Hyouka:Volume 3 Chapter 4

4 Yet Another Sleepless Night

044 - ♥10

One must not say that one is tired, as that means passing on one's responsibilities to someone else, or so I'm told. If you are feeling tired, then you should say you need to take a rest, and then continue whatever it is you're doing once you've rested enough.

That was what my kind grandmother had taught me.

No, I should not use past tense. My grandmother is still alive and well.

I never forgot this piece of advice. But I guess it's fine since I'm whispering to myself alone in my room at night. Right now, I'm feeling a bit tired.

I've entrusted Irisu-san with helping to sell the anthology copies, and I've also managed to have the Wall Newspaper Club give the Classics Club a mention in their report. So while it was not in vain, for some reason, I felt weighed down by something upon returning to the club room.

I am not the type of person to be lethargic. While I'm not exactly a sporty person, I do have an above average record when it comes to running long distances. And these two days I have been walking all over the school premises, so this was not the reason for my tiredness.

How should I say this...... I don't become this tired when taking care of my own problems, but this time, I'm feeling a bit tired just handling this all on my own. So during this Cultural Festival, I've been asking other people to help out with our problem, enlisting the help of the Executive Committee, the Wall Newspaper Club and Irisu-san.

I became extremely mindful of the "Juumoji" incident. While I'm curious as how he carries out his theft, I'm also curious as to why he does it as well. By thinking of these, my body becomes restless that I couldn't stay in one spot of stand still.

However, after taking a deep breath and thinking as the president of the Classics Club, I just couldn't view other people as objects to be used, and I couldn't treat making requests to other people as some kind of strategy to be utilized.

It's quite unimaginable, to think I could act in such an unconcerned manner.

No, I mustn't become timid. Hasn't Oreki-san been doing his best to helping out? We have yet to increase the sales of the anthology.

I must go around making more requests tomorrow. I do not dislike doing such a thing, as it's something I must do, but......

I guess I'm just feeling a little bit tired.