You also would've expected Sakura to have been a little more upset, but the girl is hard to read sometimes, even for you. So it's possible that she actually is, but is just hiding it incredibly well. Despite how much you've trained your charismatic ability, it only really seems to excel on the sort of people you wouldn't even bother learning the names of. Well, there's a limit to what you can expect to be able to do with persuasive ability alone. Especially on strong willed and stubborn people. You definitely don't have as much trouble with Rin as you would if you hadn't spent so long mastering your conversational skills as you have.

Part 10