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

How had Kurumi come back to life?

She probably had some kind of healing ability, like Shido did.

After all, Kurumi was a Spirit. It would hardly be strange for her to have an ability like that.

"Oh my, are you done touching me already? I wouldn't mind if you went a little further."

When Lingmeng stopped, Kurumi gave her a bewitching smile and teased her.

She's a Spirit, so how is she so good at flirting?

Lingmeng blushed and cleared her throat.

"No, thanks... That was enough for me..."

Hoping to end the subject there, Lingmeng sat back down.

Just then, Ko-tama puffed out her cheeks at the front of the classroom.

"Honestly, Classmate Tokisaki. You're late."

Kurumi turned toward Ko-tama and put on a frail expression.

"I'm terribly sorry... I suddenly felt unwell on my way to school..."

"Oh? Are you all right? Do you need to go to the Nurse's Office?"

"No, I'm fine now. I'm sorry for worrying you."

Kurumi bent forward and bowed to Ko-tama.

But then—

"Hm? Is it that 'poor hole' thing again? If it hurts around your bottom, you really should get it checked out."

Tohka, who sat to Shido's right, came out with that.

"..."

The entire class fell silent.

The Japanese word for "anemia" sounded so much like "poor hole" that Tohka had completely misunderstood it.

In fact, when Kurumi had pretended to be anemic yesterday to help Shido out, Tohka had said something similar after misunderstanding the word.

"Shido, I have a poor hole too... Um... The flesh around my bottom didn't grow quite right..."

It had been something along those lines.

At the time, Shido hadn't had a chance to explain what anemia actually meant.

He hadn't expected the misunderstanding to cause such a scene today.

"Hm? Why