Reconvening with her associates, Ash's time alone had been brought to a halt. Back to the grind against fate with her inscrutable allies. 

[b]"Recruiting is a good idea. Hunting is, unfortunately, not an option. A deer would be unable to attack you with a sword. It's not enough money, either. That is, if we're even lucky enough to encounter enough to make money. Our best options for reliably getting enough is either the skull-faced goblin or the toad, if they haven't been slain already."[/b] But would they actually find someone to join them? Was Muu even in good enough condition to leave the bed? They were put in a difficult place.

[b]"1 silver, 5 silver, 2 silver. Those are our debts to the hospital,"[/b] Ash informed Muu, [b]"with a minimum payment of every three days. We have two days left to get enough silver for [i]all[/i] our debts. We have zero silver and a hard deadline, so we need to start whatever we're doing now. For now, let's just give Muu some privacy."[/b] Her right hand instinctively moved to tap Matteo's shoulder with her knuckles, the global sign of 'we should really let the naked girl put clothes on'.