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

"...So you aren't able to do it?"
"I'm sorry."
I see. It may be troubling, but it can't be helped if it can't be done. I'm very
sorry, Mayaka-san, Fukube-san, Oreki-san. Chitanda Eru was not able to
accomplish her task.
I see, thank you for your information. I had wanted to give my regards
properly, but I ended up speaking those words softly instead. As I proceeded
to leave and ponder what to do next, Tanabe-san called out to me.
"No, wait. That's just the normal procedures anyway. If you have some
extenuating circumstance, then we could listen to what you have to say, but I
can't promise whether we could grant you your request."
Circumstance.
...Now that I think about it, I've completely neglected to explain my situation.
Oreki-san has constantly told me off for my bad habit of skipping straight to
the main point without explaining myself properly. I never realized this
before... but it seemed like it is indeed true. I must be careful next time.
Anyway, I should not put Tanabe-san's good will to waste. I turned around
and stood before him.
I then began to explain my story.
In great detail.
We were supposed to make an order to print 30 copies, but ended up with
200 copies. To begin with, this was not Mayaka-san's fault, as I too had a
look at the order sheet, and Mayaka-san also made sure to correctly place the
order for 30 copies. However, at the same time, she also made another
request to print 200 copies for her own anthology. As to why she would make
such a request, I did not know. But the problem arose when it turned out that
the publisher had mixed up the order for "Hyouka" and her own anthology.
Mayaka-san blamed herself for not double-checking enough, but nobody