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

Why? Because Kotori had arranged all of it.

Yesterday, Kotori had approached Lingmeng and asked her to support Shido from aboard Fraxinus while he tackled his extreme sport.

If nothing went seriously wrong, Lingmeng would stay aboard Fraxinus and help the crew choose Shido's responses during his dates.

But if Tohka and the others got tired of waiting for Shido to return from his dates with other girls,

and decided to go looking for him, Lingmeng would go down and keep them occupied.

Normally, a lazybones like Lingmeng would never agree to such a thankless job.

She'd only been too embarrassed to say no before. Did Kotori really think she was there to be used?

But when Kotori offered her the irresistible prospect of "a full-day date with Shiori-chan," Lingmeng wavered.

Shido himself, however, seemed to know nothing about it.

Lingmeng could still remember how happily he'd smiled when he heard she was going to help.

Now she was more curious than ever what kind of face Shido would make when he learned Kotori had sold him out yet again.

"Zhongsheng: 'My other book is updating so slowly that even I'm starting to question my life...?'"

Triple Date (Part One)

"Ah... you're right. All we can do now is try our best."

Shido gave a wry smile.

"All right, that's it for the call. Tohka's almost here."

"Okay, got it."

Shido nodded at Lingmeng's warning.

"Shido!"

Just then, an energetic voice rang out from the distance.

Shido turned toward it. A beautiful girl with long, night-dark hair was waving to him from across the way.

The girl—Tohka—wore a sleeveless, high-necked top with a miniskirt. A small bag hung from her shoulder, and she looked like a model from a magazine.

"..."

Shido stood stunned for a good while when he