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

5-3 The Curtain Closes
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The special, three-day long festive atmosphere is quickly coming to an end.
And it was time for me and the General Committee to prepare for the Closing
Ceremony.
The phantom thief "Juumoji" had magnificently achieved his final objective
and made the Classics Club lose its proofread manuscript. The result was
announced by the Wall Newspaper Club, while the details were spread via
word of mouth. With the last target being taken down, the "Juumoji" Incident
has come to an end. And as though the final event of the Kamiyama High
School Cultural Festival has ended, everyone realized the Cultural Festival
too is coming to an end.
As the Closing Ceremony approaches, I walked towards Mayaka, dressed in a
track suit. I never did asked why she was wearing such a track suit for nearly
the whole day today. Come to think of it, Houtarou got a bruise on his
eyebrow for correctly guessing something. But I'm not as good as he is, and I
was unable to ask her properly.
Yet, as though completely forgetting about the Manga Study Club, Mayaka
was mad at something else entirely,
"I don't believe this! How did he manage to bring fire in? Did he threw
matches? But we didn't find any......"
She was like that for a while now. She must have thought acting as guards