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

easy to hook them in if I tell them "there's knowledge not even the Quiz Club
is aware of." (No, I wasn't intending to make fun of the Quiz Club here. Since
I myself am a natural candidate as a Quiz Club member myself, but I just
ended up using them as an example.) Feeling confident, I raised my voice.
"And it's none other than the origin of the name of the Kanya Festival. I'll say
it here, it is NOT an abbreviation of the 'Kamiyama High School Cultural
Festival.' The Classics Club have discovered the real answer to that."
"Really? And that is?"
"Well..."
I teased a bit.
"Obviously, that's a secret. However, we'll be in trouble if no one buys our
anthology. So for only 200 yen, which is a great bargain, you can discover
the 33-year-old secret of the Kamiyama High School Cultural Festival! It's all
recorded in our essay anthology 'Hyouka'! Now on sale at the Geology Room
on the fourth floor of the Special Block with rave reviews!"
I glared at the crowd while pumping my right fist in the air.
I wonder if I overdid this? For a moment, an uneasiness crept through me...
A roar of applause thundered across the court. Just like how I felt in the
Opening Ceremony, everyone was particularly receptive to the festive
atmosphere. My gamble had worked, the appeal was a success!
Remaining in my victory pose, I felt like crying.
It no longer mattered whether I won this quiz tournament anymore.
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