In the last full week of September every year, the actual number of classes is only two and a half days.

The festival starts on Thursday and ends on Saturday afternoon, and after the last class on Wednesday morning, the rest of the time is spent on preparation.

This year is no exception.

"It's already lively." Naoko said.

Naruse turned his head to look out of the classroom, and the students in the hallway came and went, everyone with a little excitement on their faces.

"Hurry up and eat."

"Hmm."

No matter how important the cultural festival is, you have to finish lunch.

The two of them whispered while eating their lunches, and the classrooms and corridors were already filled with the screams and laughter of anxious students.

"Ahh

Hikaru Takikawa dragged a chair and sat down next to him, still looking out.

Naruse turned his head to look at her: "I finished eating so quickly today." ”

"Well, Yue's appetite is not very good today, so I only ate a little."

"Sister Yue is okay, right?"

"Don't worry." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "It's also because of tomorrow's cultural festival." Even though I'm a three-year student, I'm still looking forward to it as a one-year student. ”

"It's a really exciting cultural festival in Tsugaraka." Naoko on the other side said.

"yes."

Naruse thought of another thing: "After the cultural festival, it's a third-year school trip. ”

"That's right." Hikaru Takikawa nodded, "The result of this year's vote is Kyoto, and in previous years, it was basically Tokyo." ”

"Kyoto ......"

Naruse thought for a moment, "Besides Tokyo, what other options are there with a relatively high ranking?" ”

"Hokkaido."

"Then I'd rather go to Hokkaido."

Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "When we reach the third grade, it's still the mainstream to choose to go to Tokyo." ”

Naruse shook his head, had nothing to say, and continued to eat the bento, while Hikaru Takikawa didn't sit for a while and was called out by a friend.

"I'll vote for Hokkaido when the time comes."

"Hasn't Naoko always wanted to go to Tokyo?"

"I don't think about it that way now."

"Okay, then we'll have two votes."

After eating the lunch, Naruse and Naoko sat in their seats chatting, and Koji Tanaka, the executive member of the cultural festival, suddenly stepped onto the podium and announced that the lunch break was over, and then preparations for the cultural festival would begin, and the unrelated personnel would leave the classroom as soon as possible.

"It's almost time for me to go to the ministry." Naoko stood up, carrying her school bag.

All the desks had to be pushed to the back of the room and stacked, and if there was something to take away, it had to be held now.

"Hmm. Ah, Naoko, help me put my bag in the locker as well. ”

"Okay."

Naruse handed out the school bag, and when Naoko was about to take it, he suddenly withdrew his hand.

“……”

She smiled and looked at him.

He reached over again, "Do you need my help from the craft club?" ”

Naoko took the bag, "No. ”

Naruse looked at her: "What about Naoko?" ”

She smiled.

"No problem."

He didn't say much, and Naoko didn't linger any longer, and soon left the classroom of Class C for one year.

"Naruse, stop sitting, come and help move all the desks and chairs to the back of the classroom."

"Here we are."

This side is moving, and the decoration work on the other side has already begun.

Posters, stickers, and decorations like banners that had been prepared a week or two ago are creeping up every corner of the classroom, inside and out, at an alarming rate.

And that's just a class situation.

Naruse took a peek out the back door of the classroom, only to find that the entire corridor on the third floor had been completely dyed with the colors of the cultural festival.

"It's amazing." Hikaru Takikawa suddenly appeared and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Hmm."

She raised her arms high, "Let's look forward to it, this is the cultural festival of Tsugara-"

Naruse glanced at her, "You can come in and help too." ”

"It's coming~"

In Tsugar, where cultural clubs are very rich, the students who can stay in the classroom to help, except for those who have no club like Naruse, the rest are basically members of the sports club like Hikaru Takikawa.

Putting down the last desk, Naruse breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned around, and Hikaru Takikawa was standing on another desk, sticking something to the wall, and there were three or four girls around him.

"Be careful, light ......"

"Don't worry."

The site has been vacated, and the students on duty are hurrying to clean it, and the next thing to do is to assemble the soundproof room.

The materials that were prepared before were stored in the school warehouse, and Koji Tanaka had already brought a few boys over.

Naruse made his way to the hallway and looked at the other first-year classes that were busy on the same floor.

