I Became a Spirit in Date A Live and Refused to Date

Shido's face darkened.

"What do you mean, 'pretend a dog chewed on you'? Am I really that bad...?"

For a moment, Shido felt like—

"Being alive was worse than being an accelerating pig, being dead was worse than being a scissor dog, and being half-dead was worse than being a zombie."

Zhongsheng: "Monthly Tickets and Rewards, please~ Out of 27,000 people who've saved this, only about a thousand are actually reading. That's ridiculous... (tactical death)"

Chapter 40: Hey, Hey, Hey

After hearing everyone's explanations, Shido scratched his cheek awkwardly.

"So because Tohka and Origami dirtied the swimming pool, you left Yoshino alone to watch them clean it up.

"Then, Lingmeng, you got bored and went off to play somewhere else by yourself.

"And right then, the lazy river Yoshino was in started up. She accidentally overturned her dolphin float.

"Yoshino flew away, so Yoshino lost control of her Spirit Power and froze the entire swimming pool?"

More than ten minutes after the mysterious pillar of ice appeared in the swimming pool, Shido was still piecing together everyone's accounts with a gloomy look on his face.

Good grief. He had never imagined one little thing could set off so many chain reactions.

It was almost impressive.

"Mmph... Sorry, Shido."

"I'm terribly sorry for causing you trouble."

"S-sorry... It was all because of me..."

After hearing Tohka, Origami, and Yoshino apologize, Kotori gave a helpless sigh.

"Honestly... Tohka and the others are one thing, but you too, Lingmeng? You haven't been a very good babysitter."

I'm already doing this for free! Don't work me to the bone!

Lingmeng grumbled inwardly, but she was still living off Shido and the others.

Besides, she really was partly to blame, so all she did was laugh awkwardly.

"Sorry, sorry. If you want to punish