When I clear my throat, the fan club whose delusions are running wild, come back to their senses.
"I'd like it if you didn't look at my sister with such strange eyes."
"S-, sorry."
"Well, Norn is cute though, so I won't mind if you keep it to watching her from afar, immersing yourself in delusions or whatever."
"I-, is that so?"
A relaxed atmosphere spreads through the place.
"But don't think I'll leave you alone if you lay your hands on her for real."
"Hii-"
Just to make sure, I give them a warning. For now, it doesn't seem like there are any guys who plan on doing anything cheeky, and after all, these kind of organizations won't allow their members to get ahead of each other. But you never know what obsessed people are capable of, after all. Someone might even suddenly snap, and attack Norn.
"Speaking of which, what are the rules of your club?"
"Eh? Club? Rules?"
"Right. According to the rules of your club, how much contact with Norn is okay?"
This is something important. For example, with idol fan clubs, essentially contact with them is forbidden, but cases like handshakes are okay. At those times, there are also guys who stick weird things to their palms. Gum for example, or sea urchin for example. You'd want to make everyone promise to wash their hands properly before a handshake event.
Or so I was thinking, but...
"Fan club?"
"Mn?"
I sense a discrepancy in our conversation. The reaction towards words like 'fan club' and 'rules' is wrong. Proper fan clubs usually have clearly defined rules. Could it be that though they're club members, they don't know about them?
"Please wait a moment. Who's the one in charge of this group?"
"In charge...? No, there's no one like that..."
"...What do you mean? Please explain."
I try asking for the details. When I do, I realize a strange truth. It seems that this group wasn't something that someone came up with. They saw Norn's cuteness and naturally grouped together. In other words, they didn't even know each other's names.
"I see."
It's an extremely dangerous situation. At any rate, a group of unknown size that thinks of Norn as cute has emerged. When people group together, they become capable of things that they wouldn't be on their own. For example, abducting the cute Norn and taking her back to their rooms. While making excuses like [It's your fault for being so cute, Norn-chan], they'd...
Outrageous!
"At this rate, a crime is going to happen."
"A crime? That's... We just..."
"There's no mistaking it. Someone will run wild and lay their hands on Norn."
When I said this, they all made a fuss.
"That's ridiculous!"
"We have no intention of doing something like laying a hand on Norn-chan!"
"That's, we like Norn-chan, but we like her as a something like a little sister..."
What'd you say, bastard? Norn is my little sister. ...No, that's not the problem right now.
"I think we need to create some rules."