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

In other words, Ellen couldn't fly at all right now. If she wanted to get out, she would have to climb.

She looked up at the mouth of the pit, as though she had made up her mind.

Ellen nodded firmly.

"Yeah! I'll do it!"

With that, she put her hands against the wall and tried to climb up.

Then—

"Ow— that hurts..."

She had barely climbed at all before her arms gave out. She dropped back to the ground with a rather cute little cry.

Gazing at the stars overhead, Ellen murmured softly.

"Hmph... Nice view. I can catch the Spirits later. I might as well stay here and enjoy the scenery a little longer..."

It definitely wasn't because she couldn't climb out and was too embarrassed to admit it.

... Meanwhile, the perspective shifted.

Five hundred meters above Orumi Island, Lingmeng was dodging Kaguya and Yuzuru's attacks.

Her expression grew grave.

"What was that disturbance in time just now...? Did someone use a time-based ability...?"

While she had been fighting the Yamai Sisters, Lingmeng had suddenly sensed something strange.

It was as if time had stopped. Everything had frozen in place.

It had clearly been a Time Stop.

Because she possessed a time-based ability herself, it hadn't affected her.

But another question troubled her.

As far as she knew, only she and Kurumi Tokisaki could use time-based abilities in this world.

Even Kurumi might not be able to stop time across the entire world like that.

And Lingmeng hadn't used her own ability.

That meant a third person who could control time had used Time Stop.

But just as Lingmeng tried to find out who it was, time started moving again.

The Yamai Sisters' attacks came sweeping toward her once more.

"Whoa— wait!"

Snapping out of her thoughts,