This emotion... can largely be described as "persistent" or "unwilling to give up."
"No matter what, I am not so humble as to continue liking someone who once told me 'a woman's strength is too weak' and 'bringing you along will only hinder us.'
"I want to fight for my dignity, to let Mr. Sakamoto see for himself: although I am a woman, I am not weak, and to make him realize that he was wrong... this should be the last bit of feeling I have left for Mr. Sakamoto."
With that, Sazanoko fell silent.
She put away that smile on her face that always made people feel uneasy, transformed back into the graceful and elegant Miss Sazanoko, and quickly turned back, striding briskly out of the room without a moment's pause.
The slender, delicate figure slowly faded from Chiba Shigetarou's line of sight.
...
...
Edo, somewhere—
Led by a tall, heavily tattooed man, Shinno returned to the empty tearoom he had visited many times before.
