Isn’t that means she is a cougar, when “he is older “ so she basically ask for his adult form , that how I understand it
In essence it's still Pedophilia. The fact that someone already has such intentions towards a child makes it so.
Image a 30+ man doing the same to a 6 year old girl. This is the same.
Imagine*
I'm not disagreeing with you, but this reminds me of a comedy skit where a man said something similar about this. Women say this to boys "jokingly" all the time. The comedian was pointing out that men could not go up to strangers and tell their daughters the same thing, yet women go up to kids and do it as a "compliment" all the time. Not that it's right but that this shit happens in real life too. I wouldn't consider pedophilia to the extent you're talking about. Also the MC never came onto the child ML. MC is passed out right now.
I see why you’d call it paedophilia, since an adult making that kind of comment to a boy is clearly inappropriate and has a sexual undertone. Strictly speaking though, paedophilia is a clinical term that refers to persistent sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally under 11 to 13 years old.
In this case, the remark doesn’t necessarily fit that definition, but it still sexualises a minor. In this case, it can be seen as grooming or harassment. I agree it's disturbing and frankly unacceptable behavior, however, it is not paedophilia.
Trigger Warning : Pedophilia
Multiple levels of paedophilia in this. First the women, who asked a literal child to come find her when he was a bit older. And then the disgusting piece of shit noble.
Honestly.. why do authors keep including these sensitive topics in works. There was absolutely no necessity for this kind of shit.
Also, again with the "pretty" light haired character.