# Season 1
# E1 - The Harvest Festival and The Crowded Driver's Box
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GX9UQWW0P/the-harvest-festival-and-the-crowded-drivers-box)
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**[00:05] Girl**
Hey! Hey!
**[00:06] Girl**
What story will you tell me tonight?
**[00:09] Woman**
What about the time
I visited a very salty and large pond?
**[00:12] Girl**
You already told me that story.
**[00:13] Woman**
Then, what about the time
I bit the arse of a pompous fool?
**[00:18] Girl**
You've told me that one, too.
**[00:20] Girl**
I don't want to hear those childish stories.
**[00:21] Girl**
Aren't there any stories
I've never heard before?
**[00:24] Woman**
Then, what about an old tale from long ago,
that began in a village far, far away?
**[00:30] Woman**
It's a story about a wolf
that protected the harvests of a village
**[00:33] Woman**
in a land much farther south than here...
**[00:37] Girl**
A wolf?
**[00:38] Woman**
The wolf promised the youths of that village
**[00:42] Woman**
that it would bring
bountiful harvests of wheat.
**[00:45] Woman**
The wolf kept its promise.
**[00:48] Woman**
It kept it for an exceedingly long time.
**[00:52] Woman**
No one knows when it began,
**[00:54] Woman**
but the people of the village
would use the phrase "the wolf is running"
**[00:57] Woman**
when ripe wheat stalks swayed in the wind.
**[01:00] Woman**
When ears of wheat were flattened by the wind,
**[01:02] Woman**
they said they were "trampled by the wolf".
**[01:04] Woman**
They even said the wheat was "eaten by
the wolf" when the harvest was poor.
**[01:08] Girl**
The village must have
really treasured that wolf.
**[01:11] Woman**
Yes...
**[01:12] Woman**
Yes, they did.
**[01:13] Girl**
So, they all lived happily ever after?
**[01:15] Girl**
That's the end of the story?
**[01:17] Woman**
No...
**[01:18] Woman**
After a long time had passed,
**[01:20] Woman**
no one remembered the promise
they made with the wolf anymore.
**[01:25] Woman**
The tales of the wolf,
which were full of familiarity and awe,
**[01:29] Woman**
eventually just became antiquated stories.
**[01:33] Woman**
The humans who began to sow, nurture,
and harvest the wheat themselves
**[01:37] Woman**
no longer believed in the wolf
that brought bountiful harvests...
**[01:42] Girl**
So, then, what happened to that wolf?
**[01:48] Woman**
Well, at the time, in the village...
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**[03:38] Lawrence**
The clear weather
should last until nightfall again.
***SIGN*** Episode 1
The Harvest Festival and
The Crowded Driver's Box
**[03:41] Lawrence**
Wouldn't rain be troublesome for you, too?
**[03:51] Knight**
A traveling merchant?
**[03:52] Lawrence**
There's a small village in the mountains
about a half a day's travel east from here.
**[03:56] Lawrence**
I'm on my way back after selling some salt.
**[03:59] Knight**
What kind of cargo do you have there?
**[04:03] Lawrence**
Fur pelts.
**[04:04] Knight**
I see.
**[04:05] Knight**
What's this?
**[04:06] Lawrence**
A sheaf of wheat I received from the village.
**[04:08] Lawrence**
I hear it's a variety of wheat that's strong
against the cold and resilient against pests.
**[04:13] Lawrence**
What's going on?
**[04:14] Lawrence**
There normally aren't knights
such as yourself around these parts.
**[04:17] Knight**
There's been word of a pagan festival
being held in the villages around here.
**[04:22] Lawrence**
Pagans?
**[04:23] Knight**
Heretics that don't believe in
the great God that created our world.
**[04:28] Knight**
I understand the North, but I can't believe
there's still some of them around here.
**[04:32] Knight**
Know anything about it?
**[04:35] Lawrence**
Not a thing.
**[04:42] Lawrence**
A pagan village, huh?
**[04:51] Lawrence**
Hello! Long time no see!
**[04:54] Farmer A**
Oh, you're...
**[04:58] Lawrence**
The traveling merchant, Kraft Lawrence.
**[05:01] Lawrence**
Looks like quite the harvest this year.
**[05:03] Farmer B**
That's right. Look at all of this!
**[05:06] Lawrence**
I've come to see Yarei. Where is he?
**[05:09] Farmer A**
Yarei's in the field over yonder.
**[05:11] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[05:12] Farmer B**
You might miss him if you don't hurry.
**[05:15] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[05:16] Farmer A**
There's a lot of young men
over there, and they're still lacking in skill.
**[05:20] Farmer A**
I'm sure one of them
will end up as Holo this year.
**[05:24] Lawrence**
Holo?
**[05:25] Villager A**
The wolf is there! The wolf is there!
**[05:28] Villager B**
The wolf is resting there!
**[05:33] Villager A**
It's the last sheaf!
**[05:35] Villager B**
Careful not to cut too much!
**[05:38] Villager C**
Holo will run from greedy hands!
**[05:41] Villager C**
Who will catch the wolf this year?!
**[05:52] Villager D**
It's Yarei! It's Yarei! It's Yarei!
**[05:58] Villager B**
Holo has appeared!
**[05:59] Lawrence**
Yarei...
**[06:00] Villager B**
Holo has appeared!
**[06:02] Villager C**
Catch him!
**[06:13] Villager A**
We've caught Holo!
**[06:15] Villager C**
Corner him!
**[06:20] Villager B**
Don't let him escape!
**[06:22] Villager A**
Lock him in!
**[06:27] Yarei**
Lawrence!
**[06:28] Yarei**
See you later!
**[06:32] Lawrence**
See you later? Really?
**[06:40] Lawrence**
But you won't be able to come out for a week...
**[06:49] Lawrence**
Looks like another bountiful harvest.
**[06:51] Village Chief**
Yes. This is all thanks to Count Erhendott.
**[06:56] Lawrence**
He's the new lord of the fiefdom, isn't he?
**[06:58] Lawrence**
Looks like the era of praying
to the old gods has ended.
**[07:02] Village Chief**
We have a bad harvest
when the wolf is displeased.
**[07:05] Village Chief**
But we've no bad harvests with the new
farming methods our lord has taught us.
**[07:11] Lawrence**
I never thought I'd see this much Trenni
silver in such a rural area! What a surprise!
**[07:15] Village Chief**
Again, all thanks to our new lord.
**[07:17] Lawrence**
Is your price negotiator doing a good job?
**[07:20] Village Chief**
If you're talking about Yarei,
he's doing an excellent job.
**[07:24] Village Chief**
He always says he learned
how to do business from you.
**[07:28] Lawrence**
He's just reaping the fruits of his labor.
**[07:31] Village Chief**
Yarei was looking forward
to seeing you again, Mr. Lawrence.
**[07:35] Lawrence**
How unfortunate.
**[07:36] Village Chief**
Will you stay the night tonight?
**[07:40] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[07:41] Lawrence**
However, the items I've purchased
have a payment deadline.
**[07:45] Lawrence**
Next time, perhaps.
**[07:56] Lawrence**
No point in an outsider staying here alone...
**[08:12] Lawrence**
Fresh vegetables. Aren't they delicious?
**[08:18] Lawrence**
I guess I should sleep.
**[08:55] Lawrence**
Hey!
**[08:58] Lawrence**
Wake up!
**[09:00] Lawrence**
Hey, you!
**[09:01] Lawrence**
What are you doing in another person's cart?!
**[09:03] Lawrence**
Hey!
**[09:09] Lawrence**
E-Ears?!
**[09:57] Holo**
What a beautiful moon.
**[09:59] Holo**
Do you happen to have any alcohol?
**[10:02] Lawrence**
I-I don't have anything like that!
**[10:03] Lawrence**
First of all, what on earth are—
**[10:04] Holo**
Then, something to eat...
**[10:08] Holo**
Oh? Is that dried meat?
**[10:11] Holo**
How wasteful.
**[10:14] Lawrence**
You! Are you the sort possessed by the devil?!
**[10:17] Holo**
You must be an ungrateful wretch
to point your blade at me.
**[10:20] Lawrence**
What did you say?
**[10:21] Holo**
Oh, that's right.
You are not a human from the village.
**[10:26] Holo**
My apologies. I had forgotten that.
**[10:30] Holo**
I slipped into your carriage
because I wished to leave the village...
**[10:34] Holo**
It seems we have already left.
**[10:38] Holo**
My name is Holo.
**[10:40] Holo**
It has been a long time
since I've taken this form.
**[10:43] Holo**
Yes, there seem to be no problems.
**[10:45] Lawrence**
Holo?
**[10:46] Holo**
Mm, Holo. Isn't it an excellent name?
**[10:53] Lawrence**
What a coincidence!
**[10:55] Lawrence**
I happen to know someone
who's been called that name.
**[10:57] Holo**
Oh?
**[10:58] Holo**
I know of no creature with
the name Holo other than myself.
**[11:02] Holo**
Pray tell, who has this name?
**[11:04] Lawrence**
It's the name of
the god of harvest in this area.
**[11:07] Lawrence**
Are you a god?
**[11:08] Holo**
Hmph.
**[11:09] Holo**
Though I have been called a god
and bound to this land for a long time,
**[11:14] Holo**
I am nothing so grand.
**[11:16] Holo**
I am only Holo and nothing more.
**[11:20] Holo**
You think of me as a strange girl who has been
locked away at home since birth, do you?
**[11:26] Holo**
I was not born here,
but in a land much farther north.
**[11:31] Lawrence**
North?
**[11:31] Holo**
Yes. The summers are short
and the winters long.
**[11:35] Holo**
A world covered in silvery white.
**[11:37] Holo**
I was born in a place called Yoitsu...
**[11:40] Holo**
Wise Wolf Holo of Yoitsu would refer to me.
**[11:43] Holo**
Have you been there before?
**[11:45] Lawrence**
Yoitsu?
**[11:47] Lawrence**
No, I've never heard of the place...
**[11:52] Lawrence**
What else?
**[11:55] Holo**
While I don't dislike taking
a human form, it is always so chilly.
**[12:07] Lawrence**
Hey, if you're really the Wise Wolf Holo,
show me some proof.
**[12:12] Holo**
My ears and tail are not enough to satisfy you,
**[12:15] Holo**
so you wish for me to show you
my form as a wolf?
**[12:18] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[12:20] Holo**
I refuse.
**[12:22] Lawrence**
Why?
**[12:24] Holo**
I wish to ask you the same thing!
**[12:27] Lawrence**
I-If you're a person,
I'll turn you into the Church.
**[12:31] Lawrence**
Those possessed by the devil
will bring calamity upon others.
**[12:33] Holo**
I hate the Church!
**[12:35] Lawrence**
Then, let's go back to the village
and confirm with the village chief...
**[12:39] Holo**
I refuse that as well.
**[12:44] Lawrence**
But you can stay with me if you really
are Holo, the god of harvest.
**[12:49] Holo**
Truly?
**[12:51] Lawrence**
Truly.
**[12:52] Lawrence**
If you're really the Wise Wolf Holo,
you might bring me some fortune as well.
**[12:56] Holo**
You truly wish to see?
**[12:58] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[12:59] Holo**
No matter what?
**[13:00] Lawrence**
No matter what!
**[13:05] Holo**
It is impossible for any creature
to change forms without paying a price.
**[13:09] Holo**
In my case, I would need
blood from the living...
**[13:12] Holo**
Or a small amount of wheat.
**[13:15] Lawrence**
Let's go with wheat.
**[13:29] Lawrence**
H-Hey, are you all right?!
**[14:05] Village Chief**
Oh, Mr. Lawrence.
**[14:07] Lawrence**
My apologies.
**[14:08] Lawrence**
May I stay here for the night?
**[14:10] Village Chief**
Of course, but why the sudden change?
**[14:14] Lawrence**
Yarei?
**[14:17] Yarei**
We meet again, Lawrence.
**[14:21] Village Chief**
The bed is over there.
You can place your things around there.
**[14:25] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[14:27] Village Chief**
Then, please take care of the place for us.
**[14:32] Lawrence**
What a luxurious meal.
**[14:34] Yarei**
They're all offerings for Holo.
**[14:35] Yarei**
But I brought them here since it'd be a waste
to leave it all for the wolf. Want some?
**[14:40] Lawrence**
I don't think an outsider
should eat the offerings...
**[14:44] Lawrence**
To begin with, aren't you supposed to be
locked away in the granary for a week,
**[14:47] Lawrence**
so that Holo won't escape from
the last sheaf of wheat you harvested?
**[14:51] Yarei**
That's just a superstition.
**[14:52] Yarei**
There's no wolf actually
living in the wheat fields.
**[14:55] Yarei**
It's just an excuse for the people
in the village to have a festival.
**[15:00] Yarei**
This is on me. Now, drink.
**[15:03] Yarei**
To an old friend!
**[15:04] Yarei**
To reuniting with Lawrence,
the shrewd traveling merchant!
**[15:08] Lawrence**
To an old friend.
**[15:09] Yarei**
To the future of Pasloe Village!
**[15:15] Lawrence**
The village chief showed me the village silver.
**[15:17] Lawrence**
Looks like you're doing
a good job negotiating prices.
**[15:20] Yarei**
I learned it all from you!
**[15:23] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[15:25] Yarei**
It is!
**[15:30] Lawrence**
How long has it been since I started
buying wheat from this village?
**[15:35] Yarei**
Let me think...
**[15:36] Yarei**
It was before Count Erhendott became our lord.
**[15:41] Yarei**
The previous lord only thought about
taking more and more taxes from us.
**[15:47] Yarei**
No merchant was willing to buy
our expensive, tax-inflated wheat.
