Hyouka - Volume 03 - The Kudryavka Sequence - Welcome to KANYA FESTA! (1)

carnival here. As I thought that, I noticed a poster pasted on the door:
Speed Poster Drawing
Featuring two of our best artists! (The Esper vs The Panther)
Watch how their artistic senses shine at unwavering speed!
...I had never heard of such an event before.
I decided to take a peek.
"...Whoa."
I let out a gasp.
Mayaka, dressed in a cardigan over her blouse and wearing a beret cap, was
scribbling her pen across an A3 paper without even moving her eyes away.
This was Mayaka in serious mode. I could even hear the pen being tapped on
the paper as she drew. I could even see her cheeks reddening as though blood
was rushing to her head. I had no idea what she was drawing as I couldn't see
it from here.
Next to her, the girl in a tuxedo was just as amazing. Just when I thought
there were still a lot of white areas in her drawing, as though receiving some
divine inspiration, she began to boldly colour the drawing already.
Again, I had no idea what she was colouring, but within five minutes...
"Done!"
She handed her drawing to the girls waiting before her. At once, many people
gathered and placed the drawing on a table for it to dry. It was then I saw
what it was, a drawing of a female character from a popular monthly manga
series. That is good. That's Mayaka's drawing, no doubt. So Mayaka does the