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

"Lingmeng, what did you and Itsuka do yesterday?"

"Why do you ask?"

Lingmeng tilted her head in confusion, then put a finger to her cheek and murmured,

"Well, yesterday... I spent the whole night sleeping with Shido?"

"What!?" the three cried at once.

The trio stared at her in shock and shouted in unison.

Ai was the first to grab Lingmeng by the shoulders. Barely keeping a straight face, she asked,

"Lingmeng... when you say you slept together, you mean...?"

"We were both in the same bed~"

Lingmeng shrugged without a care and answered with a smile.

Every sound abruptly died away.

Shido, who had been watching from the side, looked pained.

She's telling the truth, so why does it sound so easy to misunderstand...?

Then—

"Waaah... Lingmeng, you did so well! You really are the best!"

"You didn't let us down! So how did it feel to hit a home run!?"

"Why does it feel like a pig got into the cabbage patch we raised ourselves?"

Ai, Mai, and Mii suddenly burst into tears and blurted out those baffling remarks.

For some reason, Lingmeng thought they looked like parents whose daughter had finally gotten married.

"Um... I—"

Sensing the atmosphere growing strange, Lingmeng was about to ask what was going on, but Ai cut her off.

"That's enough, Lingmeng. You don't have to explain. Don't worry about our feelings—throw yourself into Itsuka's arms!"

After giving Lingmeng that heartfelt advice, Ai turned to Shido.

"Itsuka, you'd better make Lingmeng happy! If she ever comes crying to us because you bullied her, don't expect her family to go easy on you!"

"Which of us bullies the other...? And since when did you become Lingmeng's family!?"

Shido retorted at the top of his lungs, but the trio seemed to ignore him completely.