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

at night. The clock had long since passed one o'clock and was now
approaching two.
To think I don't even remember what energy it was that I've saved in bulk,
though I do know I've not used up any. How ironic that during the period of
the rosy high school life known as the Kamiyama High School Cultural
Festival, I could not find an outlet to use any energy.
Waiting to fall asleep, I thought of reading a book, but right now there was
only that boring paperback novel. While a boring book could at least
substitute for sleeping pills, I instead opted to surf the internet. I was now
searching for the official homepage for the Kamiyama High School Cultural
Festival.
Clicking the link on the search engine site, I twitched at the pain remaining in
my right eye.
The top page caption read "KANYA FESTIVAL NOW OPEN! ALL ARE
WELCOME." An image of the play taking place in the Gymnasium was
posted on it.
Scrolling down the page revealed a list of the participating clubs of each day,
a transportation access guide, advice to visitors... And my eyes landed on a
place I did not notice two days ago - the mail order section.
It was a mail order service for all goods related to the Cultural Festival. On
sale was of course stuff sold during the Cultural Festival.
The items listed include original T-shirts by the Fashion Study Club, the
Literature Club anthology Kodama, and the Manga Studies Club anthology
Zeamis. Is that all? If it's the Kamiyama High School Cultural Festival, then
surely they have more to sell, but it seemed this was all there was.
Now isn't this a bit empty for a shop? Looking further, there was a mail order
form with an email address attached. The address shares the same domain
name as Kamiyama High School, and the account name was "somuiinkai."
Satoshi, surely the Executive Committee should have done better than this.
To begin with, I've yet to seriously ask Satoshi what it is that he does in the