@SamDragneel problem is that the childs are dumbasses because all the adults around them are like that; no one confronted Asako about the rumors, everyone just talked about it believing it with no proof (at least, as far as we readers know); you can immediately see it in MC’s parents’reaction when he got home with her a little bruised...first thing they did wasn’t asking “how did that happened?”, just “please leave” assuming that she hurt him.
Well, personally I wouldn’t never have guessed we’ll have a timeskip, and so soon...really curious now.