Mm, never mind.
I turned my head and looked to the side. Whether by coincidence or not, there happened to be an umbrella there. I picked it up, slung my backpack over my back, and came to the
auto shop next door.
In short, after keeping busy for most of the day, I found a car. As for the electricity... I used the shop's solar battery,
plugged it in to charge, and planned to come back first thing tomorrow morning to
pick up the car.
After bustling around for most of the day, I had no idea what time it was now.
I turned around with the umbrella and returned to that little inn. By then, there was actually still candlelight inside.
It looked like those two hadn't gone to sleep and had been waiting for me?
Whatever. In any case, we'd be even tomorrow.
I pushed open the door and greeted the two of them. Without any pointless chatter, I simply told them that I had found a car, then
turned and walked into a guest
room nearby, closing the door behind me.
Before closing the door, I said one thing to the two of them.
"Rest for a day tomorrow, then set out afterward. Also, put any extra food you can spare for me on the table.
I'll leave first thing tomorrow morning."
With that, I closed the door.
I didn't care what the two of them said in the living room. In short, I was exhausted. I collapsed onto the guest-room bed and
fell fast asleep.
In the blink of an eye, daylight flooded in... A faint ray of light filtering through the dark clouds in the distance
brought brightness to the pitch-black night.
I sat up groggily and looked around at my surroundings. Only then did