I'm so stupid, truly.
Eriri stared blankly at Mashiro, who was held in Rin Ito's embrace... Only now did she realize all the previous signs, such as Mashiro's commando shirt. No matter how open-minded Mashiro was, she wouldn't wear a shirt with nothing underneath if another man were present! And how many girls would deliberately buy an oversized shirt as pajamas? They would definitely just wear their boyfriend's shirt to tempt him!
And... the nameplate on the door when she knocked seemed to say Ito, not Shiina.
Wait!!!
Ito? Hinata-senpai's boyfriend's name was something Ito, wasn't it?
Eriri had heard about the huge scene a few days ago, even though she wasn't there, her club members had told her about it. But then rumors of a breakup had spread!
"What the hell is going on!? This isn't research; this is an org-party!?"
Eriri looked dumbfounded at Mashiro, who was holding her phone aimed at Hinata. She could faintly see a noticeable bulge on Mashiro's flat stomach.
"As a painter... Ugh~" Mashiro tried to explain to Eriri, but she was interrupted by the continuous, stimulating licking from Rin Ito, Hinata, and Nanami, who were too shy to make eye contact with Eriri and continued to bury their faces on her body. Mashiro's arm trembled, and she nearly dropped her phone.
Mashiro wasn't filming a video for documentation; she was live-streaming to Saya... Saya was incredibly excited watching Hinata desperately service Rin Ito and Mashiro. Although Saya on the other side of the camera was extremely wet, Rin Ito had commanded her not to climax.
"Sawamura-san," Rin Ito looked at Eriri. "We are conducting source material research for doujinshi."
"What kind of doujinshi artist researches source material like this!?" Eriri retorted.
"In filming movies and TV dramas, dedicated actors personally go to experience life. Mashiro and I are doujinshi artists; isn't it perfectly normal for us to experience this together?" Rin Ito looked at Eriri with feigned confusion. "You've drawn so many humiliation and conditioning doujinshi, Sawamura-san. I thought you had a lot of experience... Could it be that you're still a virgin?"
"Of course I am! You jerk! What are you making me say!!!" Eriri blushed, looking at Rin Ito and Mashiro. "Doujinshi is doujinshi, and reality is reality! Drawing doujinshi only requires imagination! And! How do you know what kind of doujinshi I draw!? Did Mashiro tell you!?"
Rin Ito struggled to suppress his smile at Eriri's enraged embarrassment.
"The art style of Eri Kashiwagi is so obvious, anyone can see it."
"Is... is it that obvious?" Eriri's lips twitched. A voice suddenly popped into her head, something like, "You wouldn't want me to tell your classmates that you are Eri Kashiwagi, would you?"
So she quickly changed the subject.
"And! Who was the model Mashiro mentioned before!? Is there a second man?"
"The model was me..." Nanami mumbled, her mouth full of Mashiro's reddened pearl.
"The model was you? Wait a minute, I'm confused... Nanami, you're the model? Then what is Kaho?"
"Don't worry about it. Kaho just joined because she's a nymphomaniac," Rin Ito smiled. "Sawamura-san, would you like to join us?"
"I don't want to! Who would join a party like this!?" Eriri rejected the offer without a moment's hesitation. Rin Ito wasn't surprised by this. Although Eriri was a humiliation and conditioning doujinshi artist, she was, after all, a character from the surface world.
But the next second, she worried. Should I pretend to join and then find a chance to escape? There are so many of them now. If I refuse so directly, maybe... Instantly, many scenes from her own doujinshi flashed in Eriri's mind. Maybe they will rush me and hold me down, then Kaho will put her collar on my neck, and subject me to all sorts of humiliation and conditioning, like being forced to live on only men's bodily fluids for the rest of my life...
Oh, right... I'm still a virgin. Maybe they will be sadistic and not take my virginity, only focusing on my butt for all kinds of conditioning, turning me into a nympho virgin like the ones I draw!
"No, no, no, I think you misunderstood something, Sawamura-san. Don't worry, we won't grab you and subject you to pet conditioning," Rin Ito paused, then continued, "We're not inviting you to join a party; we're just inviting you to join our art club."
"You... you know I already have a club," Eriri quickly refused, breathing a sigh of relief.
"If you join the club, Sawamura-san, you can come and observe our source material research sessions in the future," Rin Ito tempted her.
"No... wait? Observe?"
Eriri was stunned for a moment, then focused on the word observe.
"That's right. Attendance at the club's research sessions is always free, coming and going as you please. They are only participating like this because they enjoy it... right, Mashiro?"
As he spoke, Rin Ito gently thrust his hips.
"Ugh~" Mashiro comfortably closed her moist eyes, her ten small toes tightly curled to suppress the pleasure. "The feeling of my body being stretched... is very comfortable..."
"If you want to personally experience what it's like to be the heroine in a doujinshi, Sawamura-san, that's fine. If you just want to observe from the side, like before, that's also fine... Do you want to join?"
"!!!!!"
Eriri had to admit that for a moment, she was tempted. Eriri published her doujinshi under the name Eri Kashiwagi for the circle Egoistic-Lily. The purpose of this circle was similar to Rin Ito's Baumkuchen. Egoistic-Lily was a circle founded and operated by Eriri's parents for her, so leaving it wasn't a big deal.
Not wanting to physically participate in the party
= not wanting to observe from the side. Although she couldn't personally feel the conditioning, observing from the side would certainly be better than working solely with imagination in her head.
Whether certain humiliating poses can actually be achieved by a real person, the human structure when striking those humiliating poses, perspective, lighting, and so on... Many things that required brainwork could be easily solved with a model.
Wait a minute... Is this why Mashiro can draw so well? Because she always conducts source material research firsthand!?
Realizing this, Eriri wavered. It's just observing from the side, after all. If I join... there's no loss.
"Then... I... I declare first that I'm only joining for source material research. I won't... I won't do those indecent acts with you! I'm just here to watch and draw from the side."
"No problem. Research is only a small part of drawing doujinshi. The focus is on exchanging ideas about drawing." Rin Ito smiled at Eriri.
Observing from the side for research purposes is perfectly fine. Mashiro also started out only for research.
But now... hehehe.
Mashiro has become a girl who loves doing indecent things!