**[15:53] Yarei**
At the time, you actually
bought some wheat from us.
**[15:57] Lawrence**
There weren't many towns willing to work
with a new traveling merchant like me.
**[16:01] Yarei**
The village and I have grown a lot since then.
**[16:05] Yarei**
Can you believe it?
**[16:06] Yarei**
Now, even merchants from large
towns come to buy our wheat.
**[16:10] Yarei**
I'm negotiating prices
with big shots like that!
**[16:14] Lawrence**
I believe it.
**[16:16] Yarei**
I want to try negotiating prices of wheat
with you again. Just like back then!
**[16:21] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[16:23] Lawrence**
Me, too, Yarei.
**[16:27] Yarei**
You know!
**[16:28] Yarei**
I'm sure we'll have a great harvest
next year and the year after that!
**[16:32] Lawrence**
Yeah, I hope Holo stays in a happy mood.
**[16:34] Yarei**
It has nothing to do with wolves!
**[16:37] Yarei**
Something like that doesn't exist!
**[16:39] Yarei**
We don't need some ancient god!
**[16:40] Yarei**
We can't go against the Church in this era.
**[16:43] Yarei**
We don't need Holo anymore!
**[17:17] Lawrence**
They don't need Holo anymore, huh?
**[17:20] Holo**
What about me?
**[17:23] Holo**
There is no need to be so surprised.
**[17:26] Lawrence**
You!
**[17:27] Holo**
As expected, this form is quite chilly.
**[17:31] Lawrence**
You were in the village after all.
**[17:33] Lawrence**
Where were you hiding?
**[17:35] Holo**
To be precise, I live inside the wheat.
**[17:39] Holo**
During the harvest,
I am in the last piece of wheat.
**[17:43] Holo**
That's why it's quite difficult
to escape from there.
**[17:45] Holo**
However, there are exceptions.
**[17:47] Holo**
If there is a larger amount of wheat
than the last sheaf of wheat nearby,
**[17:51] Holo**
I can move to that wheat
without being seen by humans.
**[17:55] Holo**
That's the reason why.
**[17:56] Holo**
In a way, I owe you a great debt.
**[18:03] Holo**
Are you afraid of me?
**[18:08] Lawrence**
I...
**[18:16] Lawrence**
Even though I was the one who
told you to show me your true form...
**[18:31] Lawrence**
I was scared of you.
**[18:37] Lawrence**
That's why I thought
you disappeared from my sight.
**[18:45] Holo**
Humans show fear when they see my true form.
**[18:50] Holo**
There are very few who have reacted otherwise.
**[18:54] Holo**
There was once such a person in this village.
**[18:58] Holo**
That person asked me to ensure
the harvests of this village.
**[19:05] Holo**
That's why I kept my promise.
**[19:08] Holo**
However, having many bountiful
harvests is hard on the land.
**[19:13] Holo**
So, there were times
when I had to create bad harvests.
**[19:16] Holo**
The people of the village
just called it my fickleness.
**[19:21] Holo**
Their thoughts of me have grown
quite bad these last few years.
**[19:26] Holo**
Next year and the year after that,
**[19:27] Holo**
I am sure that they will have
bountiful harvests without me.
**[19:32] Holo**
No one needs me any longer.
**[19:36] Lawrence**
Let's say that I believe you.
**[19:40] Holo**
You are quite the suspicious one.
**[19:42] Lawrence**
Is there somewhere you'd like to go
after leaving the village?
**[19:58] Holo**
North...
**[20:02] Holo**
I wish to return to the north...
**[20:24] Lawrence**
It's safe now.
**[20:25] Holo**
Finally!
**[20:28] Holo**
It was so dark and cramped that it was
difficult to change my clothes.
**[20:33] Lawrence**
Y-You!
**[20:37] Holo**
What do you think? Does it look nice on me?
**[20:39] Lawrence**
Wait! Those are mine!
**[20:41] Holo**
I expected as much.
**[20:44] Lawrence**
Those are my best clothes.
It took me ten years!
**[20:46] Holo**
True. It is well-tailored and made of
excellent fabric. Quite suitable for me.
**[20:50] Holo**
It seems you are a talented merchant.
**[20:53] Lawrence**
Those are my clothes!
**[20:54] Holo**
Yes, but I know you are a kind male.
**[20:58] Holo**
You wouldn't tell me to
take them off, would you?
**[21:02] Holo**
I wish to travel with you.
**[21:05] Holo**
Is that unacceptable?
**[21:12] Lawrence**
Fine.
**[21:14] Lawrence**
This must be some kind of fate.
**[21:17] Holo**
Please take care of me from now on, um...
**[21:20] Lawrence**
Lawrence. Kraft Lawrence.
**[21:23] Holo**
Yes. Lawrence.
**[21:24] Holo**
I will continue to speak of your greatness
from now to the end of time.
**[21:29] Lawrence**
My profession isn't an easy one.
**[21:32] Holo**
You'll have to earn your own keep.
**[21:40] Holo**
I am not shameless enough to eat your food
without doing anything in return.
**[21:44] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo, an honorable wolf!
**[21:56] Holo**
By the way.
**[21:59] Holo**
It is quite cramped
with the two of us sitting here.
**[22:03] Lawrence**
Hey, now...
**[22:05] Lawrence**
Wha?! Hey!
**[22:07] Lawrence**
Hey! Don't get too close!
**[22:08] Holo**
A male should be happy to be touched by me.
**[22:11] Lawrence**
No, not really...
**[22:12] Holo**
Oh? It seems you are embarrassed...
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** Mischievous Wolf and No Laughing Matter
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Time: "Mischievous Wolf and No Laughing Matter"
# E2 - Mischievous Wolf and No Laughing Matter
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G4VUQVV2J/mischievous-wolf-and-no-laughing-matter)
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**[00:28] Lawrence**
Looks like you slept well.
**[00:30] Holo**
Yes. These furs are quite warm.
**[00:40] Holo**
A flea.
**[00:42] Lawrence**
Well, you have the finest of fur.
**[00:44] Lawrence**
It's the perfect environment for them.
**[00:47] Holo**
To think you'd notice the greatness
of this tail! You have a fine eye!
**[00:53] Lawrence**
Well, somewhat so.
**[00:57] Holo**
My white-tipped tail is a source of pride.
**[01:01] Holo**
As are these pointed ears of mine.
**[01:04] Holo**
My ears can hear the coming
of disasters and catch various lies.
**[01:08] Holo**
They've saved many a friend from danger!
**[01:12] Holo**
The Wise Wolf Holo of Yoitsu
is none other than me!
**[01:20] Lawrence**
And what does that nose
you're so proud of tell you?
**[01:24] Holo**
You should make haste.
**[01:26] Lawrence**
What's wrong?
**[01:28] Holo**
The rain will soon come.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 2
Mischievous Wolf and No Laughing Matter
**[03:11] Lawrence**
I thank God for his mercy.
**[03:13] Priest**
Is this your companion?
**[03:17] Lawrence**
This is my wife.
**[03:18] Lawrence**
She has some burns on her face
and always covers up in public.
**[03:22] Priest**
I see...
**[03:26] Lawrence**
Then, I will retire to our room
after taking care of our wares.
**[03:47] Holo**
The chilling rain has cooled my burns.
**[03:53] Holo**
The furs were fine, were they not?
**[03:55] Holo**
Those furs come from fine martens.
**[03:58] Holo**
There may be another creature like myself
**[04:00] Holo**
bringing abundance to the
mountains where they dwell.
**[04:03] Lawrence**
Will they...
**[04:05] Lawrence**
Will they fetch a decent price?
**[04:07] Holo**
That, I do not know.
**[04:09] Holo**
I am not a fur merchant.
**[04:11] Lawrence**
Oh, that's right.
**[04:12] Lawrence**
What should I do about that wheat?
**[04:14] Holo**
What do you mean?
**[04:16] Lawrence**
In other words, should I thresh it?
Or keep it as is?
**[04:20] Lawrence**
Well, that is, if you really
dwell in that wheat.
**[04:24] Holo**
As long as I am alive, that wheat
will neither spoil nor wither.
**[04:29] Holo**
I may disappear if it is eaten, burned,
or ground down and mixed into the soil,
**[04:37] Holo**
but threshing and storing it
shouldn't be a problem.
**[04:40] Lawrence**
Then I'll thresh it later
and store the grains in a bag.
**[04:44] Lawrence**
Don't you want to keep it with you?
**[04:45] Holo**
That would be wonderful. It would be even
better if I could hang it around my neck.
**[04:49] Lawrence**
Is it all right to keep some of the wheat?
**[04:52] Lawrence**
I'd like to try selling it to another area.
**[04:54] Holo**
Many crops only grow well
in the area they belong.
**[04:59] Holo**
It would wither quickly.
It would be a waste to even go.
**[05:06] Holo**
You still smell bad after
being drenched in the rain!
**[05:11] Holo**
I think you are a good-looking man.
**[05:14] Holo**
You should try to take care of yourself.
**[05:16] Lawrence**
I'm at least careful enough
to not let it affect my work.
**[05:20] Holo**
Well, I think that beard of yours
does look good.
**[05:24] Lawrence**
Oh? So, you can appreciate this, too?
**[05:27] Holo**
Though, I prefer it a little longer.
**[05:32] Holo**
Like this...
**[05:41] Lawrence**
We should dry our clothes in the common room.
**[05:43] Lawrence**
I believe the room is heated.
**[05:47] Lawrence**
There will be others in front of the fire.
**[05:49] Lawrence**
Don't let them discover you.
**[05:50] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo!
**[05:53] Holo**
Long ago, I always traveled in this form.
**[05:55] Holo**
Just leave it to me.
**[05:57] Holo**
But I would have never thought of it.
**[06:00] Holo**
Hiding my "burned" face from the public.
**[06:04] Lawrence**
What do you think of it?
**[06:06] Holo**
Such a burn would be part of who I am.
**[06:09] Holo**
Just like my ears and tail, it would be
something that belongs to no one but myself.
**[06:17] Lawrence**
I see.
**[06:20] Traveler**
I see. So, you come from Yorenz?
**[06:24] Lawrence**
Yes, I obtained salt there
and delivered it to a different village.
**[06:28] Lawrence**
They gave me marten pelts in exchange.
**[06:31] Traveler**
Won't it be arduous
to go back to Yorenz from here?
**[06:36] Lawrence**
That's where a merchant's wisdom comes in.
**[06:38] Lawrence**
There's no need to go back.
**[06:39] Traveler**
How interesting!
**[06:41] Lawrence**
I didn't pay any money when I purchased salt
at a trading company in Yorenz.
**[06:46] Lawrence**
That's because I sold
an equivalent amount of wheat to them
**[06:48] Lawrence**
at a branch from the same
trading company in a different town.
**[06:51] Lawrence**
Because I received no money for
the wheat, I paid nothing for the salt.
**[06:55] Lawrence**
In other words, two different sale contracts
were completed without the exchange of money.
**[07:00] Traveler**
I see. How mysterious!
**[07:03] Lawrence**
This is called an exchange rate transaction
**[07:06] Lawrence**
and was invented by merchants
to deal with people in many different areas.
**[07:11] Traveler**
I own a vineyard in a town called Perenzzo,
**[07:14] Traveler**
but I've never made a payment
in such an unusual way.
**[07:19] Traveler**
Do you think I should know about such a system?
**[07:21] Lawrence**
No, it's unnecessary.
**[07:23] Lawrence**
As a lord who owns a vineyard,
**[07:25] Lawrence**
you just need to make sure merchants don't take
advantage of you during price negotiations.
**[07:28] Traveler**
That becomes a dispute every year.
**[07:32] Traveler**
You said your name was Lawrence?
**[07:35] Traveler**
If you ever visit Perenzzo,
please stop by my house.
**[07:40] Traveler**
You will be most welcome.
**[07:41] Lawrence**
Yes, I would love to.
**[07:44] Traveler**
Well, it seems my wife is a bit tired...
**[07:48] Traveler**
We will excuse ourselves for the night.
**[07:50] Lawrence**
Well, may God bring us together once again.
**[08:01] Zheren**
Mister, you're pretty good.
**[08:04] Lawrence**
I'm just an ordinary merchant.
**[08:06] Zheren**
No, no! I was aiming
for that couple myself,
**[08:10] Zheren**
but I couldn't quite seize an opportunity.
**[08:12] Zheren**
But you were able to do it so easily!
**[08:15] Lawrence**
When I was starting out, other
merchants looked like monsters to me.
**[08:20] Lawrence**
Even now, more than half are still monsters.
You just have to try your best.
**[08:23] Zheren**
Well, that makes me feel a little better.
**[08:28] Zheren**
My name is Zheren.
**[08:31] Zheren**
I'm a rookie merchant.
**[08:37] Lawrence**
I'm Lawrence.
**[08:40] Zheren**
Is this your companion?
**[08:45] Lawrence**
This is my wife, Holo.
**[08:48] Zheren**
You're traveling together with your wife?
**[08:50] Zheren**
You must really treasure her,
considering how much you cover her up.
**[08:55] Zheren**
I'm sure God brought us together
for this encounter.
**[08:58] Zheren**
Would you let me take a look?
**[09:01] Lawrence**
Well...
**[09:02] Holo**
A journey is the most enjoyable
before one sets out.
**[09:05] Holo**
The most frightening part of a dog is its bark.
**[09:08] Holo**
And women look the most beautiful
when viewed from behind.
**[09:12] Holo**
Uncovering a hood so casually
can easily dispel the fantasy.
**[09:16] Holo**
I could never do something like that to you.
**[09:21] Zheren**
Wow, your wife is really something.
**[09:23] Lawrence**
It takes everything I have just to avoid
being completely under her thumb.
