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

The cover showed a familiar illustration of a girl looking sideways, it was
none other than Ashes at Dusk!
"Well, it's not exactly mine, but Oreki-san's,"
Then allow me to rephrase my question. Why on earth would Oreki get his
hands on this? It was only sold in last year's Cultural Festival, in a pretty
hidden corner by the corridor. While mostly unlikely, I did for a moment
suspect whether Oreki had stolen the book from me. Without thinking, I
stretched my hand to reach out to the book, to which Chi-chan held it to her
chest and asked,
"Mayaka-san, could it be that you've seen this manga before?"
I withdrew my hand,
"Well...... yeah, I have,"
"Then you must know the person who made this manga, right?"
The person who drew this manga? I wasn't sure whether to say it's Ajimu
Takuha, the author's pen name, or Anjou Haruna, her real name. Perhaps
sensing my confusion, Chi-chan rephrased her question,
"I meant the person who drew this,"
"That I don't know,"
Thereupon she said enthusiastically,
"You see, I'm trying to find out if the person who drew the promotional
poster for the Cultural Festival is the same person as the one who drew this
manga! I'm very curious about it!"
I see.
Now I get it. Chi-chan would usually get curious about things and then
proceed to find out the answer to it, I could never get myself as curious as she
would. But now I'm beginning to understand how she feels whenever she's