The project of Class D is the vulgar maid café, he has heard of it for a long time, and at this time, the students of Class D are in and out, but he has not seen anyone dressed as a maid.

Further on is Class E.

According to Morimi, as early as June, Class E had already decided on the project of the cultural festival: to make a movie with an apocalyptic theme.

And she's the screenwriter — writing the script for one night and then not caring about anything, and she has no idea how the homemade film will be done.

However, judging by the excited expressions on the faces of the students in Class E, there should be at least one piece of content that can be played.

Naruse was looking at it, and Koji Tanaka and the others appeared from the staircase next to Class E with the materials, and he immediately went over to help.

Moving things to the classroom, facing a pile of planks with double layers of soundproof cotton, Naruse was assigned a rubber hammer.

"Be careful when assembling, don't break the board." Koji Tanaka said.

Naruse smiled, waved the rubber hammer, and tapped it in the palm of his hand.

"I'll try my best."

......

If the degree of liveliness can be described by specific figures, then the liveliness value of Tsu Gao just after noon is definitely an astronomical number. And now at the end of school on the first day, the excitement value is still much higher than usual.

Looking at the excited faces in the hallway, Naoko thought.

"Naoko?"

Kazumi Suzuki, who was walking in front, turned around, "What's the matter, are you in a daze?" ”

"Here we are." Naoko quickly followed, carrying the trash can in her hand.

Decorating and decorating the department produced a lot of unwanted things, such as packaging bags and leftovers, and they came down to take out the garbage, and this is the fifth trip.

Kazumi looked down at the clean trash can, "I think I'll have to make two more trips." ”

"If there is no new garbage." Naoko nodded and smiled at her again, "Work harder." ”

"Hmm-"

Kazumi stretched and looked at the students in the hallway, "The cultural festival is finally about to begin." ”

"Yes."

"I've been looking forward to it for so long, and now it's right in front of me, but it feels a little unreal."

Naoko just smiled.

Kazumi looked back at her again, "After the cultural festival, there will be a celebration party at the station, do you plan to participate...... I mean, it will definitely be Takahashi Senpai who will dominate the atmosphere of the celebration at that time, should we still go? ”

"I'll participate." Naoko said, "This should also be the last off-campus gathering of the craft club this year, and I always feel that I should not be absent." ”

"That's what I said......"

Kazumi sighed, "I'll go too." ”

"Don't force it."

"I can't leave Naoko there alone."

"It's not enough to be a person......"

Kazumi has moved on to the next topic: "Generally speaking, after the cultural festival, the second-year seniors in the club will gradually reduce their activities...... Although I won't quit until next spring, when I am in the third grade. ”

Naoko looked ahead, "Normally, that's the case. ”

"I hope that Senior Sister Takahashi can also have such a consciousness."

"Who knows."

Back in the department of the handicraft club, the two continued to pack up the excess scraps, and sure enough, it took two more trips to completely tidy up.

"Good work."

"It's hard work—"

As minister, Ritsuko Sugiyama stayed until the end.

"Let's go back and rest early today, and we will be full of energy to welcome the cultural festival that will start tomorrow."

"Okay—"

As she was about to leave the department, Naoko saw her nodding to herself, so she nodded in response.

Walking through the connecting corridor between the main and auxiliary buildings to the C classroom, she saw Naruse standing outside a soundproof room that had been assembled with her arms crossed, not knowing what she was thinking.

"What's wrong?"

"Naoko...... Is it over there? ”

"Hmm."

Naruse opened the door to the soundproof room and showed her the interior: "When you close the door, it's pitch black — Tanaka says he's forgotten about lighting." ”

Naoko looked inside, "Forgot?" ”

Naruse was a little helpless.

"The actual situation is that there is too much money for soundproof cotton, and the budget is not enough, so I have to bring a desk lamp tomorrow."

Naoko laughed, "Then bring it." Is one enough? ”

"It's enough to bring one, and let others think about the rest. Go home. ”

"Uh-huh."

The two went downstairs and walked out of Tsugaraka, when Naruse glanced back.

The quaint school gate has been decorated with the most ornate decorations, colorful and bright, with a huge flower arch spanning both sides, and in the middle is the text cut out of colored paper.

"The cultural festival is finally about to begin."