Hyouka:Volume 5 Prologue-1

Prologue-1

Rain did not fall. Even though I prayed a lot. I bet my last year's prayer too did not reach God. So basically, praying for rain to fall is a useless thing. Having understood that, I will probably be calmly waiting for this time again next year. If something's fine without lifting a finger, then I won't lift a finger and when it comes to something that has to be done, then it will be done in a short time taskwise. Today, me Oreki Houtarou got enlightened by the fact that amegoi (praying for rain to fall after seeing a pretty clouded sky) is a good thing even if not prayed for.

As for the 1000 people spread out in the school ground, the spread out kamiyama high school students about one-third of them had already vanished. They had already gone far across. Understanding the fact that this unfruitful slavery (study) has still not run it's course. But I won't sympathize with them. I will also be following the same path.

Evident with a harsh howling sound the loudspeaker just switched on and an instruction came.
"3rd Year Students, photo shoot of all classes over. 2nd year class A, move forward."