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

Counting himself, there were five of them. Shido worried whether the slide could bear their combined weight.

Lingmeng simply let go of Shido and stepped back beside Yoshino.

"Ah, I think I'll pass."

After all, she only needed to lure Kotori into joining them. Now that her mission was done, there was no need to keep going.

"If you're not going, why drag me away too?"

Origami stared at the hand Lingmeng had wrapped around hers, her face darkening as she looked up to ask.

"Oh, come on~ It's dangerous to have so many people on one slide. If you really want to ride, Origami, let's go to the slide on the other side."

Lingmeng pointed toward the other water slide.

The danger was just an excuse, though.

Origami was already showing signs of suspecting that Lingmeng was a Spirit. Letting her stay with Kotori any longer seemed unwise.

Ignoring Origami's murderous glare, Lingmeng gestured for Shido to hurry along and come back soon.

Shido understood her at once. With a wry smile and a nod, he left.

"Heh-heh~"

Before leaving, Tohka noticed that Lingmeng had stopped Origami from following them.

She felt a secret thrill and made a face at Origami to celebrate her victory.

A sudden wave of irritation swept over Origami. She might as well have had "I'll kill you within three days and scatter your ashes" written across her face.

"Oh, right. Yoshino, aren't you going with Shido and the others?"

Lingmeng turned to Yoshino.

Yoshino merely shook her head with a wry smile.

"No... I'm afraid Yoshino will fly off again..."

"Ah, don't worry. With me here, that definitely won't happen."

Lingmeng patted Yoshino's head, then turned to Origami.

"Shall the three of us try the water slide too?"

"When did I say I was