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

It looked like Lingmeng would remember Shido forcibly kissing her until the day she died...

"I told you, I didn't mean to..."

Shido said, sweating.

Lingmeng puffed out her cheeks and looked up at him indignantly.

"If you don't turn into Shiori and sleep beside me after today's date, I'll never forgive you!"

"Isn't that asking way too much!?"

"I don't care! Compared to my virtue, yours is worth nothing!"

"What do you mean, my virtue is worth nothing!? Does virtue have a ranking system now!?"

"Waaah... You're bullying me..."

Seeing that Shido showed no sign of giving in, Lingmeng began shedding huge tears, like a girl who had been used and discarded by a heartless man.

"Ah—Shido, you made Lingmeng cry!"

"Shido... Lingmeng's crying..."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Shido, bullying girls isn't nice!"

"You idiot, Shido! Just agree already! Do you want Lingmeng to suffer Spirit Power Reversal!?"

The other Spirits called out their accusations from behind them. Clearly, they were on Lingmeng's side.

"Uh..."

Shido swallowed. He hadn't expected things to turn out like this.

It was much better than being dragged off by Origami for who-knew-what, but only a little.

Then again, if he hadn't carelessly drunk Origami's beverage, none of this would have happened.

At the root of it all, he had only himself to blame.

After a brief internal struggle, Shido finally yielded to Lingmeng's demands.

Scratching his head, Shido spoke with an air of surrender.

"Fine, fine! I give up, okay!?"

"Oh. Then we're good."

The instant Shido agreed, the tearful Lingmeng became utterly carefree.

She gave a casual shrug, flashed him a thumbs-up, and grinned like everything had gone according to plan.

"You're a real man, Shido!"

"..."

Realizing he had fallen for Lingmeng's scheme again, Shido's face darkened.

But it wasn't the first