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

"Waaah...!"

Lingmeng had no time to react. After struggling for a few seconds, she tripped over her own feet and fell flat.

"Lingmeng, are you okay!?"

"Lingmeng..."

Seeing her fall, Tohka and Yoshino hurried over and helped her up.

Lingmeng rubbed her aching head.

"Ow, ow, ow... Why wasn't I watching where I was going again...?"

Then she realized the hand on her head had been holding the fish a moment ago.

Lingmeng quickly checked her hand—

Well, the fish was gone.

"Where's the fish?"

Lingmeng tilted her head in confusion and looked around.

At last, she spotted it in the sky.

After a brief flight, the fish landed with uncanny precision in the water nearby.

Normally, that would have been a good thing.

If only the sign in front of that pool hadn't read "Challenge! 70-Degree Hot Spring!"...

A strange wave of embarrassment washed over her.

Lingmeng's mouth twitched as she muttered awkwardly.

"Ahaha... Don't you think boiled fish is better than sashimi? At least it's still in one piece..."

Chapter 51: Hickeys

Her mistake had turned the fish into boiled fish. Full of remorse, Lingmeng pressed her palms together and bowed toward the hot spring.

"Amitabha~ Forgive me, forgive me."

After silently mourning it for one second, Lingmeng quickly returned to normal.

She didn't look guilty at all.

"Well, shall we go find Shido and the others?"

"Yeah!"

"Mm..."

Tohka and Yoshino both answered.

Scene change...

"Ah~ It feels like all the aches have been washed right out of me."

Over on Shido's side, Kotori sighed in complete relaxation.

They leaned against the wall of the Massage Hot Spring. Streams of bubbles gushing from openings in the wall struck their backs, producing a massage-like effect.

"Yeah, it feels great. So much has happened lately. We really should