Kajii simply didn’t permit the people who wouldn’t accept her into her field of vision. That was how she was able to remain so full of confidence. The scent of camphor that clung to her was one unique to women who had only dated older, affluent men. The reason that Rika couldn’t feel any envy towards her, however much her blog flaunted her luxurious way of living, was that it all seemed to belong to a bygone age – wealth as a codified form of belief in the dominance of the rich and powerful.
