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

Unlike Shido, the girls seemed not to notice anything. They simply answered his question.

"Well... we just wanted to eat with you. There's no particular reason~"

Lingmeng scratched her cheek lightly as she replied.

Then Tohka and Origami spoke up too.

"Mm-hmm! Food that's already delicious tastes even better when I'm with Shido!"

"As a married couple, eating in the same place as my husband is the bare minimum, no matter where we are."

Once they had finished, Kaguya and Yuzuru, who sat on either side of Shido, chimed in.

"Kuhuhu, this is a favor we bestow upon thee! To dine with us, Yamai, the Son of the Hurricane—Shido, thou needst not hold back. Weep tears of gratitude!"

"Answer. As the judge for Yuzuru and Kaguya, Shido must stay with us at all times."

Those were the girls' answers. Any one of them, said to some other boy, would have dealt ten thousand points of critical damage to his heart.

But Shido would have preferred not to draw so much attention if he could help it...

"All right... If you want to sit with me, go ahead."

Shido sighed as though resigning himself to his fate and scratched his cheek helplessly.

Just then, the hotel staff finished bringing out the food for every table.

"Wow... What a spread."

Lingmeng could not help marveling at the array of dishes on the table.

Perhaps because they were near the sea, most of the dishes were seafood: lobster, crab, abalone, and the like.

And almost all of it was expensive, high-end fare.

They're already letting us take this trip for free, and now they're feeding us this well? Isn't this travel agency being a little too generous?

Lingmeng recalled that a travel company was covering the entire trip. Even these expensive dishes were