**[09:28] Zheren**
God must have guided me to the two of you.
**[09:31] Zheren**
How about it, mister?
**[09:33] Zheren**
Would you listen to what I have to say?
**[09:44] Holo**
It smells so good!
**[09:46] Holo**
Goat cheese over boiled potatoes?!
**[09:50] Lawrence**
Hold on.
**[09:54] Holo**
Wheat?
**[09:55] Lawrence**
I tied a leather string around it
so you can hang it around your neck.
**[09:59] Holo**
Yes, thank you.
**[10:04] Holo**
However...
**[10:07] Holo**
This is currently more important!
**[10:08] Lawrence**
Hold on!
**[10:10] Holo**
Again?!
**[10:12] Lawrence**
The leather string and the bag of wheat.
**[10:14] Lawrence**
I even got goat cheese
on the potatoes as a treat.
**[10:16] Lawrence**
I had to donate a lot of money for all of it.
**[10:19] Lawrence**
On top of that, my best clothes!
**[10:21] Lawrence**
You'll have to pay me back for all of it!
**[10:26] Holo**
Is that all?
**[10:28] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[10:31] Holo**
Vegetables grown by humans
taste better than foraged nuts.
**[10:36] Holo**
I love the idea of cooking them with heat.
**[10:49] Holo**
Human throats are so narrow.
**[10:51] Holo**
How inconvenient!
**[10:53] Lawrence**
Well, wolves eat their food without chewing.
**[10:56] Holo**
Well, of course.
**[10:59] Holo**
We have no cheek space.
**[11:01] Holo**
I cannot take my time to chew.
**[11:05] Holo**
However, I have choked on potatoes once before.
**[11:08] Holo**
They may not be compatible with me.
**[11:18] Lawrence**
Come to think of it, didn't you say
you can tell when people are lying?
**[11:24] Holo**
Yes, more or less.
**[11:26] Lawrence**
To what extent?
**[11:31] Holo**
Well, to the point that I could tell
**[11:33] Holo**
you praised my tail even though
you didn't genuinely think so.
**[11:38] Holo**
I am not right all the time.
**[11:41] Holo**
Well, it's up to you to whether
you believe me or not.
**[11:47] Lawrence**
Then, let me ask you this.
**[11:49] Lawrence**
What do you think of that kid?
**[11:51] Holo**
Kid?
**[11:53] Lawrence**
The one who talked to us
in front of the fireplace.
**[11:56] Holo**
Oh!
**[11:58] Holo**
You are both kids in my eyes.
**[12:03] Holo**
Though you are just a bit more mature.
**[12:07] Holo**
What that kid told us, huh?
**[12:12] Zheren**
Actually, Mister,
**[12:14] Zheren**
it's rumored that a certain silver coin
that is currently being circulated
**[12:18] Zheren**
will soon be replaced with coins
that have a higher percentage of silver.
**[12:21] Lawrence**
Oh?
**[12:22] Zheren**
The new silver coin is still
worth the same as the old silver coin,
**[12:28] Zheren**
but the new coins will be worth more when
exchanged for the currency of other countries.
**[12:34] Zheren**
In other words...
**[12:34] Lawrence**
In other words...
**[12:36] Lawrence**
If we collect a large amount
of the current silver coins
**[12:39] Lawrence**
and exchange them with the new coins
when they become available,
**[12:42] Lawrence**
we can make a huge profit from the difference.
**[12:45] Zheren**
As expected! You're so quick to catch on!
**[12:48] Zheren**
What do you say?
I can tell you which silver coin it is.
**[12:54] Zheren**
In exchange, how about giving me a share
once you make a big profit?
**[13:05] Holo**
I believe that kid is lying.
**[13:08] Holo**
Though I don't know exactly
what part he may be lying about.
**[13:12] Lawrence**
I see.
**[13:14] Lawrence**
Currency speculation itself
isn't that rare, but...
**[13:18] Holo**
You don't know why he'd lie about such a thing.
**[13:21] Holo**
Am I right?
**[13:24] Holo**
When one lies, the reason for the lie
is more important than the lie itself.
**[13:32] Lawrence**
You're right.
**[13:34] Lawrence**
It took me many years to realize that.
**[13:39] Holo**
There is no need
to be bothered by such a thing.
**[13:41] Holo**
After all, you are still a kid in my eyes.
**[13:48] Holo**
What would you have done if I was not here?
**[13:53] Lawrence**
If I was alone?
**[13:58] Lawrence**
I'd put aside whether
the information was true or false.
**[14:01] Lawrence**
And I'd act like I was
interested in Zheren's offer.
**[14:04] Holo**
And why would you do that?
**[14:06] Lawrence**
If it were true, I'd make a profit.
**[14:09] Lawrence**
If it were false, that means
someone is plotting something.
**[14:13] Lawrence**
If I investigate it carefully, it'll usually
connect to some kind of moneymaking scheme.
**[14:19] Holo**
Now that I have told you it was a lie?
**[14:24] Lawrence**
Well...
**[14:27] Holo**
There was nothing to
hesitate about from the start.
**[14:31] Holo**
You are going to act like
you are interested, either way.
**[14:37] Holo**
It seems these extra potatoes are mine.
**[14:44] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo.
**[14:47] Holo**
How many of your lifetimes
do you think I have lived?
**[15:38] Holo**
May my dear husband...
**[15:40] Holo**
have more pluck!
**[15:49] Lawrence**
Goodness.
**[15:51] Lawrence**
What were you doing so early in the morning?
**[15:52] Holo**
I woke up early,
so I listened to their preaching.
**[15:57] Lawrence**
Something like that interested you?
**[15:59] Holo**
It is interesting to listen to on occasion.
**[16:03] Holo**
At any rate, it seems they have
grown quite important.
**[16:07] Lawrence**
The Church has always been important.
**[16:10] Holo**
Not so.
**[16:11] Holo**
It was not as important when
I first arrived here from the north.
**[16:16] Holo**
At the very least,
**[16:17] Holo**
they did not say exaggerated things
like "the one true God created the world"
**[16:22] Holo**
and that we are merely "borrowing" it.
**[16:25] Holo**
Nature cannot be created by someone.
**[16:28] Holo**
It made me wonder when the Church
began to perform such comedies.
**[16:36] Holo**
This must also be a change of the times.
**[16:40] Holo**
It seems the world has changed a lot.
**[16:45] Lawrence**
Have you changed?
**[16:51] Lawrence**
Then I'm sure your hometown
hasn't changed, either.
**[16:59] Holo**
Being comforted by you
is a disgrace to a Wise Wolf.
**[17:10] Holo**
Hey!
**[17:12] Holo**
Come quickly! What are you doing?!
**[17:23] Zheren**
Is that so?! You're in?!
**[17:27] Lawrence**
However, I can't pay upfront.
**[17:29] Lawrence**
I have no funds until
I exchange my furs for money.
**[17:33] Zheren**
Then, let's meet up in the port town
of Pazzio and draw up an official contract!
**[17:40] Zheren**
Once you arrive in Pazzio,
please stop by a bar called Yorrend.
**[17:43] Zheren**
You'll be able to contact me there.
**[17:46] Lawrence**
Yorrend?
**[17:47] Zheren**
Yes, then I'll head out first.
**[17:49] Zheren**
Safe travels, Mister!
**[17:53] Holo**
Are we not traveling together?
**[17:55] Lawrence**
The roads are muddy.
**[17:56] Lawrence**
Walking will be far faster
than traveling by carriage.
**[17:59] Lawrence**
There's no need to force him
to follow a slow carriage.
**[18:03] Holo**
True. Merchants are stingy with their time.
**[18:07] Lawrence**
Time is money.
**[18:11] Holo**
What an interesting phrase.
**[18:13] Holo**
Time is money, huh?
**[18:16] Lawrence**
The farmers you've watched over for hundreds
of years are also particular about time.
**[18:21] Holo**
What are you paying attention to?
**[18:23] Holo**
They are not particular about time.
**[18:25] Holo**
They are particular about sensing things.
**[18:29] Lawrence**
I don't understand.
**[18:31] Holo**
For instance...
**[18:32] Holo**
They awaken when they sense daybreak
**[18:35] Holo**
and pull weeds when they sense the afternoon.
**[18:38] Holo**
They rejoice the budding sprouts
as they sense spring,
**[18:40] Holo**
enjoy the growth of the crops
as they sense summer,
**[18:43] Holo**
celebrate the harvest as they sense autumn,
**[18:46] Holo**
and they wait for spring as they sense winter.
**[18:49] Holo**
They do not care about time.
**[18:51] Holo**
It is the same for me.
**[18:53] Holo**
Your mind is quick, but you lack experience.
**[19:04] Holo**
To put it another way, you will become
well-established as you age.
**[19:09] Lawrence**
How many hundreds of years
are you talking about?
**[19:13] Holo**
Your wits are indeed sharp.
**[19:16] Lawrence**
Perhaps yours are just too old,
so they're starting to break down?
**[19:21] Holo**
Do you know why we wolves attack humans?
**[19:26] Lawrence**
No.
**[19:28] Holo**
It is because we wish to eat
their heads and gain their power.
**[19:35] Holo**
You are still a mere chick in my eyes.
**[19:38] Holo**
You are no match for me.
**[19:43] Holo**
Have you ever been attacked by a wolf?
**[19:47] Lawrence**
I have.
**[19:48] Lawrence**
About eight times.
**[19:52] Holo**
Formidable, were they not?
**[19:53] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[19:55] Lawrence**
I've made it through bands
of wild dogs, but wolves...
**[20:01] Lawrence**
are really formidable.
**[20:03] Holo**
That's because they have eaten
many humans and gained their—
**[20:07] Lawrence**
Stop!
**[20:10] Lawrence**
I apologize for saying
your brain is breaking down.
**[20:13] Lawrence**
So,
**[20:15] Lawrence**
please stop.
**[20:32] Holo**
My apologies...
**[20:46] Holo**
Are you angry?
**[20:47] Lawrence**
I am.
**[20:49] Lawrence**
So, don't ever joke about
something like that again.
**[21:03] Lawrence**
Let's sleep around that area tonight.
**[21:07] Holo**
Wolves have only lived in the forest
while dogs have lived beside humans before.
**[21:14] Holo**
That's the difference between
the difficulty of wolves and dogs.
**[21:18] Holo**
Wolves have only been hunted by humans.
**[21:21] Holo**
Humans are a source of fear for us.
**[21:24] Holo**
That's why we think about
**[21:25] Holo**
how to best humans when they enter our forests.
**[21:33] Lawrence**
Does that mean that you've also...
**[21:35] Holo**
There are things that even I refuse to answer.
**[21:42] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[21:43] Holo**
Now, we are even.
**[22:02] Holo**
You and I have lived
in completely different worlds.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** Port Town and Sweet Temptation
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: "Port Town and Sweet Temptation"
# E3 - Port Town and Sweet Temptation
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**[00:04] Holo**
What a grand town!
**[00:06] Lawrence**
That's Pazzio.
**[00:08] Holo**
Does a king reside here?
**[00:11] Lawrence**
It's a town of nobles and merchants.
There's no king here.
**[00:17] Holo**
I cannot believe there is a town
with so many people and no king...
**[00:21] Lawrence**
Don't you need to hide your face?
**[00:24] Holo**
Face?
**[00:25] Lawrence**
People from Pasloe might travel through here.
**[00:29] Lawrence**
I was wondering if they would recognize you.
**[00:31] Holo**
Oh, is that all.
**[00:34] Lawrence**
You were in that village for hundreds of years.
**[00:36] Lawrence**
Don't they have legends about you?
**[00:38] Holo**
There are.
**[00:40] Holo**
"Holo sometimes appears
in the form of a beautiful girl."
**[00:44] Holo**
"She looks like she is in her mid-teens
with flowing hair, wolf ears,
**[00:49] Holo**
and a dark brown tail
that is white at the tip."
**[00:54] Holo**
"As long as you keep her form a secret,
**[00:56] Holo**
she promises a bountiful harvest
in the following year."
**[01:00] Lawrence**
They know all your characteristics!
**[01:03] Holo**
Hmph.
**[01:05] Holo**
No one will recognize me.
**[01:06] Holo**
They've long forgotten me.
**[01:10] Lawrence**
I see.
**[01:14] Holo**
Hey, you.
**[01:17] Holo**
They will not recognize me, right?
**[01:20] Lawrence**
That's what I'm hoping.
**[01:27] Holo**
Well, I'm sure it will be fine.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 3
Port Town and Sweet Temptation
**[03:03] Holo**
There seems to be a lot of delicious things!
**[03:06] Lawrence**
What good looking apples.
**[03:07] Holo**
Right? Do they not look enticingly delicious?!
**[03:13] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[03:17] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[03:18] Lawrence**
An acquaintance of mine
invested in an apple venture.
**[03:21] Lawrence**
He put more than half of
his entire assets in it.
**[03:24] Lawrence**
His total worth may be
much higher than mine now.
**[03:28] Lawrence**
I should have also invested.
**[03:30] Holo**
Y-Yes, that is quite unfortunate.
**[03:33] Lawrence**
But it was a risky gamble.
**[03:35] Lawrence**
I'd rather invest in a commercial ship.
**[03:37] Holo**
Commercial ship?
**[03:39] Lawrence**
Merchants who have contracts with one
another pool their money to borrow one.
**[03:43] Lawrence**
The amount of storage space you can use
depends on the amount you paid.
**[03:48] Lawrence**
What's wrong?
**[03:49] Holo**
The apples...
**[03:52] Holo**
I wish to eat some apples.
**[03:54] Lawrence**
Oh, so that's what it was.
**[04:02] Lawrence**
Here.
