Vol 5 Chapter 13 (1/2)

Hyouka:Volume 5 Chapter 1-3

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At the end of the day, it turned out that I was , but Chitanda’s hypothesis about the their mountain herbs in time had some truth to it as well

The Cooking Society had failed in their preparation of the herbs It appeared that they had initially intended on cooking a miso soup made fro lunch, they coan to hurt[1]

If they were truly intending on hiding their slip-up, there was a strong possibility that the affected o to the infirmary for help As I said this, Chitanda immediately started to run off I suppose she didn’t take food poisoning frohtly

“They ht need help,” she said as she did so, but I wasn’t so sure about leaving one’s table e the New Recruit Festival The flustered Ōhinata responded with, “Oh, then I’ll help too,” and then started chasing after her I heard what had happened after that from Ōhinata later

“Chitanda-senpai barged into the Cooking Practice Roo Society members tried to play du that had happened, they pulled out the members with the ruined stomachs It looked like she knew sos went more quickly than expected”

“Chitanda has acquaintances everywhere So, hoere the poisoned ?”

“Not very well It looked like they really wanted to go home and rest, but they knew they couldn’t do that The second she saw theht back so doctor Apparently her family is in the hospital business, and she looked really cool and all, but it felt like she was really annoyed by the whole situation”

That was most likely Irisu-senpai Ōhinata had said she looked annoyed, but she was probably no different than how she normally was

“She had the the students to her place if their condition got any worse Taking thes complicated, after all”

“I guess if they got food poisoning, the doctors would have to report it to the school infirmary”

“I wonder if they’d actually have to Isn’t there doctor-patient confidentiality or so like that?”

“I have no clue”

“At any rate, theup”

That was a relief

The Cooking Societyto Ōhinata, Chitanda sternly lectured the entire Cooking Society on how to properly handletheir irresponsible actions At that point, I was convinced that this ti to our Classics Club table, so I took out my book and continued to read

I had only raph however, when Ōhinata started to speak again, showing her teeth in a bright smile reminiscent of the one she showed me when I first noticed her earlier today

“I’ain?”

Chitanda told her at that point

“Are you sure? We haven’t explained e do at all yet”

“I’m sure”

She looked at me and then Chitanda and then smiled once more

“It feels really friendly over here Seeing people having a good ti in the world”

I don’t remember what I said in response

The upward slope was finally starting to becoas well I hadn’t initially intended on it, but at so it, I had slowed hts to pay attention to my speed

A boy as in my class last year suddenly passed me If I remembered correctly, he was in 2-C this year Class C was catching up I hadn’t even noticed it until now, so perhaps they were closer than I thought

As I turned around to look for Ibara, I could see a long line of students running up the sloped street, trailing like a procession of hardworking ants If I continued to walk slowly like the grasshopper I was, I ’s death by the tiht up with me[2] As I turned my head to face the path ahead of uess I had ended upafter all I couldn’t say I didn’t predict it ht turn out like this, but my efforts to measure the distance between Ibara and I had clearly failed

Intending to compensate for this this slip-up, I sprinted up the sentle slope that remained before the peak My field of vision opened up, and I felt a cool breeze so slight that it could’ve been siht that the slope would instantly enter into a decline the second I reached the top, but I guess I remembered it incorrectly The street continued on for about 100 meters at a fairly level elevation There was a miniature shrine located on the side of the road I didn’t knohat God was enshrined there, but I figured I ht as well form a prayer in my heart just in case A bunch of unanswered questions were still laid out in front of me after all My piety usually ca situations

Both sides of the road opened up, and I could tell by the color of their walls that there were several old houses scattered about A single, brand-new vendingthem and I couldn’t help but feel that it looked out of place

I sloalked along the level street Because it was the haven right after the grueling hill, there were uy arrived as if he had sprinted all the way from the bottom of the hill, and he sharply exhaled as he stood still, hunched over while grabbing his knees I had to wonder if he had decided he was going to use all his strength on this one hill beforehand or if he was planning on keeping this pace up all the way until the end

I had no proof, but I decided to assuht behindso on this flat stretch of road would be nice Trying to talk to someone while they passed you on a doards slope seemed like it would prove to be soan to move at a crawl

Ibara, huh?

When Ibara first heard that Ōhinata was joining, I wonder how she reacted

I remember Satoshi+’s reaction He had celebrated in a typically exaggerated fashi+on over the fact that even one new student had joined “To think that Hōtarō has actually ined it to be possible This is truly a s of that nature And then to Ōhinata he started asking various questions about Kaburaya Middle School, like if anything had changed or if anyone had transferred

On the other hand, I didn’t have the impression that Ibara felt the same way Before I realized it, they had become best friends When Ibara had first met Chitanda, they had bonded just as quickly Maybe it was because, even though she looked like a harsh person to other people, she wasn’t very shy at all Even though Ōhinata was clearly taller, it was strange how easy it was to tell who the senior hen the two of the