I became a Spirit in Date A Live, but I refuse to date

"Hm? What is it?"

Having gotten back to his feet, Shido gave Lingmeng a puzzled look.

"I don't know if I'm imagining things or what... but your sister looks pretty fired up."

"My sister? Do you mean Mana or Kotori?"

Shido asked in return.

"See for yourself."

Lingmeng pointed upward. Shido followed her finger with his eyes.

"...!"

An instant later, Shido held his breath.

Lingmeng was right. His little sister really was fired up. She was freaking covered in fire!

"K-Kotori...! What's with that outfit?!"

Coming to his senses, Shido pointed up at Kotori with wide eyes.

Apparently noticing that Shido was calling her, Kotori lowered her head and glanced at him.

"I'll explain all that once this is over. For now, I'll be taking my power back, okay?

Lingmeng, just stay back and protect Shido. He's pretty easy to kill right now, after all. Let me take over from here."

Kotori gave Lingmeng her orders.

Although Lingmeng was just as confused by the situation, she obediently did as she was told.

After all, Kotori was a Spirit in her full form. At the very least, she wouldn't lose to Kurumi.

While Kotori fought Kurumi, Lingmeng could recover some of the Spirit Power she had spent.

"Hey, Shido—why didn't you ever tell me Kotori was a Spirit?"

Coming up beside Shido, Lingmeng gently poked him in the stomach.

In response, Shido shook his head with a constipated look on his face.

"Sorry... I only just found out myself..."

"Huh?"

Lingmeng's mouth fell slightly open. Clearly, Shido's answer had surprised her.

But just then—

"My, my, who might you be, Miss Spirit? Interrupting someone's meal like that makes them very angry, you know~"

Having recovered from her surprise just like Shido and the others, Kurumi smiled at Kotori with narrowed