**[04:03] Lawrence**
Buy as many as you'd like.
**[04:08] Lawrence**
Who spends an entire silver coin on apples?
**[04:12] Holo**
You were the one who said
I could buy as many as I'd like.
**[04:15] Lawrence**
Make sure you earn your own keep.
**[04:18] Holo**
You pretended you didn't notice earlier.
**[04:22] Lawrence**
It must feel nice to know
what others are thinking so clearly.
**[04:26] Lawrence**
I'll have one myself...
**[04:28] Lawrence**
Ouch!
**[04:29] Holo**
These are mine!
**[04:31] Lawrence**
I'm the one who paid for them!
**[04:33] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo.
I can earn this amount of money quickly.
**[04:37] Lawrence**
Well, I'm looking forward to it.
**[04:40] Lawrence**
That silver coin was for
tonight's room and board!
**[04:48] Holo**
Apples are the devil's fruit.
**[04:50] Holo**
They are full of irresistibly sweet temptation.
**[04:54] Lawrence**
If you're a wise wolf, why don't you
try to overcome such greed?
**[04:57] Holo**
You may lose many things due to greed,
but you gain no benefits from abstinence.
**[05:08] Lawrence**
We'll be selling the furs at the
Milone Trading Company over there.
**[05:12] Holo**
I believe there were bigger buildings
on our way here.
**[05:16] Lawrence**
This is the third largest trading company here.
**[05:18] Lawrence**
However, this is just a branch of a very
large company that is well-established
**[05:21] Lawrence**
in a country farther south.
**[05:23] Lawrence**
In other words, they often
purchase items at a higher price
**[05:26] Lawrence**
to compete in the market as outsiders.
**[05:28] Lawrence**
On top of that...
**[05:29] Holo**
"They are able to collect a lot of information
from their various branches," right?
**[05:35] Holo**
Since they run a trading company
that crosses borders,
**[05:37] Holo**
they must be sensitive to the changes
of the currency market...
**[05:41] Lawrence**
E-Exactly...
**[05:44] Lawrence**
I want to investigate the information that
young man named Zheren gave us.
**[05:51] Cargo Loader**
Welcome to the Milone Trading Company.
**[05:53] Lawrence**
There are a lot of people.
**[05:55] Guide**
It's almost time for our
grand expedition to the North.
**[05:58] Guide**
The number of wares being taken to and
from Ruvinheigen has been overwhelming.
**[06:01] Lawrence**
No one wishes to waste
money-making opportunities.
**[06:03] Guide**
You're right about that.
**[06:05] Guide**
So, what business do you have with us today?
**[06:07] Lawrence**
You purchased wheat from me before.
Today, I'd like to sell you some fur pelts.
**[06:12] Guide**
Business is always welcome. Right this way.
**[06:17] Appraiser**
Thank you for considering
our trading company today.
**[06:20] Appraiser**
Mr. Kraft Lawrence, wasn't it?
**[06:22] Lawrence**
Please just call me Lawrence.
**[06:24] Lawrence**
I'm honored you still remember
my name from three years ago.
**[06:28] Appraiser**
No, no. Pardon.
**[06:30] Appraiser**
I hear you wish to sell fur pelts today?
**[06:35] Lawrence**
Yes. I have seventy marten pelts
of good quality today.
**[06:40] Appraiser**
What fine pelts.
**[06:42] Appraiser**
Crops have been bountiful this year,
so we haven't obtained many marten pelts.
**[06:46] Lawrence**
I'm sure that all the farmers have
their hands full with the farm work this year.
**[06:48] Lawrence**
Even so, I managed to collect
this many high quality fur pelts.
**[06:51] Appraiser**
They are more than acceptable.
**[06:53] Appraiser**
Then, since we've done business
with you before,
**[06:58] Appraiser**
how about 132 coins of Trenni silver?
**[07:05] Lawrence**
Hm, it is hard to come across
furs of this quality.
**[07:09] Lawrence**
I was hoping to deepen
our relationship through this trade...
**[07:15] Appraiser**
Our company would love to do so as well.
**[07:18] Appraiser**
Taking our future relationship
into consideration...
**[07:21] Appraiser**
How about 140 silver coins?
**[07:25] Lawrence**
Yes, then let's...
**[07:29] Lawrence**
Please excuse me for a moment.
**[07:32] Lawrence**
What is it?
**[07:33] Holo**
I know nothing about the market.
How is the price?
**[07:36] Lawrence**
Pretty good.
**[07:40] Appraiser**
Then, is this price acceptable?
**[07:43] Holo**
140 Trenni silver coins!
**[07:46] Holo**
Is that what you said?
**[07:49] Appraiser**
Oh, yes.
**[07:50] Appraiser**
I said 140 Trenni silver coins.
**[07:53] Holo**
I see that you are a merchant
of exceptional caliber.
**[07:56] Holo**
Wait, is that why you act
as if you have not noticed?
**[08:00] Holo**
If so, we cannot easily
let our guard down around you.
**[08:03] Appraiser**
M-My apologies. Have I missed something?
**[08:08] Holo**
Master, please refrain from such bullying.
**[08:12] Lawrence**
Th-That wasn't my intention.
**[08:14] Lawrence**
Let him know.
**[08:17] Holo**
Yes, Master.
**[08:19] Holo**
Sir, please take a whiff of these pelts.
**[08:26] Holo**
Well?
**[08:27] Appraiser**
Is this the scent of fruits?
**[08:30] Holo**
Yes, the forests have also
produced much fruit this year.
**[08:35] Holo**
These are furs of martens
that lived in such a forest.
**[08:38] Holo**
They filled their bellies
with so much good food
**[08:40] Holo**
that their bodies exuded a sweet aroma.
**[08:43] Appraiser**
I see that!
**[08:44] Holo**
These marten pelts are the highest of caliber.
**[08:47] Holo**
It took two large men to skin and treat
them as their bodies were so firm.
**[08:53] Holo**
Try pulling the pelt.
**[08:55] Holo**
Harder!
**[08:57] Holo**
What do you think?
**[08:59] Holo**
It is as resilient as a fierce beast.
**[09:01] Holo**
It can warm you like the sunshine in spring
and repel the moisture of the rain.
**[09:07] Holo**
On top of that, this scent.
**[09:10] Holo**
Imagine how much this would
shine amongst other clothes
**[09:14] Holo**
made of normal smelly marten fur.
**[09:20] Holo**
I am sure you can sell them
at an incomparable price.
**[09:25] Holo**
Now.
**[09:26] Holo**
Please tell me again at what price
you wish to purchase these fur pelts?
**[09:30] Appraiser**
Well, then...
**[09:35] Appraiser**
How about 200 Trenni silver coins?
**[09:40] Holo**
What about three silver coins per pelt?
**[09:44] Holo**
In other words, 210 coins.
**[09:48] Holo**
Master, what about a different trading company?
**[09:50] Appraiser**
I-I accept! Please let me
purchase them at 210 coins!
**[09:55] Holo**
That is what he says, Master.
**[09:58] Lawrence**
Y-Yes.
**[10:09] Holo**
Wine is definitely the best!
**[10:12] Holo**
Are you not going to drink? It is my treat.
**[10:15] Lawrence**
Have you ever been a merchant before?
**[10:18] Holo**
What? Did I hurt your pride with my act?
**[10:23] Holo**
I just used the same method as a sharp-witted
merchant that once visited the village.
**[10:29] Holo**
I did not think it up myself.
**[10:41] Lawrence**
But I never noticed.
**[10:44] Lawrence**
I touched handled them multiple times
and never caught the scent of fruit.
**[10:48] Holo**
Well, that was from the apples I bought before.
**[10:53] Lawrence**
That means that...!
**[10:54] Holo**
"It is his fault for falling for the trick."
**[10:56] Holo**
Well, I would not go as far as saying that...
**[10:58] Holo**
But I am sure he will be impressed
to know the existence of such a method.
**[11:01] Lawrence**
Well, you're probably right.
**[11:03] Holo**
People who are easily angered
from being tricked will never get far.
**[11:07] Holo**
A true professional would
be impressed at being beaten.
**[11:10] Holo**
That aside, have you done
what you needed to do?
**[11:15] Lawrence**
For now.
**[11:17] Lawrence**
They didn't seem to have
any knowledge about a country
**[11:21] Lawrence**
whose silver coin was being newly minted.
**[11:23] Lawrence**
The Milone Trading Company didn't seem
to be hiding anything, either...
**[11:28] Lawrence**
Well, no matter what kind of
gimmick Zheren's story has,
**[11:32] Lawrence**
I'm fine as long as I don't
lose money and come out ahead.
**[11:37] Zheren**
Cheers to our reunion!
**[11:44] Zheren**
This is good alcohol.
**[11:46] Zheren**
It must mean that you made
quite a profit on your fur pelts!
**[11:49] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[11:50] Zheren**
I'm glad to hear that.
**[11:52] Zheren**
The more money you have to invest,
the more profit I'll make.
**[11:56] Lawrence**
Enough about that.
**[11:58] Lawrence**
You said you wanted a share of my profits
in exchange for the information of
**[12:03] Lawrence**
which coin was going to be minted
with a higher percentage of silver.
**[12:06] Lawrence**
Am I right?
**[12:08] Zheren**
Yes.
**[12:08] Lawrence**
Are you sure about this information?
**[12:11] Zheren**
Well, to begin with...
**[12:13] Zheren**
This is a guess from some information
I gained from a mining town I used to live in.
**[12:17] Zheren**
I think the information is pretty dependable.
**[12:20] Zheren**
But, well...
**[12:22] Zheren**
Business is never a sure thing.
**[12:27] Lawrence**
That's true.
**[12:28] Lawrence**
I was planning on turning you down
if you said you were absolutely sure.
**[12:31] Lawrence**
I'd be suspicious of such a good deal.
**[12:35] Lawrence**
So, what's your share?
**[12:37] Zheren**
Yes, I'd like ten Trenni silver coins
for the information
**[12:40] Zheren**
and ten percent of your profits.
**[12:44] Lawrence**
That's pretty conservative.
**[12:45] Zheren**
Well, I hold no responsibility
if you end up at a loss.
**[12:50] Zheren**
In exchange for keeping at ten percent,
**[12:52] Zheren**
I'm hoping that returning
your ten silver coins will be enough
**[12:56] Zheren**
to end the deal if you take a loss.
**[12:59] Lawrence**
I see.
**[13:00] Zheren**
The settlement date will be three days
before the large spring market next year.
**[13:06] Zheren**
I believe this'll all happen
before the end of this year.
**[13:10] Lawrence**
In half a year? Sounds good.
**[13:13] Zheren**
Then, I'd like to have a contract made
at the public notary tomorrow.
**[13:17] Lawrence**
Got it.
**[13:18] Lawrence**
To our profits!
**[13:20] Zheren**
Our profits!
**[13:25] Holo**
A Farum silver coin!
**[13:26] Lawrence**
Wrong. That's a fake Marinne silver coin.
**[13:29] Holo**
Is that not this one?
**[13:30] Lawrence**
That's a Mitzfing Sacred Birthday
Festival silver coin.
**[13:35] Lawrence**
You'll learn to tell them apart
as you use them.
**[13:37] Lawrence**
Let's continue after you've sobered up.
**[13:39] Holo**
No! One more time!
**[13:42] Lawrence**
It can't be helped.
Make sure you listen carefully.
**[13:45] Lawrence**
Trenni silver coin, Philing silver coin,
Illaid silver coin,
**[13:49] Lawrence**
Lute silver coin, fake Marinne silver coin,
**[13:52] Lawrence**
Farum silver coin,
Calvous King Lambardo silver coin,
**[13:56] Lawrence**
Mitzfing Cathedral silver coin,
fake Mitzfing Cathedral silver coin,
**[14:01] Lawrence**
Holy Mitzfing silver coin,
**[14:03] Lawrence**
and Mitzfing Sacred Birthday Festival...
**[14:05] Holo**
Enough. I shall sleep.
**[14:08] Lawrence**
A wise choice.
**[14:09] Holo**
Hmph. Why are there so many different kinds?
**[14:14] Lawrence**
As new kingdoms rise and fall,
**[14:16] Lawrence**
the powerful and the Church
keep minting new types of coins.
**[14:21] Lawrence**
On top of that,
counterfeiting never ceases.
**[14:24] Lawrence**
Lute silver coins were originally
called fake Trenni silver coins...
**[14:45] Lawrence**
Thanks for the information.
**[14:46] Zheren**
Thank you.
**[14:48] Zheren**
Mister, I hope you make a lot of money.
**[14:51] Zheren**
I hope you stay beautiful, Ma'am!
**[14:54] Holo**
He was noisy until the very end...
**[14:58] Holo**
So, which silver coin is the one in question?
**[15:00] Lawrence**
This one. The Trenni silver coin.
**[15:03] Lawrence**
It's a highly trusted coin in this area.
**[15:07] Holo**
Trusted?
**[15:08] Lawrence**
Yeah. There are several hundred
types of currency
**[15:11] Lawrence**
and the amounts of silver
and gold in them often change.
**[15:14] Lawrence**
The value of a coin is much higher
than the silver or gold in them.
**[15:20] Lawrence**
That's why trust in them is needed
to make transactions.
**[15:23] Holo**
I see.
**[15:24] Holo**
So, what do you make of it?
**[15:27] Lawrence**
I'm not sure, but I have some ideas about it.
**[15:32] Holo**
I wish to eat that.
**[15:39] Holo**
So, what did you realize?
**[15:42] Lawrence**
His story may be true if it has to do
with Trenni silver coins.
**[15:47] Lawrence**
This is a Philing silver coin.
**[15:49] Lawrence**
It has a high percentage of silver
and it's popular in the market.
