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

An explosion rang out from nowhere. At the same moment, the water beneath Lingmeng surged upward and formed a massive pillar of ice.

"Waaaaah...!"

The sudden turn of events clearly caught Lingmeng off guard.

She tried to change course at once, but it was already too late.

Smack! Lingmeng slammed face-first into the ice pillar.

"I think I just remembered what I forgot..."

With her face pressed firmly against the ice, Lingmeng muttered through gritted teeth.

Let's turn back to Shido a few minutes earlier.

"Shido, you weren't serious about what you just said, were you? About liking slightly budding breasts?"

Lingmeng and the others had only recently left, so Shido and Kotori now had some time alone.

Kotori still had her guard up, and her cheeks were faintly red as she spoke.

How could anyone think I was serious!?

Shido wanted to say it, but he still had to follow Kannazuki's instructions.

"Ah... Of course I was serious! Little girls are the best!"

Shido forced a look of rapture onto his face and said it against his conscience.

The contemptuous looks from the other customers made him squirm.

Unexpectedly, though, Kotori relaxed. She lowered her guard and said, "I see. Kannazuki told you to say all that, didn't he?"

"Huh—"

She had seen through him so easily that Shido froze.

Then again, it made sense. Unlike the other Spirits, Kotori knew perfectly well that Fraxinus existed.

Realizing there was no hiding it from her, Shido lowered his head and admitted it.

"Yeah... That's right."

At his answer, Kotori sounded relieved.

"I knew it. How could someone as uninterested in romance as you say something like that? Kannazuki never changes, does he?"

Come to think of it, everything Shido had said sounded straight out of Kannazuki's script.

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