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

"If we're going on a trip, I'll need to pack a few things."

"Hm? What are you planning to bring?"

"Let me think."

Lingmeng rubbed her chin and muttered casually.

"Snacks, games, manga, that sort of thing? Oh, right! How could we go on a trip without a thrilling game of Flying Chess!?"

"Are you a kindergartener!?"

Shido retorted, breaking into a sweat.

Lingmeng merely turned her face away in displeasure.

"We'll be traveling for ages, right? Won't that get boring? So it makes perfect sense for me to bring snacks and games!"

"Our school trip is to Okinawa, so we're taking a plane. If you want food, they have it on board.

"And playing Flying Chess on a plane is a little too literal, don't you think!?"

"Oh—if we're going to Okinawa, then that means..."

Lingmeng froze for a moment, then her eyes lit up.

"I'll get to see all kinds of pretty girls in swimsuits again, right!?"

"More... more or less..."

Shido's mouth twitched as he scratched his cheek.

"Anyway, just bring a change of clothes and a swimsuit. You can get pretty much anything else once we arrive."

"I see~"

Lingmeng nodded thoughtfully.

"Then I'll head back to the apartment and find the swimsuit I bought last time. Bye-bye~"

Lingmeng waved goodbye to Shido, who nodded lightly.

"Yeah. See you tomorrow."

... Time passed.

Final exams arrived at Raizen High School.

As the familiar bell rang, the students taking the exam set down their pens one after another.

"All right, everyone, hand in your papers~ Students in the front row, please collect them~"

Their homeroom teacher, Xiao Zhu, who was proctoring the final exam, spoke in a cheerful voice.

Once the student in front collected the paper he had barely managed to finish, Shido slumped over his