**[15:52] Lawrence**
It could be considered Trenni's rival coin.
**[15:56] Holo**
No matter the era, the value of a coin
**[15:58] Holo**
has always depended
on the power of that country.
**[16:01] Lawrence**
If foreign currencies
dominate a country's market,
**[16:05] Lawrence**
they get trapped economically.
**[16:07] Lawrence**
It's the same as losing in a war.
**[16:10] Holo**
In other words,
**[16:11] Holo**
they may be increasing the amount of silver
in their coins to defeat their rival.
**[16:16] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[16:18] Lawrence**
That's why Zheren may not necessarily
be lying as you had thought.
**[16:23] Holo**
Well, my ears are not perfect.
**[16:29] Holo**
What? Did you think I would be upset?
**[16:33] Lawrence**
I did.
**[16:35] Holo**
Though, I may become upset
with your opinion of me.
**[16:41] Holo**
Where are you going?
**[16:42] Lawrence**
The bridge.
**[16:44] Lawrence**
An acquaintance of mine
is a currency dealer there.
**[16:47] Lawrence**
It's hard to actually tell the purity
of a currency accurately.
**[16:52] Lawrence**
Even so, the reason certain currencies
rise and fall in popularity is
**[16:54] Lawrence**
because people are sensitive to the changes
in purity of silver and gold.
**[16:59] Lawrence**
Enough to think that
a small change is a huge one.
**[17:03] Lawrence**
That's why there is always
some kind of indication
**[17:06] Lawrence**
when a currency undergoes a big change.
**[17:10] Lawrence**
There's no need to remember
all of this right away.
**[17:11] Lawrence**
I'll explain it to you slowly
over the next month.
**[17:14] Holo**
In other words...
**[17:16] Holo**
When the minter plans to make a great
change in the purity of a coin,
**[17:20] Holo**
they will start with small changes to monitor
the market's reaction, right?
**[17:28] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah, th-that's about right.
**[17:32] Lawrence**
Long time no see, Weiz.
**[17:34] Weiz**
Lawrence!
**[17:36] Weiz**
Nice to meet you. What is your name?
**[17:39] Holo**
My name is Holo...
**[17:41] Weiz**
Holo. What a nice name!
**[17:43] Lawrence**
Hey, now...
**[17:45] Weiz**
How about working at my shop?
And perhaps becoming my wife...
**[17:49] Holo**
A currency dealer works with many
different currencies, do they not?
**[17:53] Holo**
I do not know much about them.
**[17:55] Weiz**
No problem! I can teach you!
We can take our sweet time!
**[18:00] Lawrence**
Weiz, I wanted to talk to you about something.
**[18:03] Weiz**
What is it?
**[18:04] Lawrence**
I want to see some recently minted
Trenni silver coins.
**[18:09] Weiz**
From older to newer.
**[18:11] Weiz**
Nothing's changed.
**[18:13] Weiz**
Even people like me, who handle money
every day, haven't noticed any changes.
**[18:18] Lawrence**
Any interest in melting it down and checking?
**[18:20] Weiz**
Don't be stupid. I can't do that!
**[18:23] Holo**
May I see them as well?
**[18:25] Lawrence**
Did you notice something?
**[18:26] Weiz**
Feel free!
**[18:30] Holo**
You are such a bad man.
**[18:33] Weiz**
Sorry! You were so beautiful
that I couldn't help it.
**[18:36] Holo**
Well, please watch.
**[18:41] Weiz**
That's impossible.
**[18:43] Weiz**
I've been a currency dealer for decades
and I can't tell the purity just by the sound.
**[18:48] Weiz**
I've heard of people who could tell,
but even those stories are just legends.
**[18:55] Weiz**
Well? Can you tell?
**[18:57] Holo**
Not at all.
**[18:58] Weiz**
It can't be helped. It can't be helped.
**[19:01] Weiz**
Forget about the silver
and have dinner with me instead.
**[19:04] Holo**
What an interesting man.
**[19:05] Lawrence**
He's a big womanizer.
**[19:08] Lawrence**
Did the purity increase? Or decrease?
**[19:12] Holo**
You've become good at
tricking others to answer.
**[19:16] Lawrence**
I saw your ears move.
**[19:18] Holo**
I cannot let my guard down around you.
**[19:20] Lawrence**
I was surprised you didn't say anything.
**[19:23] Holo**
Well, it was my way of thanking you.
**[19:26] Lawrence**
Thanking me?
**[19:27] Holo**
You were jealous earlier, were you not?
**[19:30] Holo**
It was to thank you for that.
**[19:32] Holo**
There's no need to be bothered by it.
**[19:33] Holo**
Males are all jealous idiots.
**[19:37] Holo**
And females are idiots
who feel happy about such things.
**[19:42] Holo**
The world is full of idiots.
**[19:46] Lawrence**
How were the silver coins?
**[19:50] Holo**
It was very gradual,
but the newer coins sound duller.
**[19:55] Lawrence**
Duller? Then the purity is decreasing...
**[19:59] Lawrence**
Which means Zheren lied.
**[20:03] Lawrence**
It's easy to make a profit if the purity
of silver or gold were increasing.
**[20:07] Lawrence**
All you have to do is buy up the old coins
and exchange them with the new ones.
**[20:11] Lawrence**
But if the purity is decreasing,
**[20:14] Lawrence**
it's hard to make money
even if you know ahead of time...
**[20:17] Lawrence**
You could buy them up
when their value decreases,
**[20:21] Lawrence**
but you'd need starting funds
for something like that
**[20:24] Lawrence**
and it'd be unlikely to make
a profit in half a year...
**[20:28] Lawrence**
I have no idea. How does Zheren plan
to make a profit from this?
**[20:35] Holo**
You may have been tricked.
**[20:38] Lawrence**
Tricked? You mean he swindled
ten silver coins from me?
**[20:42] Holo**
No. If the value of Trenni silver decreases,
**[20:46] Holo**
that kid would return
the ten silver coins to you.
**[20:49] Holo**
At worst, he wouldn't make any money.
**[20:51] Holo**
On the other hand, if the value increases,
**[20:53] Holo**
he earns ten percent of the profits
without risking any money.
**[20:58] Holo**
Even if he has no gains, he has no losses.
**[21:01] Lawrence**
I see what you mean.
**[21:02] Holo**
Humans are so quick to understand.
**[21:05] Lawrence**
I can't believe it.
Such an elementary mistake...
**[21:08] Holo**
It's just...
**[21:10] Holo**
Is it common for the purity
in silver to decrease?
**[21:14] Lawrence**
No, normally the purity level of a silver coin
**[21:17] Lawrence**
would be maintained with the utmost of care.
**[21:20] Holo**
We suddenly received information about
the purity of a coin at a time like this.
**[21:24] Holo**
Is this truly a coincidence?
**[21:29] Holo**
There are times we wolves
climb up a tree when hunting prey.
**[21:33] Holo**
We change our perspective.
The forest looks different atop a tree.
**[21:38] Lawrence**
I should change my perspective?
**[21:41] Holo**
Perhaps that kid isn't the true swindler here?
**[21:47] Holo**
That kid may not need
to receive benefit directly from us.
**[21:53] Holo**
He may have been asked by someone
to bring up this deal to others.
**[22:00] Lawrence**
I see!
**[22:01] Lawrence**
I've figured it out.
**[22:03] Lawrence**
The way you can make money with
a silver coin that's dropping in value!
**[22:06] Holo**
It seems you have realized something.
**[22:08] Lawrence**
Let's go!
**[22:10] Holo**
Where?
**[22:12] Lawrence**
To the Milone Trading Company!
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** Romantic Merchant and Moonlit Farewell
**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:03] Zheren**
That's why you've taken a liking to this place?
**[00:06] Lawrence**
There are still some types
of alcohol I haven't tried here.
**[00:10] Lawrence**
On top of that, we were
so busy discussing our deal
**[00:14] Lawrence**
that we didn't have time
to talk about other things.
**[00:17] Zheren**
Well, I'm grateful for it.
**[00:19] Zheren**
For a rookie like me,
that kind of table talk is a full-on feast!
**[00:23] Lawrence**
What areas did you travel through
before we met you at the church?
**[00:27] Zheren**
I came down from the north side of Ruvinheigen.
**[00:31] Zheren**
That area will get dangerous once
the grand northern expedition begins...
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:07] Zheren**
Thanks for all the information!
Contact me again anytime.
***SIGN*** Episode 4
Romantic Merchant
and Moonlit Farewell
**[02:11] Lawrence**
Yes, see you next time.
**[02:11] Zheren**
I'll be waiting for you, Mister!
**[02:14] Appraiser**
I've confirmed what Zheren looks like.
**[02:17] Appraiser**
I'll have our people investigate him.
**[02:20] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[02:21] Appraiser**
I hope we find the source
of the issue you spoke of.
**[02:25] Appraiser**
But to be honest, I'm surprised
all of this has happened in only one day.
**[02:30] Appraiser**
We were dubious initially,
**[02:32] Appraiser**
but this doesn't seem to be
a simple case of fraud.
**[02:35] Lawrence**
He's been approaching merchants claiming
**[02:37] Lawrence**
that the value of the silver coin will go up,
making everyone buy and collect them.
**[02:40] Lawrence**
But, in truth, the value
of the coin will go down.
**[02:44] Appraiser**
They plan to buy all the coins from the
merchants who will be in a hurry to sell them
**[02:48] Appraiser**
and gain a profit from their loss.
**[02:51] Appraiser**
The profits of the mastermind will be enormous.
**[02:56] Lawrence**
The merchants who were fooled
**[02:57] Lawrence**
won't announce their losses,
since it may affect their reputation.
**[03:01] Lawrence**
The story about the silver coin
will not go public
**[03:03] Lawrence**
and the mastermind will be able to collect
**[03:06] Lawrence**
a large amount of silver coins
without anyone's knowledge.
**[03:09] Appraiser**
I'm also quite curious about
what they will do with all that silver.
**[03:13] Appraiser**
I'll speak to the higher officials
in the trading company about it.
**[03:17] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[03:19] Appraiser**
It's all about experience.
Just like the scent on those marten furs.
**[03:27] Holo**
Do you think they will make it?
**[03:32] Holo**
Even if your assumptions are correct,
**[03:34] Holo**
we will not gain any benefit if the Milone
Trading Company does not move quickly enough.
**[03:38] Lawrence**
Well, I think it will be fine.
**[03:41] Lawrence**
The Milone Trading Company
has thrived on foreign land.
**[03:44] Lawrence**
Their ability to seize opportunities
should be top-notch.
**[03:50] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[03:51] Holo**
I was just remembering the past.
**[03:57] Lawrence**
Looking at me?
**[03:58] Holo**
Well, he would act like you
and end up tumbling quite grandly.
**[04:05] Holo**
He was a fool, but always full of cheer.
**[04:08] Holo**
He was not surprised at all by my wolf form.
**[04:12] Holo**
He was truly a strange one,
but he was a nice guy.
**[04:17] Lawrence**
He must have been from Pasloe village.
**[04:19] Lawrence**
The one who asked you
to bring bountiful wheat harvests...
**[04:21] Holo**
That's right. He treated me
like he treated everyone else.
**[04:26] Holo**
Yes, he was my first friend.
**[04:30] Holo**
He was truly a fool. I was often speechless.
**[04:49] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[04:50] Holo**
There was something I had to tell you.
**[04:52] Holo**
At least I think I did,
but I cannot remember it.
**[04:56] Holo**
I am sure that it was something important...
**[04:59] Lawrence**
If it was really important,
I'm sure you'll remember it eventually.
**[05:02] Holo**
You are right.
**[05:10] Lawrence**
Friend, huh?
**[05:26] Marlheit**
I am the branch manager, Richten Marlheit.
**[05:30] Marlheit**
We'll take on this deal.
**[05:33] Lawrence**
Does that mean you found out
who was behind Zheren?
**[05:37] Marlheit**
Yes. Medio Trading is backing him.
**[05:41] Lawrence**
I remember that they are
the leading crop dealer in Pazzio
**[05:45] Lawrence**
and that they have
many shipping vessels as well...
**[05:47] Marlheit**
However, it is impossible for them
to carry out your suspicions alone.
**[05:53] Marlheit**
I believe there is a noble behind them.
**[05:57] Marlheit**
While we have not yet identified who it is,
**[05:59] Marlheit**
it won't matter as long as
we make our move first.
**[06:05] Lawrence**
Then, let's begin talks about our shares.
**[06:12] Lawrence**
This is the best day of my life.
**[06:14] Holo**
You look quite happy.
**[06:16] Lawrence**
At least 200,000 Trenni silver coins...
**[06:18] Lawrence**
No, if things go well,
400,000 Trenni silver coins will move.
**[06:21] Lawrence**
If the trading company earns a ten percent profit,
I'll get five percent of it. That's 2,000 silver coins!
**[06:26] Lawrence**
That's 2,000 silver coins!
**[06:28] Lawrence**
With that much money,
I could open up a store in town!
**[06:32] Holo**
Well, I am glad that things
seem to be going well...
**[06:39] Lawrence**
I told you to rest in the inn
if you had a hangover.
**[06:42] Holo**
I was worried that you would be
taken advantage of.
**[06:46] Lawrence**
What do you mean?
**[06:47] Holo**
I meant exactly what I said.
**[06:51] Lawrence**
Hang in there. The inn is
right around the corner.
**[06:59] Holo**
Yes.
**[07:18] Holo**
Are you drawing the plans for your store?
**[07:20] Lawrence**
When did you wake up?
**[07:22] Holo**
I slept well and no longer feel sick.
**[07:24] Holo**
You are quite skilled.
