Heh heh heh... if not for the Netori Detector, I never would have known Marin had such interests!
Finding a fellow enthusiast like Marin kept Kaede in high spirits all the way until school the next day.
On the way to class, Kaede used the Netori Detector to scan every passerby.
Generally speaking, most people's values ranged between -10 and 10.
Whether it was the urge to cuck others or be cucked, it was mostly just a subconscious tendency they weren't even aware of.
Of course, she occasionally saw a "pitch black red" or a "deep dark green," but they were very rare.
But those were just strangers. Kaede was just using the detector for fun.
Her real targets were Eriri and the others.
Besides Hinata and Saya, who were already confirmed, Kaede felt Eriri and Karen had great potential.
After all, they were both masochists and had a slight cuckold lean.
She didn't hold high hopes for the others, but what if someone turned out like Marin?
As soon as she entered the classroom, Kaede lowered her head and messaged them to invite them for lunch.
"All rise."
When the bell rang and the teacher entered, Kaede stood up as the class president.
After the teacher's signal, everyone sat down.
Kaede turned her head to check for absentees for the registry, and then...
-73!
A bright red number in her vision caught Kaede's attention.
It wasn't quite "pitch black red" yet, but the value was higher than Ichika's.
This wasn't just a "tendency"; this person had definitely awakened a full-blown cuckold fetish.
And the owner of this number was... Saki Yoshida?
Noticing Kaede's gaze, Saki Yoshida tilted her head and winked at her.
"!!!!"
Kaede looked away and focused on the blackboard, but her mind was completely elsewhere.
Saki Yoshida actually has a cuckold fetish!?
Hiss...
Does she even have a boyfriend to be cucked of?
If not a boyfriend, a girlfriend would work too.
After changing her hairstyle at the start of the term and becoming less gloomy, Saki had indeed made a few friends, but she didn't seem to have a boyfriend.
Could it really be a girlfriend?
Kaede knew very well that Saki hadn't had any intimate contact with Rin Ito.
But then again, people who read NTR doujins don't necessarily have partners.
Kaede leaned back slightly, reached into her desk, and sent a quick message to Eriri and the others.
Kaede: [Cuckoo.]
Kaede: [Lunch is canceled.]
She could see Eriri and the others anytime. She had to figure out Saki Yoshida's situation first!
Suppressing her curiosity until the bell rang, Kaede ran to Saki's side the moment class ended.
"Want to have lunch together today?"
"Eh, that's..."
An awkward expression appeared on Saki's face.
Seeing this, Kaede raised an eyebrow and tested her with a wicked grin.
"Saki, you've become so much cuter after your transformation. Don't tell me you have a lunch date with a boyfriend? When did you get such a big catch?"
"It's not a boyfriend. It's a girl from the class next door."
"Oh, so it's a girlfriend then."
"It's not a girlfriend!!! Just a regular friend!"
Saki's face turned beet red from Kaede's teasing.
She paused before continuing to explain.
"When I didn't have friends before, I used to go to the library all the time...
"She's always alone in the library, just like I used to be."
"Kaede, you helped me so much and let me make so many friends.
"Now... now I want to help a girl who is lonely and isolated like I was.
"So I went to talk to her after the term started."
Saki smiled shyly.
"Even though she's a bit of a loner, she had two childhood friends back in middle school.
"They promised to go to the same high school together.
"But during the graduation exams, her health failed, and she ended up separated from them."
"In that case, why don't you introduce her to me?"
A smile appeared on Kaede's face. It seemed her effort in helping Saki "transform" was meaningful.
Now Saki was even learning how to help others transform.
In the beginning, Saki wore glasses and dowdy pigtails, always walking with her head down.
But now, Saki had discarded that image, letting her hair flow over her shoulders and switching to contact lenses.
Add a little light makeup, and Saki looked like a completely different, confident person.
Combined with Kaede taking her under her wing to make friends... the transformation was complete!
"Is that okay? I was worried about being a bother..."
"Of course it is! Let's all have lunch together."
"Mmh!" Saki nodded vigorously. After a few more words with Kaede, the break ended and Kaede returned to her seat.
Looking at Kaede's back, Saki's heart was a whirlpool of emotions.
Kaede really is a good girl... no wonder Rin-san loves her and made her his official girlfriend.
Besides Kaede, Saki was also deeply grateful to Rin Ito. He was the first person to reach out and help her.
Saki could tell that Kaede only became friends with her because of Rin.
If not for Rin, she and Kaede would be casual acquaintances at best.
Kaede wouldn't have put so much effort into helping her transform into the person she was now.
However... the transformation only changed Saki's exterior.
The deep-seated inferiority in her heart had never been truly uprooted.
She felt as though she were constantly being overshadowed by Kaede's brilliance.
Saki wanted to reach Kaede's level by imitating the way Kaede helped her to help others, but she knew the truth in her heart.
She... she could never be as gentle and cheerful as Kaede.
She could never be loved by Rin-san like that.
She could never steal him away from Kaede.
She... she would only ever be alone at home, masturbating to her fantasies.
Visions of Kaede and Rin making love flashed through her mind.
Saki felt the panties beneath her skirt grow damp.
This was a habit Saki had since she was young; she couldn't even remember when it started.
Having no friends and being isolated at school caused her massive amounts of stress every day.
Her way of venting that stress was to go home and masturbate until all that pressure was sprayed out.
Now that she had friends, she rarely had stress to vent, but masturbation had become a habit.
If she didn't get off a few times every night, she couldn't fall asleep.
In the past, Saki used various doujins and adult films as her material.
But for the past few months... it had been exclusively Rin, Kaede, and Suzu.
Saki clearly loved Rin Ito, but she didn't even dare to fantasize about being with him.
Even her mental masturbation material only featured Rin and Kaede together... or occasionally Suzu stealing him away.
Saki's most daring fantasy was one where she and Rin were lovers, but then the superior Kaede stole him from her.
She would imagine herself hiding in a closet, watching him be taken away bit by bit, completely powerless to stop it.
In all her fantasies, Saki herself was never the main character.
In her heart, she was always just a bystander, only fit to lurk in a dark corner and use her fingers on herself.