"Rinka, what happened yesterday? Why didn't you come home with me?"
At the school gate, two elementary school students were arguing. As Rinka's older brother, Kazuki Okino was naturally aware that his sister hadn't come home yesterday, and he was anxious and worried.
Seeing his sister back at school today, Kazuki Okino sighed in relief, but he was shocked and confused that Rinka refused to go home with him after school.
"I'm staying at a friend's place for a couple of days, Nii-chan," Rinka Okino looked at her brother with a complicated expression. She had cared for her brother, having grown up playing together; her fondness was strong, perhaps even bordering on love.
But... those feelings were in the past. Now, when Rinka Okino faced her brother, that loving sensation was gone. Her mind was completely occupied by the image of Alex saving her the day before.
Whenever she thought of him, whenever that scene came to mind, her eyes involuntarily curved into crescents.
A smile blossomed on her face.
"Rinka, I asked your friends, and you haven't been staying at their houses, have you?" The elementary school boy tried to grab his sister. "I don't know where you were yesterday, but, but it's dangerous to be out alone."
"That's right, Rinka, we're worried about you too."
The pink-haired girl, Otome, said with concern.
"Ugh, I'm just not going back," she shook her head vehemently and stepped back, dodging her brother's hand. "I'm going to Alex's house. Stop looking for me!"
Although her feelings for Kazuki Okino had faded because of her crush on Alex, Rinka still cared for her brother as family. However, this argument stirred up a sense of impatience. As for the pink-haired girl next to him, Rinka felt even more annoyed by her.
"Rinka, you..."
Kazuki Okino was utterly bewildered, unsure why his sister had changed so much in just a day. While her appearance was the same, his sensitivity allowed him to feel her subtle distance from him.
Just as he was about to ask, footsteps approached from afar. He looked up and saw a group of older boys and girls walking towards them. At the same moment, Rinka Okino's eyes lit up, and she rushed towards them.
"Alex."
"..."
A huge vein popped in Alex's forehead. He exchanged a helpless look with Chi and Yui. "Yesterday, she was still calling me 'Big Brother.' Now, she's just calling me by my name. Damn it."
"What's wrong with that? It means Rinka-chan feels close to you," Chi covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Yes, yes, she's so clingy, we're all getting jealous," Yui Obata laughed as well.
Hearing the two older girls tease her, Rinka Okino's pigtails swung back and forth. Her cheeks were crimson, but she still held onto Alex's hand and refused to let go, clinging tightly to him.
This sight stunned Kazuki Okino and Otome.
"Rinka, who are they?" Kazuki Okino was instantly agitated seeing his sister so intimate with a strange man. He felt a profound sense of having been cuckolded.
His eyes looked like he was staring at the man who had stolen his sister—a Netorare protagonist's worst nightmare. Alex's eye twitched. I haven't been a cuckolder for a long time. Besides, I genuinely have no interest in such a poorly developed elementary school student.
Moreover, if it weren't for me, you little brat, the cuckolder you'd face later would truly break you and ruin your life. Don't you get it, kid? I saved you.
Alex grumbled inwardly for a long time. "Rinka is staying at my place for now, though it doesn't matter if she wants to go back, as long as she agrees to it..."
Alex was indifferent; he wasn't forcing the little loli to stay at his house.
"No! I want to be with Alex," Rinka Okino immediately shouted. She wouldn't leave. "We agreed yesterday, Alex. You can't go back on your word."
"I'm not going back on my word. If you're that determined, then fine. Let's go home—"
"Rinka..."
Kazuki Okino watched his sister walk away, feeling inexplicably lost.
He hadn't realized it before, but with his sister gone, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, a void in his heart... Beside him, Otome watched the backs of the group curiously, her eyes exploring.
She sensed that those older boys and girls were quite unusual.
Rinka Okino was very happy, holding Alex's hand and chatting about school matters the entire way home. She talked about boys confessing to her, friends dating, and even girls in her class who had already done it with boys from middle school...
Alex's face darkened as he listened. Damn it, you're still elementary school students! How can you be so crazy?
"Rinka, don't follow those kids. You're just an elementary school student now. Dating is one thing, but doing it directly... that's too dangerous."
"Why? A few girls said it felt really good and that it wasn't dangerous at all."
"..."
There was no way to continue this conversation.
"Besides, if it were Alex, I'd be willing..." The little loli suddenly grew shy as she spoke, fidgeting while secretly giving Alex a suggestive look, which nearly made him lose his composure.
Are you kidding me? Are you this precocious?
Stop talking! If you keep talking, I'm actually going to commit a crime.
Yui and Chi standing nearby were secretly amused.
"Talk to me about that when you grow up. Such a small kid talking like an adult."
When they got home, Yuki and Makoto Himejima had indeed returned and were cooking with Mrs. Natsumi Obata. Rinka Okino stopped bringing up the previous topic; with so many older girls having ambiguous relationships with Alex, she couldn't compete with them right now.
"Alex, we saw it earlier—Tomomi Sakurazawa went to find you alone..." Ai Kitakami couldn't help but ask at the dinner table. "Did anything happen between you two? Her attitude towards you seemed strange."
"...A lot actually happened. Speaking of which, Chi, are you familiar with Tomomi Sakurazawa?"
"Tomomi-san... we've talked a few times, but we're not very close," Chi shook her head.
"Even the social butterfly Chi isn't familiar with her. It seems nobody is very close to that girl," Makoto Himejima added. "But even though she keeps a low profile, she's still very charismatic."
"She is, indeed, very charismatic. And she's not smaller than Makoto."
Smaller?
Seeing his gaze land on her chest, Makoto Himejima playfully rolled her eyes at him, then puffed out her chest. Her enormous, soft breasts swayed, making Rinka Okino next to her stare with envy.
"How do you know she's not smaller than Makoto?" Yui asked suspiciously. "Did you touch her?"
"I did touch her," Alex calmly took a bite of rice, causing all the women at the table to stare at him. "Don't look at me; she asked me to touch them."
"..."
"..."
Alex made no effort to hide it. He never concealed things like this and told them quite frankly. Hearing that the girl had such a bizarre lactation condition, the women, including Mrs. Natsumi, were shocked.
"There's such a strange condition?" The married woman had produced milk before. "That feeling must be awful..."
"Alex, what does real breast milk taste like? It must be exciting, right?"
Yui rested her chin on her hands and smiled mischievously.
"Cough... It's not as delicious as your Saint Milk. Truly, honestly."
"Then, would you like to taste our Saint Milk again?"
"Now that you mention it, I kind of want some..."
As he spoke, Rinka Okino suddenly pulled his sleeve. "Alex, can I also have that... Saint Milk?"
The little girl's wide eyes were full of temptation and longing. "Can you drink mine?"
"..."