**[07:26] Lawrence**
Not really...
**[07:28] Holo**
Is this your store?
What town do you wish to settle in?
**[07:31] Lawrence**
I haven't decided yet.
This is my ideal store in my ideal town.
**[07:36] Lawrence**
Every traveling merchant dreams of owning
their own store, and I'm no exception.
**[07:41] Lawrence**
But if my deal with the Milone Trading Company
works out, my dream will become a reality.
**[07:48] Holo**
Is it that great to own a store?
**[07:51] Lawrence**
Traveling merchants go from town to town
**[07:53] Lawrence**
and never stay in one place,
in order to make money.
**[07:56] Lawrence**
That's why I spend most of
the year living in my carriage.
**[07:59] Lawrence**
Because of that,
it's difficult to make close friends.
**[08:03] Lawrence**
At best, I have acquaintances
in the places where I do business.
**[08:06] Lawrence**
If I open a store, I will become
a member of that town.
**[08:09] Lawrence**
I'll be able to forge close friendships
and have an easier time finding a wife.
**[08:14] Lawrence**
That's right. I need to tell Yarei about it.
**[08:16] Lawrence**
I'm sure he'll be happy for me.
**[08:18] Lawrence**
I might be able to do
business with him again...
**[08:21] Holo**
I will be a bit at a loss...
**[08:24] Lawrence**
Why is that?
**[08:25] Holo**
Once you open a store,
you will not move from there.
**[08:29] Holo**
I will have to travel alone
or find a new traveling partner.
**[08:34] Lawrence**
You are the Wise Wolf Holo.
**[08:36] Lawrence**
You have the money from the marten furs, too.
**[08:38] Lawrence**
You won't have any problems traveling alone.
**[08:43] Holo**
I am tired of being alone.
**[08:50] Lawrence**
Well, I don't mind traveling with you
until you return home.
**[08:58] Lawrence**
Even if I have money,
I won't be able to own a store yet.
**[09:03] Holo**
Truly?
**[09:05] Lawrence**
Why would I lie?
**[09:08] Lawrence**
So, you know...
**[09:11] Lawrence**
don't make that face.
**[09:15] Holo**
Okay.
**[09:44] Lawrence**
How unlike you.
**[09:46] Holo**
I always have the same dream.
**[09:49] Lawrence**
Dream?
**[09:51] Holo**
When I wake up, I am completely alone.
**[09:54] Holo**
Yue, Inty...
**[09:57] Holo**
Paro and Myuri, too. They are all gone.
**[10:00] Holo**
I can live for hundreds of years.
**[10:02] Holo**
That is why I decided to travel.
**[10:06] Holo**
I was sure that I would see them again,
but they are all nowhere to be found.
**[10:14] Holo**
I do not wish to wake up
and find myself alone anymore.
**[10:19] Holo**
I am tired of being alone.
**[10:21] Holo**
It is cold being alone.
**[10:23] Holo**
It is lonely to be alone.
**[10:31] Lawrence**
Traveling merchants
are troubled by a similar dream.
**[10:38] Holo**
How embarrassing.
**[10:41] Lawrence**
Your face is sticky with your tears.
Hold on a moment.
**[10:49] Holo**
But this...
**[10:51] Lawrence**
I draw them up and throw them away.
**[10:53] Lawrence**
And, the deal has yet to succeed.
**[10:56] Lawrence**
I shouldn't count
my chickens before they hatch.
**[11:04] Holo**
I owe you another large favor.
**[11:08] Holo**
I am still sleepy.
**[11:10] Holo**
Are you not sleeping?
**[11:11] Lawrence**
I will soon.
**[11:13] Lawrence**
It'll be a waste of the candle fee.
**[11:15] Holo**
What a merchant-like way of thinking.
**[11:36] Lawrence**
What are you doing?!
**[11:37] Holo**
Do not be so uncouth.
**[11:46] Holo**
I cannot breathe.
**[11:51] Holo**
Have your eyes grown used to the dark?
**[11:54] Lawrence**
What do you...
**[11:55] Holo**
I remembered the important thing
I needed to tell you.
**[11:58] Holo**
You are trying to intervene in a large scheme.
**[12:01] Holo**
I am sure the enemy is also wary.
**[12:03] Holo**
Three people by the door.
**[12:05] Holo**
They are surely not the respectable type.
**[12:08] Lawrence**
Could it be Medio Trading?
**[12:10] Holo**
Fortunately, there are
no people outside the building.
**[12:13] Holo**
Are you prepared?
**[12:20] Holo**
Please take a good look
at my body under the moonlight!
**[12:42] Holo**
We need to give up the carriage.
**[12:45] Holo**
They have nothing to gain
from killing your horse.
**[12:48] Holo**
We can retrieve it after things have settled.
**[13:04] Holo**
Run!
**[13:06] Lawrence**
Yeah!
**[13:15] Holo**
Just in case.
**[13:16] Holo**
You should hold onto some grains.
**[13:24] Lawrence**
They're hot.
**[13:25] Holo**
Because I dwell in that wheat!
**[13:29] Man A**
They're running toward
the Milone Trading Company!
**[13:31] Man C**
Don't let them escape!
**[13:45] Lawrence**
Holo, let's go shopping once this is over.
**[13:48] Holo**
What are you saying so suddenly?
**[13:50] Lawrence**
I'll buy you a comb, a hat,
and other things for you!
**[13:52] Holo**
What are you up to?
**[13:53] Lawrence**
Nothing. It's just that you have
such beautiful hair.
**[13:59] Holo**
I would rather have a comb for my tail.
**[14:02] Lawrence**
Got it! I'll buy it for you.
**[14:04] Holo**
That is a promise.
**[14:05] Lawrence**
Yes!
**[14:11] Lawrence**
All right, we've almost reached
the Milone Trading Company!
**[14:20] Man D**
They'll definitely pass through here!
**[14:21] Man B**
Don't let them escape!
**[14:22] Man D**
Reinforcements should be here soon.
**[14:23] Man D**
We'll search each nook and cranny!
**[14:23] Holo**
Things are looking quite bad for us.
**[14:26] Lawrence**
Should we split up?
**[14:27] Holo**
A good idea, but I have a better one.
**[14:30] Lawrence**
For instance?
**[14:32] Holo**
I will go out to the main street
and attract them.
**[14:35] Holo**
In the meantime, you run for the Milone...
**[14:37] Lawrence**
Hold on. I can't do that!
**[14:39] Holo**
Listen well.
**[14:39] Holo**
Even if we split up,
they will catch you quickly.
**[14:43] Holo**
I am Wise Wolf Holo.
They cannot catch me easily.
**[14:46] Holo**
However, who will negotiate with the Milone
Trading Company if you get caught?
**[14:51] Holo**
You have already revealed your plan to them.
**[14:54] Holo**
In order not to be abandoned by them,
**[14:56] Lawrence**
you must threaten them by saying
you might betray them otherwise.
**[15:00] Lawrence**
No!
**[15:01] Lawrence**
Medio Trading will take you to
the Church if they see your ears and tail!
**[15:07] Holo**
I just won't get caught.
**[15:09] Holo**
And even if I were caught, I should be able
to hide my ears and tail for a day or so.
**[15:14] Holo**
Just come save me in time.
**[15:16] Lawrence**
You!
**[15:17] Holo**
You wish to open a store
with the money you earn.
**[15:21] Holo**
And I told you I owed you a big favor.
**[15:25] Holo**
Are you trying to make me an ungrateful wolf?
**[15:29] Lawrence**
Don't be stupid!
You'll be killed if they catch you!
**[15:31] Lawrence**
There's no way it would match your debt!
**[15:36] Holo**
Loneliness is a disease that leads to death.
**[15:39] Holo**
It matches well enough.
**[15:46] Holo**
I believe in you.
**[15:48] Holo**
You will definitely come for me.
**[15:53] Man A**
Found them!
**[15:54] Man B**
Roinu street!
**[15:55] Man A**
She's alone?
**[15:56] Man B**
There should be two of them! Find them!
**[16:01] Man F**
There he is!
**[16:11] Lawrence**
This is Lawrence from this afternoon!
**[16:12] Lawrence**
Save us! We're being attacked!
**[16:14] Man B**
There he is!
**[16:21] Man B**
Wait! Hey, hand that man over to us!
**[16:25] Cargo Loader A**
Bastards!
**[16:27] Cargo Loader A**
This is the Great Marquis
Milone's Milone Trading Company,
**[16:30] Cargo Loader A**
authorized by 33rd Grand Duke
Roundio of the Roundio Grand Duchy!
**[16:36] Cargo Loader A**
That fence is owned by the Marquis
**[16:39] Cargo Loader A**
and anyone on these premises
is the Marquis' guest.
**[16:41] Cargo Loader A**
And all guests of the Marquis are under
the protection of the Grand Duke of Roundio!
**[16:47] Cargo Loader A**
Listen well!
**[16:48] Cargo Loader A**
Hitting this place
with that stick is the same
**[16:50] Cargo Loader A**
as hitting the pedestal of
His Highness the Grand Duke!
**[17:00] Man E**
Fall back!
**[17:03] Cargo Loader A**
What a big fuss in the middle of the night.
**[17:05] Cargo Loader A**
What in the world happened?
**[17:07] Lawrence**
I apologize for my rudeness.
**[17:09] Lawrence**
More importantly, thank you for saving me.
**[17:12] Cargo Loader A**
If you wanna give thanks, thank Marquis
Milone, who is far away from here.
**[17:16] Cargo Loader A**
More importantly, who were they?
**[17:22] Marlheit**
I'm sure they were people from Medio Trading.
**[17:25] Lawrence**
I believe so.
**[17:27] Lawrence**
I think they've discovered my deal with you.
**[17:30] Lawrence**
They were probably trying to stop us.
**[17:32] Marlheit**
Stop us?
**[17:34] Lawrence**
My companion may have been captured.
**[17:38] Lawrence**
Could you please use the power
of your company to take her back?
**[17:41] Marlheit**
One of our men followed them after the uproar
**[17:44] Marlheit**
and saw a young girl
being forcefully taken away.
**[17:50] Lawrence**
That is probably my companion, Holo.
**[17:53] Lawrence**
She acted as a decoy so I could come here...
**[17:56] Marlheit**
I see.
**[17:58] Marlheit**
But, for what reason do you think
they captured Ms. Holo?
**[18:02] Lawrence**
Like I said before!
**[18:03] Lawrence**
They wanted to prevent us from working
with you and blocking Medio Trading's way.
**[18:09] Marlheit**
Isn't that a little strange?
**[18:12] Lawrence**
What's strange?!
**[18:13] Marlheit**
Please calm down.
**[18:15] Marlheit**
Something is strange. Definitely strange.
**[18:18] Lawrence**
How so?!
**[18:19] Marlheit**
Think about it. We are already
collecting the coins.
**[18:24] Marlheit**
Can they stop anything
by taking the two of you hostage?
**[18:30] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[18:30] Marlheit**
We are already collecting Trenni silver coins,
**[18:33] Marlheit**
which means we already fully understand
the deal happening behind the scenes.
**[18:39] Marlheit**
If you hadn't told us what kind of
money-making scheme it was
**[18:42] Marlheit**
and only told us to collect
Trenni silver coins,
**[18:46] Marlheit**
there would be some use
in taking your companion hostage.
**[18:49] Marlheit**
However, our company would never
act in a situation like that.
**[18:54] Lawrence**
That means...
**[18:55] Marlheit**
Yes.
**[18:56] Marlheit**
Since we already have
all the information we need,
**[18:59] Marlheit**
it doesn't matter
what happened to the two of you.
**[19:03] Marlheit**
We have already invested
a lot of money in this deal.
**[19:06] Marlheit**
If we compare the enormous
amount of profit at stake
**[19:11] Marlheit**
with your personal grudge against us...
**[19:15] Marlheit**
I really hate to say this, but I would
choose the profits of our company.
**[19:20] Lawrence**
I can't believe this!
**[19:45] Marlheit**
That's the reason I cannot see
the reason for their actions.
**[19:50] Marlheit**
Please wait!
**[19:53] Marlheit**
I see that your companion is very dear to you.
**[19:56] Marlheit**
But if your thinking grows dull because of it,
you are putting the cart before the horse.
**[20:02] Lawrence**
My apologies.
**[20:04] Marlheit**
No, if my wife were in the same situation
I would also not be able to maintain my calm.
**[20:11] Marlheit**
All things considered, it's still strange.
**[20:14] Marlheit**
Medio Trading would know
that we would make this decision.
**[20:20] Marlheit**
Even so, they targeted you.
**[20:23] Marlheit**
That means you must have
some kind of leverage against us.
**[20:28] Marlheit**
Does anything come to mind?
**[20:34] Marlheit**
The profit before us is enormous.
**[20:38] Marlheit**
Please let me know, no matter how trivial.
**[20:40] Lawrence**
Could it be?
**[20:41] Marlheit**
Mr. Lawrence, you have some idea, don't you!
**[20:50] Cargo Loader A**
Excuse me.
**[20:51] Marlheit**
What is it?
**[20:52] Cargo Loader A**
A letter was tossed into our grounds.
**[20:55] Cargo Loader A**
I believe it is related to current events.
**[20:58] Marlheit**
"To the wolf and the forest the wolf lives in"?
**[21:03] Lawrence**
I'm sorry. May I read that first?
**[21:10] Marlheit**
Here.
**[21:20] Lawrence**
"We have the wolf. The door
of the Church is always open.
**[21:25] Lawrence**
Close the doors with those
in your house to keep the wolf out."
**[21:37] Lawrence**
My companion, Holo,
**[21:40] Lawrence**
is an incarnation of a wolf
that brings bountiful harvests!
