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

Lingmeng tilted her head, then answered without hesitation.

"Nope."

"Why?"

Origami was unhappy that Lingmeng had refused her.

Lingmeng scratched her cheek helplessly.

"It's not that I don't want to. It's just that saving them wouldn't help."

"What do you mean?"

"My ability can take us through time, but it can't change the past.

If we forced a change, nothing would happen to our original world. We'd only create a parallel world where your parents never died.

Think of it as buying a ticket to a museum. We can look around, but we can't touch anything inside."

After all, Lingmeng wasn't a Spirit who specialized in time. This was the best she could do.

If it were Kurumi, she could probably affect the original world directly instead of creating a parallel world with a different outcome.

"How can that be...?"

Origami clenched her fists as she listened to Lingmeng's explanation.

They could travel through time, yet they couldn't do anything. That ability was pretty useless...

"Ahem—"

Lingmeng seemed to notice the disdain written all over Origami's face. She coughed awkwardly, then spoke with forced composure.

"Well! Don't you want to see who the real culprit is? If you do, follow me!"

With that, Lingmeng turned and headed toward where she remembered Shido's house had stood five years ago.

Origami soon shook off her disappointment and followed her.

... Off to another location...

"See? That's Kotori five years ago."

They arrived at a park across from Shido's house as it had been five years earlier.

Hiding in some bushes, Lingmeng pointed toward young Kotori, who sat alone and dejected on a swing a short distance away, and spoke to Origami beside her.

"..."

Origami simply stared ahead in silence.

Judging by how Kotori looked, she probably hadn't become a Spirit yet.