Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 418 Opening Ceremony
Saturday morning was cloudless and clear, a rare moment of complete clearness in the rainy season.

Naruse woke up early, and the first thing he looked at was the weather outside the window, and he was relieved when he saw the sky was blue.

"Well……"

Naoko curled up against his chest.

"It's time to wake up, Naoko."

Today is the weekend, but it is not a day off.

Naruse got out of bed first, walked to the window and looked at the sky, and then started to change clothes.

"The yukata is still hanging downstairs. I'll pick it up later."

He turned around and saw Naoko sitting on the edge of the bed facing him, putting on her bra.

"Ah."

"come over."

He walked over and she stood up, adjusting the tie on his chest.

She was only wearing underwear, her skin was like cream, with a deep roundness, and the part that couldn't be covered was so white and tender that he wanted to lower his head and take a bite.

Pulling on his tie, Shangzi adjusted it a few times, "I've been preparing for two weeks, and it's finally time to start."

"Yes."

After twelve days of preparation, the three-day Tsudaka Festival is finally about to begin.

"Let's watch Harumi today."

"I am just a coachman today, and it depends on everyone."

Naruse touched her waist, hugged her, and stroked her smooth and soft back, "It takes two hours, can you walk?"

Shangzi also hugged his waist and looked up at him, "It's no problem."

"Let's go out as soon as possible."

"uh-huh."

After going downstairs to wash up and have breakfast, the two of them packed up, put each other's bathrobes in a bag, and then took the time to go out.

They will take the earlier bus today.

When the two arrived, Morimi was already waiting, and not long after, Haisei and Takigawa Hikari followed.

There is no class today, and they didn't bring their schoolbags.

The lantern parade in the evening will last until eight or nine o'clock. Except for Naoko and Naruse, the parents of the other three people will come over. Naturally, there is no need to worry about how to get home at night, so the two who can ride a bicycle do not ride.

"If you wear a yukata, you have to tie your hair up."

"Yes."

Several people brought yukata, which is a tradition during the Tsudaka Festival lantern parade.

Looking at the three long-haired companions, Hikaru Takigawa touched his short hair and looked at Naruse.

"We don't need to put our hair up."

"Yeah." Naruse responded and looked at her hair, "Has it been cut recently?"

"It took Harumi a week to find out?...Although it was only slightly repaired."

"I'm so busy."

"How busy are you?"

"A little busier than you see."

The bus came quickly.

Arriving at school, Naruse went directly to the activity room. There were many things to deal with early in the morning, such as the opening ceremony of the Tsudaka Festival that started at 08:30.

"Propaganda team, hasn't your team leader come to school yet?"

"Already went to the gym to debug the equipment!"

"Okay. The chore team will check the diesel generators of each shift again. If there are any problems, please find the supplier immediately to solve them."

"Yes!"

"Chairman, someone from the student council came here just now. The student council president said that he wanted to revise the chairman's speech."

"Revise the draft?...I understand."

After settling some more urgent issues first, Naruse left the activity room and was about to go find the student council president when she came over by herself.

"Naruse-san." Fumiko Yoshioka got straight to the point, "People from the TV station will be coming soon, and your speech needs to be slightly modified."

Naruse didn't ask why, "Which part?"

"Let's go in and talk, mainly because we need to add some people to thank..."

The desktop was in a mess, filled with various documents, and for a while I couldn't find my speech.

The student president looked at him and said, "The ceremony will begin soon..."

"I don't plan to bring the manuscript to the stage either."

"Ok?"

"I wrote that, and I remember the content."

"……Well."

After telling him the content to be revised and discussing other aspects of work, the student president left in a hurry.

Naruse didn't plan to stay here long, "I'll go to the gym to check it out."

"Yeah." Morimi responded, knowing that he was confessing to him.

Arriving at the gymnasium, people from the publicity team and the chore team were debugging the equipment, and the video was paused on the projection screen.

Naruse walked into the backstage, "Is it okay?"

The propaganda team leader looked over, "Uh..." His eyelids twitched, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know why, the video has no sound..."

He leaned over and pressed the space button. The video continued to play, but there was no sound at all.

After unplugging the cable, the sound immediately came from the laptop.

"Problem with the cable?"

"The connecting cable has been replaced..."

Naruse took a breath and turned to look at the loudspeaker in the corner.

If that thing is broken, it will be troublesome...

Ok?
"The power indicator light on the amplifier doesn't seem to be on."

"Eh? Is that turned off?"

"..."

Naruse glanced at the propaganda team leader, and the two looked at each other.

"I'll open it." One of the team members ran to the main console and operated it a few times.

pat.

The loudspeaker blared briefly.

"Try connecting the cable again," Naruse said.

When the video was played again, the sound came from the loudspeaker.

Several people breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't be too nervous."

In spite of his helplessness, Naruse still comforted him with a few words.This kind of problem is not a problem, and only people like them who have not had much contact with multimedia devices will encounter it.Time is tight, and if something goes wrong, you will instinctively blame it on yourself.

"Continue debugging."

He stayed here for a while, and suddenly a bell rang outside.

"The morning shift meeting has begun." someone said.

"There will be a rally soon, everyone be prepared."

"Yes!"

After walking out of the backstage, Naruse stood on the stage and looked at the still empty stadium.

"Hoo, hoo!"

The sound of blowing into the microphone came from the loudspeaker, and then a figure ran out from the backstage, placed the microphone stand in the center of the stage, and tried the sound again.

"Hoo, hoo!"

The first grader who was auditioning turned around and found the chairman looking at him, and he suddenly felt nervous.

"Chairman, the microphone is fine..."

"I understand." Naruse nodded.

The man soon returned to the background.

Looking at the microphone, he looked at the entrance of the gymnasium. He always came here with the class team. This was the first time he stood here waiting for them.

Both have been waiting for each other for a long time.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the gears of time to mesh.

After a while, the principal, wearing a black haori hakama, came to the gymnasium with a group of teaching staff.

"Mr. Principal."

"Thank you." The gray-haired principal was deeply impressed by him and nodded with a kind smile.

People from the TV station also arrived and took the time to arrange the arrangements in the audience.

After a while, students from all grades entered the venue, and there was another burst of noise.

The first person to take the stage was the dean, maintaining order below.

Naruse stood behind the curtain, waiting to come on, and suddenly felt something.

He turned around and found that everyone's eyes in the background were focused on him, with all kinds of complicated emotions.

And the most unabashed thing among them is expectation.

"..."

All the expectations added together have a heavy weight.

But he doesn't resist.

He had expected their expectations, and now, he was going to respond.

After nodding his head, Naruse turned around and walked out of the curtain and came to the center of the stage.

"one two three four……"

The people below the stage yelled: "150 years!"

"Poetry of early summer..."

"Tsugao Festival!"

"Are you ready?"

"Yes—"

Amid the cheers, the early summer ceremony finally kicked off.

　The leader of book friend [SHIRRO] adds an update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)