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

After listening to Reine's explanation, Lingmeng handed the terminal back to her and shrugged with a smile.

"...Berserk should still be somewhere near this island. Once they show up, I'll contact Fraxinus and request backup.

I know you're supposed to be on vacation, so I'm sorry to make you work overtime."

As she spoke, Reine took two earphones from her pocket and handed one each to Shido and Lingmeng.

"...Keep these on for now. If anything happens, contact me right away."

"Yeah, got it."

"Well, it's a shame we can't have a normal school trip, but leave everything to me~"

Shido and Lingmeng put the earphones in their right ears without objection.

After all, winning over Spirits was their job.

But just then—

"Oh—Ms. Murasame, when did you get here? I didn't see you on the plane, so I thought something had come up and you weren't coming."

Ko-tama seemed to have spotted Reine and hurried over in quick little steps.

"...Sorry. I suddenly felt a little unwell earlier, so I spent some time in the plane's restroom."

Reine gave Ko-tama a slight nod as she explained.

After all, she couldn't tell an outsider about Fraxinus. She had to make up an excuse.

Ko-tama didn't seem to mind, though. She simply said, "I see~"

Then she grabbed Reine by the sleeve and pulled her along.

"Come on, then! There are so many students I can barely keep up~"

"...Mm."

Reine let Ko-tama lead her away. Before leaving, she pointed at the earphone in her ear, reminding Shido and Lingmeng to stay in touch.

Not long after Reine left, Tohka, who had been messing around with Origami, suddenly ran over.

"Whoa—Shido, Lingmeng, ever since we got here, I've had this feeling someone's watching me!"

"Huh?" they both said.

The two turned