I Became a Spirit in Date A Live and Refused to Go on Dates

Kawagoe, who had "quickly entered a slump," clasped his hands and propped them on the table.

"It's a simple process of elimination. First, we rule out Origami Tobiichi—she's the only human here.

"Even if Shido chooses someone else, she won't suffer a Spirit Power Reversal and destroy everything around her just because she's upset.

"At most, she'll do something strange to Shido."

"What do you mean, 'at most, she'll do something strange to me'?! Don't treat me like something disposable!"

Shido was miserable that Kawagoe didn't consider his chastity worth worrying about.

Even so, he could only complain silently to himself.

Reine nodded as she spoke.

"And then?"

Kawagoe continued.

"As for Lingmeng, she explicitly said not to include her.

"She doesn't look interested in this at all, either, so she's out.

"Then there's Tohka. As long as he doesn't choose Origami, she probably won't get too angry. Give her something to eat afterward, and she'll more or less forget about it.

"And as long as Yoshino has Yoshino with her, there shouldn't be any trouble. She's a good kid.

"That leaves the Commander. Since she asked Shido this question, she must be confident he'll choose her.

"Besides, today's main goal is for Shido to win over the Commander. If he chooses someone else now,

"she might not show it, but she'll have mixed feelings, won't she?"

As soon as Kawagoe finished, Minowa of the Protective Observation Disposition chimed in.

"Exactly. And the two remaining options feel like halfhearted attempts to dodge the question.

"If he picks either one, he might upset all of them. That would be counterproductive."

Wow, that analysis actually makes some sense. Is it because this involves Kotori that they're finally taking it seriously?

Lingmeng listened to the Fraxinus crew through her Earphones.

Though most of