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

Seen from above, Kamiyama High School appears as an H-shape. On one
side was the General Block with its regular classrooms, while on the other
side would be the Special Block with its arts and science related classrooms.
They are joined in the middle by a connecting corridor. When seen from
further above, one would see the corridor from the General Block extending
towards the Gymnasium.
The Geology Lecture Room, which is used by the Classics Club as their club
room, is located in the Special Block. And it's all the way in the corner at the
end of the corridor. If Kamiyama High School was the whole world, then this
would be its periphery. Normally, we'd curse about how far the club room
was while also feeling grateful for how serene it was. Yet with the Cultural
Festival upon us, we had to consider another factor, the fact that being
located in such a remote corner of the school means we're doubtful of getting
any visitors.
In every floor, you would see posters, mascots and advertising boards in all
different shades of colour, though that's only up to the third floor. In the
fourth floor, all you get is a barren landscape. You won't even see any ads for
shopping malls or chain stores. To begin with, there aren't many clubs based
up here anyway.
Still, we've put up a few posters in some hard to miss spots promoting the
Classics Club, but even that was not enough to enliven the mood of this godforsaken
place. Personally, I prefer this sort of tranquility, but it's
troublesome for the Classics Club as an organization, particularly for its
president, who sees it as something quite worrying.
I slid open the door of the Geology Room. The girl sitting in the centre of this
dreary room stood up upon seeing me enter.
"Good morning, Oreki-san," she said and bowed deeply, her long black hair
flowing as she did. This was Chitanda, president of the Classics Club. I
reckoned she was probably the first to arrive.
Chitanda Eru is a girl with jet black hair extending all the way to her back as
well as pupils of the same colour. Gentle in her demeanor, she was rather tall
and well-proportioned for a girl. Her calm way of speaking gives one the