Chapter 40: They are Actually Excellent Children, But The Comparison is Not Good

They are Actually Excellent Children, But The Comparison is Not Good

After school, on a day when everyone was worried about me and scolding me, I was dragged into Tomohiro-kun's room.

A girl who told him to defile her, and a sexually hungry young high school boy....

Naturally, something happened, and what was scattered around the room wasn't bodily fluids... but eraser shavings. At least throw away your eraser shavings together, it's so messy.

Tomohiro-kun was so focused he'd lost sight of his surroundings, so I gave him a pat on the back and made him clean up the shavings, while I glanced at the workbook I was having him do.

Huh? Why hasn't Hikari-chan cleaned up? She's trash!?

Don't use such strong words. Hikari will cry.

I was moping around by myself again, and Tomohiro-kun had properly thrown his eraser shavings in the trash. He's usually good at throwing things away, but today he must have been really focused.

That's great, but it's no good losing track of what's going on around you. If Hikari starts crying, come and comfort her right away.

Even though I'm aware that I'm such a troublesome woman, Tomohiro-kun comforts me as he's asked what's wrong, and I feel a pang of anger as he strokes my head.

Hikari-chan is a very easy child, so being comforted immediately improves her mood. Is she a baby? Her brain is already wrinkled.

Anyway, the reason I came to Tomohiro-kun's house today was to help him with his studies.

Tomohiro-kun has made it clear that he won't defile me until he's worthy of me.

He's the one who refused to let me treat him like an easy snack. I need to prepare him so I can destroy him whenever I want, so it's a matter of mental adjustment on Tomohiro's part.

Also, by increasing the value of Snack-kun, which is the easiest thing to consume right now, I'm also preparing for when nothing else comes.  

You see, I have high ideals, so I might aim too high, striving for something better, and end up getting nothing.

If you want to try to catch two rabbits at once, it's best to raise livestock first, and ensuring food is important. I guess I'm a model livestock farmer after all. I think it's possible that this kind of risk hedging is causing me to miss out on opportunities to meet my sparkling friends.

Still, I'd rather do livestock farming than not do it at all. Tomohiro-kun needs to be plump and satisfying to eat. That means I have no choice but to feed him myself.

...I don't think Tomohiro-kun will ever leave me at this point, so should I teach him how to study on his own? That way I can concentrate more on finding sparkling friends.

It's a tough decision.

In reality, I'm doing this to ensure a minimum profit, but it's true that it's causing me to neglect my main job as a talent seeker.

Tomohiro-kun is a delicious snack, and I can't help but want to spend time with him, but that's not what I want.

I place my index fingers on both temples and twist them. I'm currently chasing three rabbits, and I don't have enough time to chase them all.

It's a simple math problem. If I don't have enough time, I just automate livestock care. Easy.

So I instill a new command in Tomohiro-kun: "Forget all your previous study methods. You're a snack." 

I don't mention snack, though.

Tomohiro-kun is dumbfounded by my sudden command, so I teach him my new study method and wait to see how he does.

When I ask him, "Is the right person for me someone who has me teach him everything he doesn't understand?" the innocent boy easily believes me.

So easy, and so cute.

I leave Tomohiro-kun there for a while, as he enters his self-study period, and go to the neighbor mom who is doing her best to appease me.

Yes, I guess she's worried that I've lost interest in Tomohiro-kun, who was powerless to do anything about the bad guys. If I don't get together with Tomohiro-kun, the neighbour mom will be sad, so sad. It's worrying, isn't it?

I'd love to reassure her by saying, "Don't worry! The time to dump Hiro-chan will be when I find another sparkle!"

But either way, it means that Tomohiro-kun might be dumped, so I should zip my mouth shut.

Putting my mouth aside, I also need to adjust neighbor mom mental state to some extent.

It's fine that she likes me, but it'd be a problem if she got weirdly stubborn and started abusing Tomohiro-kun.

Normally, that wouldn't happen, but there are some people in this world who actively harm their romantic rivals. I'm not saying that the neighbor mom is dangerous, but I want to nip any seeds of danger in the bud before they sprout.  

Given the way the neighbor mom raised him, it's not surprising that something like that would happen. In other words, it's all my fault. Reincarnated people really are the worst.

I chat with him, whisper kind words, and distort his thought processes. Little by little, I'm reshaping him so that he'll fall in love with me. ...Well, thanks to my strong face, inherited from Mama, I can easily make him like me if I'm just a little sympathetic and give him advice.

I haven't done anything special. ...What's with this body?

Could Mama be a biological weapon that reproduces asexually, slowly invading humanity?

Thinking these meaningless thoughts, I left Tomohiro-kun's house and returned home, and when I saw my little sister welcoming me, I changed my mind and decided that she couldn't be that terrifying. Little sister is cute today, too. Mom is just as cute.

As I explained the study material to my little sister, who was waiting for me with the parts she didn't understand, I was reminded of the time when I'd left Tomohiro-kun alone while he was studying.

The new way of studying is essentially the way I'm teaching my little sister. A teaching method that will help him develop the ability to think for himself and improve his academic abilities. 

To do that, I need to constantly guide his thinking, but now that I'm back home, I can't do that.

Leaving aside the issue of Tomohiro-kun, who was left in an unfinished state, I'm talking about my little sister's studies.

Her academic abilities are improving steadily, and at this rate, she might even be able to get into the same middle school as me. She's the kind of little sister who will help Dad vent his desire to spend money on his daughter.

Right now, my little sister is concentrating on her studies and doesn't do much else, but she's quite talented, as you'd expect from my little sister, or perhaps Mama's daughter. She was raised in a way that nurtured her talents, so it may be natural, but my little sister is brilliant.

"Onee-chan? It's a little embarrassing when you look at me like that..."

The girl averts her eyes and fidgets a little.  

She's a good walker and runner, so despite her small stature, she's a relay runner at sports day. She's good at sports despite her small size.

She's inferior to me, though.

She's also quick-witted and highly accomplished academically. If all goes well, she'll be able to get into a top-tier private middle school, so she must be very smart. I was a scholarship student, though.

And on top of that, she's got a cute face, inherited from Mama. She's just like me.

...No, I'm not trying to praise my little sister and say, "I'm so much better!" or "How dare you!"

I'm comparing her to me, a reincarnated person, and praising her for her uniqueness, which is only slightly inferior.

What's going on with me?

My little sister seems to feel a bit inferior compared to me, but she's definitely weird too. It's hard to believe she was born to a mother with a loose mind and an average father. Maybe my upbringing was good after all?

If both of my students, Tomohiro-kun and my sister, were to get into a prestigious junior high school, wouldn't that be proof of my teaching ability?

They're just both talented. That's true.