I Became a Spirit in Date A Live, but I Refuse to Date

Although Lingmeng had barely dodged the girl's attack, the beam had still grazed her hair.

Several golden strands fell to the ground.

"Yikes... I let my guard down..."

Looking at the hair on the ground, Lingmeng pressed a hand to her chest, where her heart was pounding.

If she had been even a little slower, she would have ended up like Kurumi.

The girl had managed to detect her. Clearly, she was no pushover.

But now that the girl had spotted her, Lingmeng couldn't stay here any longer.

She wouldn't lose, but she didn't want to start a fight with the AST here.

So the best move was to run.

"Time to get out of here."

With that, Lingmeng vanished from the spot.

"What? Looks like she got away."

The girl flew over to the wall and found that Lingmeng, who had been there moments ago, was gone.

She frowned and pursed her lips.

"What happened, Mana Takamiya?"

Apparently noticing the commotion below, Origami flew down from the sky and calmly called the girl's name.

The girl called Mana Takamiya turned to answer her.

"It's nothing, sister-in-law. Someone was spying on us just now."

"I see... Did you catch her?"

"Sorry... She got away."

Mana scratched her cheek with an apologetic smile.

"Hair this color..."

Origami seemed to notice the golden strands on the ground, and her brow furrowed slightly.

Only one person Origami knew had golden hair like that: Qian Lingmeng.

"Phew... That little girl was vicious. She went straight for my head. What is she, Ellen?"

Using her ability to return to where she had been, Lingmeng wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.

Come to think of it, when she'd first met Ellen, Ellen had also gone straight for her head with a blade.

"Hm? Lingmeng,