Lolita complex.
　Commonly known as "Lolita Complex".
　It often refers to a person who has a s*xual preference for, or an obsession with, young girls.

　The boy's version of this is known as Shota-Kon.

　With an unending stream of crimes committed by pedophiles in recent years, the actions of parents and other adults around them to protect their children can be tantamount to overprotection.
　While it's inevitable when it comes to the safety of one's own child, overprotection has gone so far that even asking for directions is often met with an overly aggressive response.

　Giving a child candy out of kindness can even lead to a police report.
　In today's society where even innocent behavior can be labeled as suspicious, the question "Are you a pedophile? Let's see what they say.

　I mean, that's practically a death sentence, right?

　That's about as good as it gets, and I think it deserves to be eliminated from society.
　Now, why do I bring this up all of a sudden?

　That's.........

　~~~~.

You're a "roly-poly"?
I don't know.

　It's because this is the situation right now.

　I almost fell to my knees when Amana's friend, Chiuri, asked me with a look of conviction on her face, as if she was sure she was right.

　Oh, I wonder if the newspaper will print the sentence, "I'm suspected of plotting an insolent act with four girls by coming into a stranger's house under the guise of studying"?

　I'm just thanking Amana for always being soothing to me by helping her with her studies.
　I'm not a pedophile and I'm not a pedophile.

　So, all you have to do is just say 'no' proudly here.

　It's not my fault!
　It's not my fault!

You mean the adults, not the family and the teacher, right?　I know, I know!
'No, no, no!　That would make every adult in the world a pedophile!
'Oh, really!　Ugh.....

　She hurriedly corrected Tachi-Yuri-chan, who looked so confident and showed off her tremendous know-it-all attitude.
　Then her embarrassment at being pointed out her mistake made her blush in a flash.
　Hmmm, cute.

　But I was surprised.
　Chiyuri's misunderstanding seems to symbolize the darkness of modern society.
　We don't want to be accused of being a pedophile just because we casually stare at a child passing by.

　


'Oh, oh. I guess it's better to point it out so I can see the mistakes...

　The word "listening and biting" comes out of Kana-chan's mouth, the quietest girl, and she returns it, although she is confused.
　She has a better vocabulary than I do, so I'll keep quiet about the fact that I feel like Chiuri-chan's blunder has been brought into sharper relief.

　I mean, Onii-chan.
　My sister always called her simply 'Aniki', so the call from a young girl to Onii-chan is almost agonizing.
　



　Chiyuri-chan apologized to me for that with a depressed expression on her face, instead of her panicked look.
　

'It's okay. Chiyuri-chan is cute, and I understand your father's concerns.
"!　Um, uh, thanks...

　When I told her I didn't care, Chiyuri squirmed and replied with a red face.
　Yeah yeah, like I said before, I can understand why you would be overprotective when you have a child like her.......
　It turns out that the source of the misunderstanding is also the father, though.

　I don't care about that anymore.

Well, if you don't understand something in your homework, feel free to ask me. I can't tell you the answer out of the blue, but I can at least solve it by hand as many times as I want.
""Yes!"

　The four of them respond cheerfully to my cue.
　Although it looks like this, I've seen my sister study before, so I think I know some of the points by heart.

''Come to think of it, which subject do you have homework on?
Sansuu!

　Amana showed me a print.

　I feel nostalgic about the sound of that itself.
　It's the most inevitable fate that I will change jobs from middle school to mathematics and come at the new middle school students as a powerful enemy.

　........What am I talking about, what am I talking about?

Yes, I have a question!
What's going on?

　And immediately, Hasumi-chan, being a cheerful girl, raised her hand.

"2...1 is...
You'll know that's on purpose, won't you?
What?

　There is a limit to how much he is being licked.
　No, in this case, the possibility that it's Hasumi-chan's way of being a mood maker can't be discarded.

　Either way, all I can say is, take it seriously.

You know what, Onii-chan?　Is six plus five in the number three, or is ten enough?
'Hmm... What kind of fruit do you like, Kana-chan?'
'What?　Yes, I like strawberries...?
Well, let's see how many strawberries there are in the haystack.
Yeah, I'm a bit nervous.
Yeah, that's the answer.
Oh, thank you, Onii-chan...

　Kana-chan's tone of voice was faltering, but she handled it carefully, step by step.
　I couldn't help but smile at her hardworking attitude.

'Got it!　Onii-san, look at it!
Oh, let's see.

　As for Chiyuri, she came with her own answers.
　I'm not a school teacher, so I can't give her an Akamaru, but I can make sure it's right.

　Then I went through her answer column once and....

'Your answers are off one by one.
What?

　Properly pointing out the mistakes.
　As for Chiyuri's answers, it was already like a brilliant misplaced button, the answers were off one by one.
　It's just a shame because the answers were all correct, just misaligned.

　Let's hope that this screw-up doesn't come into play in the real test.

Onii-san, I did it too!
Okay, okay....

　I check the printout handed to me as if I were replacing Tomoyuri.
　And, oh.....

Yes, you answered all the questions correctly. You did well.
Eheheh!

　As a reward for my hard work, I stroke Amana's head.
　She doesn't make a disapproving face in response, but rather smiles and opens her face in a happy way.

　In this way, the study session went on without a hitch....