“Why is there no announcement?”

Maru felt like he was hearing a clattering sound. He looked at Sora, who was biting on her thumb’s fingernail. Today was the 19th of July, the 2nd day of the long summer holidays. Today, Sora and Ando came to visit the acting club. It wasn’t that they had some special business for their visit. After all, grumbling could not be categorized as business.

“Why the heck did she come here?”

Maru looked at Ando, who stood next to her.

“I don’t know. I want to ask too. Why am I here?”

Ando yawned as though he was very tired. From the way his face was colored with the desire to sleep, it seemed that he was dragged here against his will.

“But why! Is! There! No announcement?”

“What announcement?”

“The film festival. It’s been two months since we handed it in. The deadline was the end of May. It’s strange that there was no news for two months.”

“Why are you asking me? Ask the organizers.”

“Of course I did.”

“What did they say?”

“They said that they are going to delay the deadline by a month due to internal circumstances.”

“Well, there you have it.”

“But two months have passed. Isn’t it strange? So I asked again, about why there has been no news at all even though an extra month had passed. Apparently, they were supposed to announce a recruitment notice...