Since we decided to spend the night in the house, it was time to prepare for sleeping.
First, we needed to rebuild the bed.
The house had two rooms, and the inner room had two beds. Both were surrounded by a wooden frame with thin branches inside. There were no sheets.
"Well, I'll split into two teams for cleaning the rooms and gathering firewood. We have time, and I don't know what Masharu-san might do, so let's do it together. First, let's go gather firewood for the fire. Please be careful not to get lost."
"Understood."
There was plenty of wood around, so I thought we'd get a lot of firewood. But it was surprisingly few. There was plenty of fallen leaves, but no fallen branches.
"Why don't we cut the trees?"
"That would be faster, but it's tough."
"Let's try it…"
"Eh?"
"Both of you stay back."
I first lightly tapped the nearest tree — about 3 meters tall, 15 cm in diameter. It was solid wood.