**[23:40] Holo**
You are...
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**[23:45] Holo**
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***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
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***SIGN*** Episode 5
Wolf Incarnate and Obedient Lamb
**[02:00] Marlheit**
A wolf incarnate?
**[02:02] Marlheit**
Then this letter is most definitely a threat.
**[02:06] Marlheit**
They will send her to the Church if we don't
withdraw from this until everything is over.
**[02:11] Lawrence**
Yes, but there is no guarantee that they
won't send her to the Church afterwards.
**[02:16] Marlheit**
On top of that, we have already invested
**[02:18] Marlheit**
in a lot of Trenni silver coins
that have inflated in price.
**[02:22] Marlheit**
It would be a tremendous loss
if we stepped back at this point.
**[02:25] Lawrence**
That means we have to be aggressive!
**[02:30] Marlheit**
However, let's say we take back your
companion and put her under our care...
**[02:35] Marlheit**
If we are reported and the Church steps in,
**[02:38] Marlheit**
we can only become their obedient lambs.
**[02:41] Marlheit**
We cannot hide her anywhere in this town.
**[02:44] Lawrence**
What about escaping out of town?
**[02:46] Marlheit**
There are grasslands as far as the eye can see.
**[02:48] Marlheit**
It would require a great amount
of luck to pull that off.
**[02:51] Marlheit**
She may still be reported in another town.
Then, there is nothing we can do.
**[02:58] Marlheit**
Considering their prospective profits,
we cannot solve this with money.
**[03:03] Marlheit**
The profits they can make could
possibly destroy us, their rival company.
**[03:07] Lawrence**
So, we can only let them complete this deal
and see if we are reported to the Church?
**[03:12] Lawrence**
If only we had some kind of trump card...
**[03:15] Marlheit**
There is one way.
**[03:17] Marlheit**
We can report Medio Trading
for sheltering your companion.
**[03:23] Marlheit**
However, you'll have a problem
with that, won't you?
**[03:26] Marlheit**
You may even testify against us.
**[03:31] Lawrence**
I definitely would.
**[03:47] Lawrence**
The greatest benefit of those
Trenni silver coins is
**[03:50] Lawrence**
obtaining some kind of privilege
from the King of Trenni, correct?
**[03:54] Marlheit**
Yes.
**[03:55] Marlheit**
According to our investigation, the royal
family's finances are currently quite tight.
**[03:59] Lawrence**
I can imagine.
**[04:01] Lawrence**
After all, they're trying to melt down
their current silver coins
**[04:04] Lawrence**
in order to produce more coins of
lower purity to put into circulation.
**[04:08] Lawrence**
It will bring short-term benefits,
**[04:10] Lawrence**
but it will destroy the prestige of the royal
family and be more harmful than beneficial.
**[04:14] Lawrence**
Their finances must truly be dire
to do such a thing.
**[04:23] Marlheit**
In order to exchange the coins
of higher purity,
**[04:27] Marlheit**
they will likely hand over
mining rights, tariff-setting rights,
**[04:29] Marlheit**
and market management rights to us.
**[04:34] Marlheirt**
That is the biggest profit we will gain
from the purchase of their silver coins.
**[04:39] Lawrence**
Then...
**[04:41] Lawrence**
What about finishing our deal before
the Medio Trading Company reports us
**[04:45] Lawrence**
and using that biggest profit
as our trump card?
**[04:51] Marlheit**
You want us to allow them
to buy the privilege from us?
**[04:53] Lawrence**
Yes, if we make the purchase more
profitable than shutting you down,
**[04:58] Lawrence**
Medio Trading wouldn't report us.
**[05:02] Marlheit**
Their current trump card can
send us to the burning stake.
**[05:08] Marlheit**
Will they accept?
**[05:10] Lawrence**
Of course, please consider
the stance of the King of Trenni.
**[05:15] Lawrence**
The king wouldn't want the public to know
they worked with a trading company
**[05:19] Lawrence**
that was sent to the stake.
**[05:21] Marlheit**
I see.
**[05:23] Marlheit**
If we are targeted by the Church,
the Trenni Kingdom will also be targeted.
**[05:29] Lawrence**
If we finish our deal first,
**[05:32] Lawrence**
Medio Trading will not be able to
report us for fear of the King of Trenni.
**[05:36] Lawrence**
If they do, they will take
themselves down with us.
**[05:44] Marlheit**
If we appear in such a situation
and offer the rights they want
**[05:48] Marlheit**
in exchange for a fair price
and your companion...
**[05:53] Lawrence**
Yes, I'm sure they will agree.
**[05:56] Lawrence**
That will be the only way Medio Trading
will be able to obtain the rights.
**[06:12] Marlheit**
Your reasoning is sound. However,
there is still a large problem remaining.
**[06:18] Lawrence**
According to my analysis,
**[06:19] Lawrence**
Medio Trading has not collected
all the silver coins they need.
**[06:23] Marlheit**
Why do you think so?
**[06:24] Lawrence**
This is a deal that takes advantage
of a king's weakness.
**[06:27] Lawrence**
That's why they've been enticing
merchants and collecting them secretly,
**[06:32] Lawrence**
so that they can obtain the silver coins
as cheaply as possible.
**[06:35] Lawrence**
If they had collected enough silver,
**[06:37] Lawrence**
they would have sent Holo
to the Church immediately.
**[06:40] Lawrence**
The fact that they're using her
to stop our movements instead
**[06:43] Lawrence**
shows their lack of confidence.
**[06:46] Lawrence**
In other words, at this point they have
not collected enough silver.
**[06:50] Marlheit**
I see.
**[06:52] Marlheit**
Then, what action do you plan
to take Mr. Lawrence?
**[06:57] Lawrence**
I will steal Holo back and run around
until your deal is complete.
**[07:02] Marlheit**
Reckless!
**[07:03] Lawrence**
Even if I can't throw them off,
I can buy us some time.
**[07:06] Lawrence**
Please collect the rest of the silver
and finish the deal by that time.
**[07:10] Marlheit**
That's impossible!
**[07:12] Lawrence**
Then, should we report Holo?
**[07:15] Lawrence**
I will definitely testify against you!
**[07:19] Lawrence**
With your help, I'm sure we can avoid
being captured for a day or two.
**[07:23] Lawrence**
A wolf incarnate will be
running around with me.
**[07:26] Lawrence**
She let herself be caught this time
in order to let me escape.
**[07:30] Lawrence**
If she uses her true strength,
no human would be her opponent.
**[07:37] Lawrence**
Let me ask you this.
**[07:39] Lawrence**
How long will it take you to gather
enough silver to negotiate with the king?
**[07:46] Marlheit**
If we have a horse run to the Trenni castle,
**[07:49] Marlheit**
we should be able to finish the deal
before the sun sets tomorrow.
**[07:51] Marlheit**
If we finish the deal successfully,
**[07:54] Marlheit**
the earliest we could return
is dawn the day after tomorrow.
**[07:57] Lawrence**
Right now?
**[07:58] Lawrence**
Even though you still
don't have all the silver?
**[08:02] Marlheit**
We can negotiate using estimated numbers.
**[08:05] Marlheit**
There will be no problem as long as we
have the coins at the time of delivery.
**[08:09] Lawrence**
Do you think you'll be able to negotiate
with the king on the spot?
**[08:13] Marlheit**
If the Milone Trading Company gets serious,
any negotiation can be dealt with immediately.
**[08:21] Lawrence**
So, you must know
where Holo is currently being held.
**[08:27] Marlheit**
We are the Milone Trading Company.
**[08:30] Marlheit**
Our employees getting attacked in the dark
**[08:32] Marlheit**
and our buildings getting set on fire
is an everyday occurrence.
**[08:37] Marlheit**
Our emergency measures are perfect.
**[08:40] Marlheit**
However, there is a great wall
blocking our way.
**[08:43] Lawrence**
The Church.
**[08:44] Marlheit**
That's right.
**[08:45] Marlheit**
They have more connections
than we do across various countries.
**[08:49] Marlheit**
They're prepared to take action any time.
**[08:51] Marlheit**
That is why we must finish all of this
before they decide to make a move.
**[08:56] Marlheit**
Normally, we wouldn't make a move until
we knew who was backing Medio Trading.
**[09:02] Marlheit**
That way, we could make appropriate plans
and perhaps snatch their funding as well.
**[09:09] Lawrence**
That is truly unfortunate.
**[09:12] Marlheit**
I pray for your safety and success.
**[09:16] Lawrence**
I will definitely pull through!
**[09:19] Marlheit**
Our passwords are Pireon and Numai.
**[09:23] Lawrence**
Two major gold coins?
**[09:24] Marlheit**
Doesn't it sound lucky?
**[09:40] Stooge A**
Have you remembered the path?
**[09:42] Lawrence**
Once I go underground,
**[09:43] Lawrence**
I should move forward with my hand
touching the right wall, correct?
**[09:46] Stooge A**
Yes.
**[09:47] Stooge A**
Please wait for us at the end of that path.
**[09:49] Lawrence**
The building above that point is
where Holo is being held, right?
**[09:52] Stooge A**
Yes. Our information has been confirmed.
**[09:55] Stooge A**
We will begin the operation to take
her back at the opening bell of the market.
**[09:58] Stooge A**
If we succeed, the cover above you
will open and your companion will join you.
**[10:03] Stooge A**
At that point, if you hear the word "Rahhe",
wait for my colleague to join you.
**[10:07] Stooge A**
If you hear "Perouso," please escape
immediately on the planned path.
**[10:12] Lawrence**
So it'll be "boom" or "bust"?
**[10:14] Stooge A**
Isn't it easy to understand?
**[10:19] Stooge A**
It's almost time.
**[10:34] Driver A**
That was dangerous!
**[10:36] Driver A**
Be more careful!
**[10:37] Passerby**
I'm so sorry!
**[10:40] Stooge A**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[10:42] Stooge A**
Now's the time.
**[10:52] Stooge A**
Hurry!
**[11:04] Lawrence**
I can't believe they prepared all of this...
**[11:08] Lawrence**
I've heard that the Church
uses the guise of digging graves
**[11:12] Lawrence**
to dig underground passages
for espionage and tax evasion...
**[11:25] Lawrence**
This should be the place...
**[12:04] Lawrence**
Please, don't get rough...
**[12:13] Lawrence**
What am I trembling for?!
**[12:40] Lawrence**
They're taking too long...
**[12:42] Lawrence**
Did I get the place wrong?
**[12:45] Voice**
Rahhe.
**[12:48] Voice**
Rahhe.
**[12:49] Lawrence**
Numai!
**[12:51] Voice**
Pireon.
**[13:01] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[13:03] Holo**
You want us to take this
and make it look like a burglary?
**[13:07] Lawrence**
Hurry up!
**[13:08] Holo**
I cannot descend unless you
move out of the way.
**[13:11] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[13:12] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah.
**[13:19] Lawrence**
Ho—
**[13:20] Holo**
What are you standing there for?
**[13:23] Holo**
This is your share. Hurry up. Take it and go.
**[13:27] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah!
**[14:09] Lawrence**
Pireon.
**[14:12] Lawrence**
Pireon!
**[14:13] Voice**
Numai.
**[14:26] Stooge A**
Looks like things are going well...
**[14:33] Stooge A**
The business world is always full of surprises!
**[14:38] Lawrence**
There was one more person.
**[14:40] Stooge A**
He'll go out from a different exit.
**[14:42] Stooge A**
We'll leave town after I relay some
information about Medio Trading to a comrade.
**[14:46] Lawrence**
Very thorough.
**[14:48] Stooge A**
I wish the both of you luck.
**[14:51] Driver B**
Clear.
**[15:03] Lawrence**
I'm glad you're safe.
**[15:06] Holo**
You're glad I'm safe?
**[15:09] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[15:11] Holo**
Say my name.
**[15:13] Lawrence**
Holo, right?
**[15:14] Holo**
Wise Wolf Holo!
**[15:16] Holo**
I can name every person
who has embarrassed me in my entire life until now!
**[15:22] Holo**
And now I must remember yet another name!
**[15:25] Holo**
I am talking about you!
**[15:28] Holo**
I told you clearly, didn't I?!
**[15:30] Holo**
To come for me!
**[15:33] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah.
**[15:34] Holo**
I...
**[15:36] Holo**
I was sure you were the one
who came for me and...
**[15:42] Holo**
Just thinking about it makes me so angry!
**[15:44] Lawrence**
Don't tell me, you...
**[15:47] Holo**
If you are a male, you should have
sharpened your fangs and leapt into battle!
**[15:51] Holo**
Instead, you hid in that hole!
**[15:55] Holo**
I was needlessly humiliated because of that!
**[16:00] Lawrence**
But you're safe, aren't you?
**[16:06] Lawrence**
I'm glad you're safe.
**[16:14] Holo**
I cannot die as long as
you hold onto that wheat.
**[16:19] Holo**
I am cute. Human males fall for me easily.
**[16:24] Holo**
Be that as it may,
no human male could handle me.
**[16:28] Holo**
When I told them that their thing
will get torn off if they touch me,
**[16:31] Holo**
everyone grew pale with fright.
**[16:34] Lawrence**
You...
**[16:38] Lawrence**
Goodness.
**[16:40] Holo**
There was one outlier.
**[16:43] Holo**
Who do you think was among
those that captured me?
**[16:49] Lawrence**
Who was there?
**[16:52] Holo**
Yarei.
**[16:54] Holo**
You know him, do you not?
**[16:55] Lawrence**
Yarei?!
**[16:56] Holo**
From Pasloe village.
**[16:58] Holo**
It seems like he heard my name from Zheren.
**[17:01] Lawrence**
Did you speak to him?
