentally stubbed her little toe on the corner of the desk. Sagiri, with a fiercely red face, hopped out of the room on one foot while clutching her toe.
"Hahahahaha..." After she slammed the door shut, Rin Ito let out a merciless laugh in a voice loud enough for her to hear.
That jerk!!! (〃＞皿＜)!!
Sagiri, gritting her teeth with anger, stumbled to the bathroom and took off her cute pink pajamas. She wasn't wearing a bra, only a blue and white striped pair of panties. For Sagiri, whose chest was barely budding, she only needed loose sports bras at most, but since she never went out, Sagiri had no need to wear a bra. The small, cute, reddened tips stood proud on her pale, soft curves. Just thinking about experiencing her own doujinshi plot made Sagiri feel those two small, cute red tips hardening.
Although it was nominally 'research' for the ending, Sagiri had already come up with an idea after hanging up the phone. As the heroine steps out the door and throws herself into the protagonist's arms, just when the reader expects a touching embrace, the heroine's expression turns to one of shock. Then, the last panel shows the protagonist's back, where a huge group of large-breasted cat-girls stands behind him!!!!! At that moment, the battle between the flat-chested cat-girl heroine and the large-breasted cat-girls truly begins!
Sagiri's shower was obviously going to take a long time, but Rin Ito wasn't idle alone in the room. He went out to the small balcony and looked towards the neighboring house to see if Eliza was home. After observing the window for a while, Rin Ito didn't see any sign of Eliza, so he sent her a message.
Rin Ito: [Not home?]
Eliza: [Nope, I'm out buying game cartridges. There's a new game released today! I bought two copies to play with Sagiri. Do you want to join?]
Rin Ito: [What game? It shouldn't be for PC, right? If it's not for PC, forget it. I don't have other consoles.] Rin Ito wanted to have all platforms and a wall full of games, but unfortunately, he didn't have that much spare money.
Eliza: [No problem, I'll buy you one if you want to play.]
Rin Ito: [....]
Rin Ito: [No need, I don't play often anyway.] Eliza was rich after all. As expected of a best-selling light novel author, she could buy one just like that. Rin Ito remembered occasionally seeing people online say they wanted a rich loli to be their sugar mommy... Eliza perfectly fit the rich loli standard. Although Eliza's family was indeed wealthy, she didn't rely on her family's support to live this lifestyle. Eliza could afford to buy the Western-style mansion next door to Sagiri's house solely with her novel royalties. Eliza's family wouldn't indulge her author games; these were her actual sales. She also had a large online following, making her a truly sweet and soft rich loli, and Eliza didn't have a prostitute-like fetish either. Rin Ito was certainly tempted by the rich loli, but he wouldn't force the matter.
Rin Ito: [Sagiri is doing research for her doujinshi. Do you want to come?] Rin Ito extended the invitation to Eliza. Today's session was edging. Last time, Eliza only helped with her hands; perhaps this time, they could go a step further.
Eliza: [What kind of research? Do you want me to wear the cat-girl outfit?]
Rin Ito: [No. You've read Sagiri's doujinshi, right? The plot is now at the point where the heroine, who has been edged, is about to leave the house, but Sagiri doesn't know how to draw the ending, so she wants to experience it.] Rin Ito: [Do you want to join?]
Eliza: [I don't want to experience that!] During the last research session with Sagiri, Eliza saw the real object behind the mosaic in her dreams. Although she didn't taste it with her mouth like Sagiri, she gently felt it with her hands. Although Eliza wasn't an R-rated erotic novelist, writing harem-lite and fanservice novels required some accumulated experience to excite readers without actually writing explicit content. And she was curious herself. But... watching is fine, and getting hands-on is mostly fine, but I don't want to experience edging. Eliza hadn't seen the pages Sagiri drew last night, but she had seen the previous ones... teasing the body to the extreme, stopping, and then repeating the process over and over. Isn't that like stopping halfway through peeing and then waiting to continue? Although it could be done, the sensation was unpleasant. Although Eliza knew some people enjoyed that feeling, she didn't have a masochistic fetish. She didn't want to experience edging.
Rin Ito: [Even if you wanted to experience it, I don't have enough hands.] Rin Ito: [Besides letting her experience it to draw the manga ending, I want to keep her edging for the next few days, and then use the climax as a reward for leaving the house.]
Eliza: [So what do you need me for?]
Rin Ito: [After all, I can't watch Sagiri 24 hours a day. This kind of thing can't be left to her own conscience.] At this, Eliza roughly understood.
Eliza: [So you want me to watch her, right?]
Rin Ito: [Exactly.]
Eliza: [I'll be right back!]
Eliza: [Quickly!] Seeing Rin Ito's message, Eliza immediately agreed. She abandoned the queue and the new game cartridge... Why play video games when you can play with Sagiri?