Going to school together, eating lunch together at noon, club activities together after school, and guiding the club's juniors together.
When friends asked about yesterday, she would say that they had broken up and Ito was no longer her boyfriend... Hinata wasn't lying, as he was indeed no longer her boyfriend but her master in the Cuckold game.
After club activities ended and the Dojo was tidied up, the two bid farewell to their juniors and went home as usual. Hinata seemed to have no real sense of having signed the Cuckold game pledge; their lives seemed no different than usual, as if unaffected.
Until they returned home in the evening, after showering and having dinner.
Buzz buzz buzz...
Buzz buzz buzz...
The phone vibrated. Hinata picked up her phone and opened it without any guard.
"!!!!"
Her hand trembled, and the phone almost fell to the ground. On the phone was a photo sent by Ito—a selfie of a girl sitting on a toilet with her legs spread apart.
Although her face wasn't captured, from the shape and details of the hair, it was definitely Saya.
Hinata froze for a moment. She had been with Saya all day today. When did Saya take this!? They even went to the bathroom together... she was right next door at the time and had no idea.
The thought of Saya taking such explicit photos and sending them to Ito while just a wall away from her made Hinata's breathing quicken.
Ito: [No, you can't generate electricity.]
"!!!"
Ito's message made Hinata's hand stop. Although Ito had only sent a message and they weren't on video, even if Hinata did something, Ito wouldn't find out.
But... these were the rules of the Cuckold game. If the rules weren't followed, the game wouldn't be fun.
Ito: [I heard from Aoi, there's an exam this month, right? If your exam ranking improves, I'll give you a reward.]
Hinata: [What reward?]
Ito: [You'll know when the time comes. Study hard for your exams. This is your master's command! If you get into a good university next year, I'll give you a very exciting reward.]
Previously, Hinata had intended to handle things alone, keeping Saya in the dark, precisely because she worried about affecting Saya's studies. Ito couldn't possibly jeopardize their future prospects.
Ito had heard from Aoi that they had placed in competitions representing the Archery Club. Even if they didn't pass the national unified academic test, they could still get into some sports-oriented universities through independent admissions.
Fortunately, their academic performance was actually quite good; under normal circumstances, getting into a good university shouldn't be difficult. However, if they indulged in NTR games in the coming period, that might change.
Now, the first semester is almost over, with two more semesters remaining.
They are already looking for successors for the Archery Club. Once the next semester begins, they will withdraw from the club to focus entirely on preparing for their exams.
Although Ito wouldn't overly influence them, well...
The pressure of exam preparation is quite high. If their test scores improve, it wouldn't be bad to reward them with parties to relieve stress after studying.
After saying this to Hinata, Ito said similar things to Saya. He would reward her for improving her grades in school exams, and give them an exciting reward if they got into a good university in the joint entrance exam.
Although he hadn't told them, Ito had already decided on the reward for them once they got into university.
Hehehe...
But for now... occasionally helping them relieve stress is fine, but disturbing them too much is not.
Exiting the chat app, Ito glanced at his phone calendar... He wondered how Sagiri and Mashiro's doujinshi progress was these days. There was half a month until the next Comiket.
Although it wasn't one of the two major Comikets in winter or summer, it was still a considerable size, making it an excellent debut for Baumkuchen. Ito asked Sagiri and Mashiro for a few line drafts and posted them on the newly created Baumkuchen and Ito's White Mantou social media accounts. Then, Ito used some of his previously accumulated fans to build anticipation.
After all, Mashiro and Sagiri both planned to submit anonymously, and poor sales would be too disheartening for them.
After posting, Ito periodically refreshed the page, looking at the comments on social media, most of which were praise and anticipation.
Although most of them were Ito's fans, Mashiro and Sagiri's drawing skills were definitely not bad; they weren't just praising them out of deference to Ito.
Many people were even trying to guess the author based on the art style.
Ito saw some people guessing it was H-manga Teacher based on the art style, but no one guessed Mashiro at all.
What made Ito somewhat regretful was that Sagiri and Mashiro did not plan to draw doujinshi long-term. If he could gather and cultivate some doujinshi authors, it wouldn't be impossible to formalize Baumkuchen's operations and even establish a company like Crab Editorial Department.
What a pity.
After replying to some fan comments, it was getting late. Ito glanced at the time and stretched... Tomorrow, he'd go gently urge Sagiri's manuscript along.
Sagiri always took her time to produce fine work, but the Comiket wouldn't wait, and printing time also needed to be allocated... It would be troublesome if they couldn't make it.
And... perhaps Sagiri might even deliberately delay the manuscript to miss this Comiket.
...
Just as Ito expected.
The next day, when Ito went to Sagiri's house to check her progress, it was just as Ito had thought yesterday... Sagiri's progress was basically zero!
The drafts she sent Ito yesterday were all the progress she had made.
"I say... what's going on? Don't tell me you only drew two drafts these past few days!"
"Gulp..."
Ito, using the key left by Sagiri's brother, invaded Sagiri's sanctuary. Looking at the drafts on Sagiri's computer, Ito's face hardened... Now Ito could understand how editors at an editorial department felt when working.
"Slow... drawing slowly makes it better..." Sagiri lowered her face, her silver hair falling over it, presented to Ito.
Although Sagiri did indeed prefer to draw slowly, this progress was clearly far less than drawing slowly; rather, she hadn't drawn much at all!
"Drawing slowly makes it better? Are you sure you're not deliberately dragging your feet?" Ito said with a stern face, "Because you don't want to leave the house, you're deliberately delaying."
"No... no! Not at all!"
Sagiri, angered by Ito hitting the mark, puffed out her cheeks and glared at Ito.
Ito took out his phone, opened the Baumkuchen social media account, and handed it to Sagiri, "I've already announced to the fans that your manga will be released at the Comiket in half a month."
Ito paused.
"Hmm... I'll come supervise you every day during this time. Today... today, finish the first ten pages of storyboards, otherwise..." Ito grinned mischievously, "There will be a punishment."
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