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

Determined that if he was going down, Shido was going down with him, Tonamachi hurriedly rallied the boys in their class to drag Shido into it too.

After all, what were friendships between boys for if not selling each other out?!

"You little..."

Shido stared at Tonamachi, his face darkening. Was I out of my mind when I became friends with him?

At Tonamachi and the others' words, the people around them began giving Shido strange looks.

A strange pressure settled over Shido.

"Itsuka peeked and then acted like nothing happened. That's awful!"

Ai had completely believed Tonamachi and the others. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

"You believe people that easily?!"

Shido shot back, looking ready to flip a table.

But he was outnumbered. Almost the whole class now believed he had peeked and run away...

Just as Shido thought he was about to become everyone's enemy—

"He didn't! Shido would never do something like that!"

Lingmeng stepped in front of Shido and spoke up for him.

"Lingmeng..."

Looking at the one person willing to defend him, Shido felt a rush of gratitude.

Ai, however, looked baffled.

"Lingmeng, why are you defending him? He's a pervert who peeks at girls bathing!"

"I told you, Shido didn't do that!"

Lingmeng shook her head as she protested.

"Then how can you be so sure Itsuka didn't peek?"

"Um..."

The question stumped Lingmeng. For a moment, she had no idea how to answer.

But after a few seconds of hesitation, she threw her arms around Shido and shouted,

"B-because Shido's been on a date with me this whole time! We only just walked back from the beach together!"

As soon as she said it, Lingmeng's face turned red.

Ai seemed to remember something at Lingmeng's explanation. She clapped her hands