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

But he had no time to think about any of that, because—

"Hm? Isn't that Itsuka? Why are you here? Do you have a thing for women's clothes?"

"Wait, Classmate Tokisaki is here too? And she's only wearing a bra...

"Hold on—aren't you supposed to be on a date with Tohka? Did you stand her up? Unforgivable!"

"Seriously, pantyhose...!"

Three all-too-familiar voices came from behind Shido. The third, in particular, was practically etched into his DNA.

No way... It can't be...

Shido clenched his teeth, drew a sharp breath, and turned to look behind him.

Sure enough, the voices belonged to his classmates Ai, Mai, and Mii...!

"Woooo..."

The moment he confirmed it, a blaring alarm sounded over Fraxinus's loudspeakers.

"Commander! Emergency!"

"Cut the chatter! I can see them!"

A crew member shouted the report from below, and Kotori snapped back.

"Aren't those the three girls from my class? They run into Shido even when they're just shopping for underwear. Is there some mysterious force drawing them together?"

Watching Shido on the screen, looking like he'd been caught cheating red-handed, Lingmeng sighed helplessly.

"You know them, Lingmeng?"

Kotori sounded puzzled. This was her first time seeing the three of them.

"Yeah. They're classmates of mine and Shido's. They're always messing around with him at school. If they catch him, today's date is probably done for."

"I see..."

Kotori muttered, then shoved Lingmeng straight onto the teleportation device.

"Then it's your turn to step in. Go!"

"Huh!?"

And just like that, Lingmeng was teleported away before she could react...

"Why... why are you three here?!"

Shido pointed at them and cried out in shock.

The three of them answered with looks of disdain.

"Shouldn't we be asking you that? This is a women's underwear store! It's perfectly normal for three