On my first day, the ring follows me to school.

I'd woken up thirsty in two ways: first, I was dehydrated, and second, I was still as horny as I'd ever been. I checked my hands and, as expected, the ring hadn't gone anywhere in the middle of the night. It hadn't been a dream... Was I going to feel this way forever? I didn't know if I could live this way...

Or... If I gave in and tried to satisfy my lust, would I finally feel normal again?

Standing in my shower, I shook my head rapidly as I worked more lather into my bushy hair. It was too early for quitter thoughts like that! Besides, it wouldn't be forever: earlier, I'd promised Regina I was going to wish everyone immunity to the power of the ring and live a normal life. But actually, could I just use it to wipe my own lustful desires out? Or, if I couldn't do that, give myself something to make it harmless, like "eating a mint makes me stop being horny?" Was there any rule against it? Looking at the unremovable ring on my finger, which I couldn't even take off in the shower, I felt like Regina wouldn't let me off that easy...

I also felt like if I thought about Regina's dreamy white hair and hungry smile any longer in the shower, I was going to make myself late for my first day. I **** it out of my head.

Eyes on the prize!

Hope's Peak Women's University!

In the bright morning light of a spring morning, the school grounds looked immaculate... and, also, absurdly big when I thought about the size of the class I'd be entering. Supposedly, my own homeroom was around fifteen students, and there were only three homerooms. My understanding was this was because the school housed a variety of facilities for independent study, as well as all kinds of recreational facilities to attract the kind of prodigious talents the school courted. It also had housing for students, but because I'd transferred in, I was the only one who wouldn't live on campus in the dorms... Honestly, that had me a little peeved. Still, I expected I'd be spending most of my time here.

Anyway, because everyone who attended was already on campus, there was barely any traffic at the front gate. So little, in fact, that I was surprised to find two people seemed to be waiting to greet me. And...

They're both absolute hotties! Am I dreaming?!

The first hottie waving me down was a cheery blonde in a sharp uniform in various shades of pink: a sweater vest over a long-sleeved shirt, a skirt I noticed came nowhere close to the knees, high stockings and lace-up shoes. It was impossible to miss that her right-parted hair had a variety of musical note clips, and her skirt had a trim of musical bars. Really, though, every part of her, from her gorgeous, right-parted shoulder-length hair, to her preppy outfit and the white bag she carried, to her porcelain skin, had a smoothness to it that struck me as angelic. Add to that her curves in only the right places... She was exactly my type...! "You must be Minnie Royal, right?" She extended one of her slender, manicured hands towards me. "I'm Kaede Akamatsu, the Class 1-B President and the Ultimate Pianist! Welcome to Hope's Peak. Looks like we're going to be homeroom buddies."

"H-homeroom buddies?" I muttered stupidly, shaking her hand with one of my clammy own. "Thanks! You're so pretty."

I felt my gut wrench immediately. What the heck was I saying? What am I doing?!

Kaede giggled, although it was clear she thought it was weird, too. "That's so sweet! You're pretty too, Minnie," she politely assured me. "And this is your friend who arrived earlier, right?"

The class president was gesturing to the woman next to her, so I happily gave that woman a look as well. She was another stunning beauty, with long white hair that gave her a mysterious look. She wore a relatively unadorned white uniform shirt and grey skirt, but with enough of her generous cleavage and the absolute territory between her stockings and skirt showing to turn eyes on their own. Besides that, the only noteworthy feature of her outfit was the silver chains that seemed to hang from every pocket, as well as in a circlet around her head. "Hi, Minnie! It's me, your old buddy Regina Silver, the Ultimate Ring ****."

... I hadn't recognized her because her mature appearance had been made slightly less mature, as she seemed to have adjusted her age to match my own. Still, she had those ridiculous knockers and a complete lack of shame. I stared at her in disbelief, trying to decide where to start. "What... What are you... The heck is an Ultimate Ring ****?!"

"We already went over that last night," Regina reminded me.

Furious, I threw my arm around Regina's shoulders and shot Kaede a strained grin. "Regina and I are gonna talk a sec, okay? Be right back!"

"Huh? Okay..." Kaede looked back over her shoulder with concern. "Class'll start any minute, so don't take too long."

I had no intention of a long conversation. I shoved my finger in Regina's face when we were a short distance away from Kaede. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?! You can't just follow me around calling yourself 'the Ultimate Ring ****,' and you definitely can't say anything about our ring shit in front of my new friends!"

"Don't get your panties in a wad," Regina replied casually, brushing away my hand. "I'm here because you're going to need some coaching on your new powers, and this is the easiest way for me to be around. Plus, you can ask me any questions you have. Don't worry; I'll literally fade into the background. Kaede didn't even bat an eye at my weird Ultimate talent, right?"

"All right, well, that's not gonna matter in just a second," I cut her off, putting my hands on my hips in an attempt to command her respect. I even tried to drum up my performance voice. "I won our bet! I'm here, and all I want is to make myself unable to use-"

"You wanna know what kind of panties she has on?" Regina interrupted me, looking me straight in the eyes with a serious expression. "I checked 'em before you got here. They're pretty cute." When I didn't respond to her question immediately, she clapped her hands together to signal a conclusion. "All right, then! You lost. What you now want is to know what kind of panties Kaede Akamatsu has on."

"No, I..." I started, my fists shaking at my sides. "I... Okay, well, just tell me that! Just hearing about her underwear, c'mon, that's like a little prank or a joke, no big deal! Give me that one little thing and then make it so I can't use the ring anymore."

"Not so fast." Regina's big smirk told me she knew she'd already won. "You're gonna use the ring to find out for yourself, honey. That's how we're going to do this; you'll decide what you want, and then, if it's something you can't do yet with your current power, I'll coach you so you can get there. By the way, I found this out... Turns out, Kaede has super-sharp hearing. So, like, she can probably hear every word of our conversation."

"Oh fuck me!" I shouted, then covered my mouth and looked over at Kaede, who just gave me a friendly wave and pointed to where a watch would be on her wrist.

Regina laughed at me again. "Sorry, I couldn't resist! Yeah, whenever you talk with me, our conversations fade into the background, too. That means we can have our little coaching sessions on the fly with no trouble. Now, back to the matter at hand: coaching on how to see Kaede's panties."

"Ugh... When you say it like that, it sounds like seeing them is my life's goal or something."

"Hey, you tell me something else you want to do to Kaede, we'll do that instead. Be my guest."

I knew if I started thinking about that, this was going to get bad, fast. "Okay, okay. That's fine. So what do I do? Is there a magic word?"

Regina crossed under her massive breasts and shook her head. "No, I explained this yesterday. You just have to think it... But, you have to think it with the appropriate intention. There are a bunch of different routes to seeing Kaede's panties, and all of them will help you flex different ring muscles. You need to get creative to use this thing right, anyway, so tell me: what do you think is the best way to use the ring to make that happen?"