"The result of the game just now.

Private Toyozaki High School No. 18 and Kirixian High School No. 17.

Therefore, the winner is the private Toyosaki High School."

As the referee made his announcement...

"Win... win——!!"

Miyazaki shouted and rushed towards Nomiya.

"Great! Well done Nomiya! That last arrow shot was so beautiful~~~!"

"Wow, you guy, don't hug me suddenly!"

"What does it matter? We are the champions!"

"Well……"

Looking at Miyazaki who was jumping and fussing with his arms around his neck, Nomiya couldn't help but let out a big sigh, and then looked back.

The young man was sitting silently on the seat, holding the bow with the broken string in his hand, frowning slightly.

He couldn't help being stunned when he saw this, then pushed Miyazaki's hand away and walked up.

"...What the hell, Kato-kun."

After searching in his mind for a while, Nomiya said dryly: "Don't worry about what happened just now, you have already done a good job."

"Wow, you really don't know how to comfort people, Nomiya."

Miyazaki followed him and said carelessly:

"Hey~ Kato-kun, thank you for your hard work!

It means that it was really dangerous just now. Fortunately, the opponent's No. 4 made a mistake, and Nomiya was still on track, otherwise he might have been dragged into the extra round~

By the way, were you injured just now? Do you want someone to take a look at you?"

Facing Miyazaki's inquiry, Kato Yusuke calmed down the expression on his face and shook his head, "...It's nothing. Thank you for your concern. I'm fine."

"That's it, um, that's good!" Miyazaki said nervously.

Nonomiya coughed maturely and made arrangements.

"Okay, anyway, let's go meet everyone first, and we'll get ready to receive the award later."

As he spoke, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.

No one laughed at him.

Except for Kato Yusuke, the faces of the other three people were filled with joy from the bottom of their hearts.

The group of people started to pack their things.

…

Leave the shooting range and come outside.

The other members of the Archery Club were already waiting there.

Seeing them appear, they surrounded them excitedly.

"Everyone is so awesome, we won the championship!"

"To be honest, I really didn't expect you would reach this point."

“It’s really amazing!”

"Thank you for your hard work. Come here and give you mineral water~

"In the men's and women's categories, individual competitions and team competitions, we can actually win two individual championships and a team championship! It's like a dream~~~!"

"This is all thanks to Nakano-senpai and Kato-san!"

"Honestly, I was so nervous just now, especially when Kato-san had an accident, my heart almost jumped out of my chest."

"Really, it's a pity that Kato-kun didn't get four full rings."

As Zuomi said this, everyone else nodded in agreement.

Kato Yusuke had no reaction to this. He drank water absentmindedly from a plastic bottle, his eyes wandering between the venue and the auditorium.

Groups from various schools were scattered around, chatting lively and making a noisy buzz.

--Nothing worth noting.

There was a trace of self-mockery in his eyes, and he felt a little ridiculous about his auditory hallucinations.

Ryoko Nakano, who came from the auditorium, just caught the emotion in his eyes. She couldn't help but pause slightly, and then came to the people with a normal expression.

"Everyone, thank you for your hard work."

"""""Nakano-senpai!"""""

"Congratulations on winning the team competition."

Nakano Ryoko smiled and said: "Also, Nomiya-kun, the organizer is about to award an award. Can you go and receive it?"

"Uh, me...?"

When his name was called, Nomiya scratched the back of his head and asked hesitantly:

"About this... shouldn't it be better for Kato-kun to come forward? After all, he is the biggest contributor this time."

"That's it. Are you going then? Yu-kun." Ryoko Nakano said and looked aside.

As she expected, Kato Yusuke refused without any surprise.

"...No, I am not a member of the Kyudo Club. I am not suitable to show up here. There is no need to consider me."

Seeing that his expression didn't seem to be fake, Nomiya felt relieved and said with some embarrassment: "Okay, I'll go then, Kato-kun, Nakano-senpai."

As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his feet and walked forward.

The other members of the Kyudo Club did not want to miss this scene and ran to join in the fun. In a blink of an eye, only Kato Yusuke and Nakano Ryoko were left.

"Nakano-senpai."

Kato Yusuke took the initiative and said: "Return this bow to you. I'm sorry for breaking the string. I will be responsible for the corresponding compensation."

"..."

Nakano Ryoko reached out to take the bow, twisted the bow string with two fingers, observed for a moment, and asked with a smile:

"Well, there's no need for compensation, but I'm curious about how it broke. Can you tell me what happened?"

"I accidentally used too much force. Sorry, I broke it."

"Don't say that. I'm very grateful for Yu-kun's willingness to come to the competition, and this bow only needs to be replaced with a string, so it's okay."

Ryoko Nakano put his hand into his pocket and took out a medal and gave it to him.

"And this, this is the personal medal you asked me to keep before, and I will give it back to you now."

"Thank you, senior sister."

"You're welcome."

Kato Yusuke accepted the somewhat lukewarm medal and put it into his pocket.

As the game came to an end, the crowd began to disperse.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the members of the Kyudo Club left and returned.

The leader, Nomiya, walked with majestic steps and couldn't hide his excitement as he handed the commendation book and trophy to Nakano Ryoko, and received a few words of encouragement from the latter.

Seeing this opportunity, Zuomei said coaxingly.

"Senior, senior, for the sake of our school winning the championship, can we hold a celebration party? By the way, we can also spend Christmas together!"

Miyazaki questioned this.

"What about Christmas? Didn't it end last night? If you insist on saying so, today is Boxing Day. How can anyone celebrate the holiday today?"

"There's nothing we can do. It's just such an unlucky coincidence that we have to play on Christmas Day. Besides, there's no rule that says we can't make up for it today, right?"

Ryoko Nakano watched their interaction with a smile, and then said to everyone:

"Well~ that's right. We have really worked hard these days, so let's hold a celebration party. I will pay for the party expenses myself."

"Yeah~~~!"

Zomi said happily: "Then I want to have Christmas dinner!"

Seeing this, Miyazaki insulted her again: "Wow, you really can't make it through Christmas."

Of course, this is just a joke.

When they heard that a celebration banquet was going to be held, no one present was unhappy.

Just when everyone was discussing where to go next, Kato Yusuke spoke.

"Sorry, everyone, I have something else to do, so I won't go to the celebration party later."
To be continued...