**[17:04] Holo**
Just a bit.
**[17:08] Holo**
What do you think Yarei said to me?
**[17:20] (Flashback) Yarei**
The guy named Zheren said your name was Holo.
**[17:26] (Flashback) Yarei**
That's when I thought of the possibility that
**[17:30] (Flashback) Yarei**
you were the god of harvest from my village.
**[17:34] (Flashback) Yarei**
You're really her.
**[17:43] Holo**
I... You know, I...
**[17:48] Holo**
It is pathetic, but that made me so happy.
**[17:51] Holo**
But he told me this immediately after:
**[17:57] (Flashback) Yarei**
The era of trying to get
on your good side is over.
**[18:00] (Flashback) Yarei**
There's no longer any need
to be afraid of your temper.
**[18:04] (Flashback) Yarei**
We'll turn you into the Church
and say goodbye to the old era.
**[18:14] Holo**
I felt so chagrined and sorrowful...
**[18:28] Lawrence**
Well, think of it in a different way.
**[18:35] Lawrence**
Either way, you had to leave the village
in order to return north.
**[18:39] Lawrence**
If they're not sorry to see you go,
**[18:41] Lawrence**
then kick sand in their faces as you leave.
**[18:43] Lawrence**
You'll be able to cut ties
more cleanly that way.
**[18:46] Lawrence**
But when you leave, you make them pay a price.
**[18:48] Lawrence**
We're merchants. Everything is fine
as long as we make money.
**[18:55] Lawrence**
We don't laugh until the money comes in,
and we don't cry until we've gone bankrupt.
**[18:59] Lawrence**
And you and I,
**[19:02] Lawrence**
we'll definitely laugh.
**[19:12] Holo**
Yes, I feel much better.
**[19:15] Holo**
I have not spoken properly
with anyone for hundreds of years.
**[19:20] Holo**
I have grown weak to emotion.
**[19:23] Holo**
Although I have cried twice in front of you,
**[19:25] Holo**
I am sure I would have cried
whether you were here or not.
**[19:28] Holo**
Do you understand what I am trying to say?
**[19:30] Lawrence**
Don't misunderstand?
**[19:32] Holo**
Correct.
**[19:33] Lawrence**
I'm just doing everything for the money!
**[19:36] Lawrence**
Our job is to keep running until the Milone
Trading Company seals the deal.
**[19:40] Lawrence**
You'd become a burden
if you were sobbing the entire time.
**[19:43] Lawrence**
That's why even if it
wasn't you, I would have...
**[19:51] Lawrence**
That's not very fair.
**[19:53] Holo**
A female's privilege, is it not?
**[19:59] Driver A**
We've arrived.
**[20:00] Driver A**
Have things been resolved
between the two of you?
**[20:03] Lawrence**
Not yet.
**[20:05] Lawrence**
Count Erhendott is the one
behind Medio Trading.
**[20:10] Lawrence**
The merchants dealing with wheat
in the Count's territory are the ones
**[20:12] Lawrence**
who've been targeted
to collect the silver coins.
**[20:14] Lawrence**
Please let Mr. Marlheit know.
**[20:16] Driver B**
No problem.
**[20:18] Driver A**
As expected, the ones who
bring up moneymaking ideas
**[20:21] Driver A**
are a little different from others.
**[20:23] Holo**
Are you talking about my ears?
**[20:26] Driver A**
I was thinking about becoming a merchant
again after watching the two of you.
**[20:32] Lawrence**
That's not a good idea.
**[20:35] Lawrence**
You'll end up picking up people like her.
**[20:38] Driver A**
Well, a driver's box is too big for one person.
**[20:42] Driver A**
I couldn't ask for more.
**[20:55] Holo**
I am also in a terrible mess
after being picked up by you.
**[21:00] Lawrence**
As I thought, you're not being fair.
**[21:01] Holo**
But I am still cute, am I not?
**[21:05] Lawrence**
Well, it's true that you're cute.
**[21:12] Holo**
I'm glad.
**[21:16] Holo**
You are really a cute boy yourself.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** Merchant and Unreasonable God
**[23:45] Holo**
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# E6 - Merchant and Unreasonable God
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**[00:14] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[00:15] Holo**
The air is shaking slightly.
**[00:23] Lawrence**
We should be right below the marketplace...
**[00:25] Lawrence**
Could that be the reason?
**[00:27] Holo**
No, I hear it.
**[00:31] Holo**
It sounds like...
**[00:33] Holo**
water?
**[00:35] Holo**
The sound of splashing water...
**[00:41] Lawrence**
Pursuers?!
**[00:42] Lawrence**
Which way?
**[00:44] Holo**
Ahead of us!
**[00:46] Holo**
This is bad! We must turn back!
**[00:53] Holo**
Are we on a singular path?
**[00:55] Lawrence**
The path we were following was!
**[00:58] Lawrence**
But it's a labyrinth behind us!
**[01:00] Holo**
Even I am not confident
of navigating my way through here.
**[01:07] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[01:08] Holo**
They will catch up to us even if we run.
**[01:11] Holo**
They have released hounds.
**[01:15] Holo**
They sound quite dim-witted.
**[01:18] Holo**
Well, cover your ears.
**[01:36] Pursuer F**
What?
**[01:50] Holo**
I wish I could eat some apples...
**[01:54] Lawrence**
You can eat your fill later.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[03:30] Holo**
I wonder how they found out where we were?
***SIGN*** Episode 6
Merchant and Unreasonable God
**[03:33] Lawrence**
They probably happened to find us after
looking through various underground passages.
**[03:36] Holo**
You think so?
**[03:38] Lawrence**
If they knew exactly where we were, they
would have sandwiched us from both sides.
**[03:45] Pursuer A**
The Milone Trading Company
sold us your information!
**[03:47] Pursuer A**
There's no point in running!
**[03:51] Holo**
He says we have been sold off...
**[03:54] Lawrence**
It must have been a pretty penny.
**[03:56] Lawrence**
After all, they could have crushed the Milone
Trading Company as long as they had you.
**[04:00] Holo**
I see. Then, the price
must have been exorbitant.
**[04:03] Lawrence**
They're just bluffing and trying their luck.
**[04:06] Lawrence**
Let's go.
**[04:09] Holo**
Hold on.
**[04:13] Pursuer E**
I found them!
**[04:16] Pursuer C**
There they are! Don't let them escape!
**[04:18] Pursuer A**
Keep chasing them! I'll go around from behind!
**[04:21] Pursuer C**
Got it!
**[04:22] Pursuer E**
I heard footsteps in that direction!
**[04:24] Pursuer A**
Corner them!
**[04:25] Pursuer F**
They haven't come this way yet!
**[04:26] Pursuer D**
Cut off all their paths!
**[04:29] Holo**
Do you know where you're going?
**[04:31] Lawrence**
Yeah, we'll be fine. Go left next!
**[04:46] Lawrence**
Let's hurry!
**[04:56] Holo**
Lawrence!
**[04:57] Pursuer A**
God, please forgive my sins.
**[05:07] Lawrence**
Before asking forgiveness for your sins,
how about repenting your current way of life?
**[05:19] Holo**
Lawrence?
**[05:21] Lawrence**
It's fine. I know where we're going.
**[05:29] Pursuer C**
Shit! Where'd they go?!
**[05:29] Pursuer E**
Hey! Over here!
**[05:31] Pursuer F**
He's completely out.
**[05:32] Pursuer D**
After them!
**[05:36] Holo**
Lawrence! Are you all right?
**[05:40] Holo**
Lawrence!
**[05:44] Holo**
Thank goodness...
**[05:45] Holo**
You would not move, no matter
how many times I called you.
**[05:49] Lawrence**
It's fine. I was just a bit sleepy.
**[05:53] Holo**
Hang in there. We are almost there.
**[05:56] Lawrence**
What are you talking about?
**[05:57] Holo**
Do you not hear me?
**[05:59] Holo**
I said, "I smell light. There must be
a place that leads to the surface."
**[06:03] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah, you did...
**[06:07] Lawrence**
What's this?
**[06:08] Holo**
You failed to notice that as well?!
**[06:15] (Flashback) Holo**
Just a bit further.
**[06:17] (Flashback) Holo**
It's just a bit further.
**[06:21] Lawrence**
No, I noticed. I'm fine.
**[06:32] Holo**
This way.
**[06:37] Holo**
If we follow that path
and turn left at the end of it,
**[06:39] Holo**
we should be able to escape to the surface.
**[06:55] Holo**
Impossible...
**[06:57] Lawrence**
An old well.
**[06:59] Holo**
I am sorry. I did not think
this would happen...
**[07:03] Pursuer E**
There they are!
**[07:07] Lawrence**
Stand back.
**[07:10] Holo**
No way...
**[07:11] Holo**
It will be impossible for you.
**[07:12] Lawrence**
Don't worry,
**[07:16] Lawrence**
I can handle a few more rounds.
**[07:18] Holo**
Lies! I do not even need my ears
to tell you that you are lying!
**[07:22] Pursuer E**
Hold on.
**[07:26] Yarei**
The informant described
your appearance, so I thought...
**[07:31] Yarei**
I can't believe it was really you, Lawrence.
**[07:35] Lawrence**
I was surprised, too.
**[07:37] Lawrence**
I never took you for a guy who'd
get involved in a big deal like this.
**[07:40] Lawrence**
You've really grown, Yarei.
**[07:45] Lawrence**
Count Erhendott is the one
behind Medio Trading...
**[07:50] Lawrence**
A large wheat producing land
**[07:51] Lawrence**
can receive payment in any kind of
silver coin they like in their dealings.
**[07:55] Lawrence**
On top of that, tariff exemptions
on wheat would be a great blessing
**[08:00] Lawrence**
for the count, Medio Trading,
and the villagers...
**[08:03] Lawrence**
You're acquainted with all
the merchants that come to trade,
**[08:07] Lawrence**
and the chief leaves
all the business dealings to you.
**[08:09] Lawrence**
And, the trade of wheat is most abundant
right after the harvest festival.
**[08:14] Yarei**
Well, we can catch up later.
**[08:17] Yarei**
There's currently no time.
**[08:18] Lawrence**
How cold, Yarei.
**[08:20] Lawrence**
You went through all the trouble of coming here
**[08:22] Lawrence**
to see the wolf you
didn't believe in, didn't you?
**[08:24] Yarei**
I can't believe you're her companion.
**[08:27] Yarei**
The incarnation of a wolf that lives in
our wheat and controls our harvests at will.
**[08:34] Yarei**
Hand her over.
**[08:36] Yarei**
We will hand her over to the church
and say good-bye to the old era.
**[08:41] Yarei**
We'll be able to crush
Milone Trading if we hand her over.
**[08:47] Yarei**
On top of that,
if we can remove the tariffs on wheat,
**[08:49] Yarei**
our village will gain
an enormous amount of profit.
**[08:53] Yarei**
The villagers will all become prosperous.
**[08:56] Yarei**
Lawrence...
**[08:57] Yarei**
The same goes for the merchants
that buy our wheat.
**[09:00] Yarei**
The villagers are all grateful
that you bought our wheat
**[09:05] Yarei**
when we were suffering under heavy taxation.
**[09:07] Yarei**
It'll be easy for you to obtain
priority in buying our wheat.
**[09:12] Yarei**
We've been friends for a long time, haven't we?
**[09:15] Yarei**
You'll be able to obtain
the store of your dreams.
**[09:19] Yarei**
Then, we'll be able to get involved
in even bigger businesses.
**[09:24] Yarei**
I learned how to do business from you.
**[09:26] Yarei**
This time, I want to help
you succeed in your business.
**[09:30] Yarei**
Come on, Lawrence.
**[09:32] Yarei**
As a merchant, you can calculate
profit and loss, can't you?
**[09:39] Lawrence**
Of course I can.
**[09:43] Yarei**
Lawrence!
**[09:44] Lawrence**
However...
**[09:45] Lawrence**
First and foremost, a good merchant
must honor their contracts.
**[09:50] Lawrence**
As fate would have it,
**[09:52] Lawrence**
I ended up picking up a strange girl
that wants to go back home to the north.
**[09:57] Lawrence**
I already promised her that I would
keep her company during her journey.
**[10:01] Lawrence**
I can't go against my contractual obligations.
**[10:08] Yarei**
Then, all I can do is fulfill
my own contractual obligations.
**[10:11] Yarei**
How unfortunate. Looks like
our relationship ends here, Lawrence.
**[10:16] Lawrence**
Traveling merchants
are familiar with farewells.
**[10:21] Yarei**
You can kill the man.
**[10:23] Yarei**
Make sure to capture the woman alive.
**[10:37] Lawrence**
Holo?!
**[10:42] Lawrence**
The dagger...
**[10:45] Holo**
Enough!
**[10:47] Holo**
It may hurt a bit, but you must endure.
**[11:02] Pursuer B**
She's sucking his blood!
**[11:13] Yarei**
Don't flinch!
**[11:14] Yarei**
She's merely a woman possessed by the devil!
**[11:23] Holo**
Do not look any longer.
**[13:13] Yarei**
Th-The gods are always the same.
**[13:16] Yarei**
They're always... always so unfair...
**[13:22] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[13:28] Lawrence**
Stop, Holo!
**[14:05] Lawrence**
Wait...
**[14:07] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[14:15] Lawrence**
How much do you think
the clothes you tore up cost?!
**[14:18] Lawrence**
Whether you're a god or not,
I'll have you compensate me!
**[14:21] Lawrence**
You only earned 70 silver coins!
That's not enough at all!
**[14:25] Lawrence**
How many years do you think it took me
to earn enough money for them?!
**[14:32] Lawrence**
I'll chase after you!
**[14:33] Lawrence**
I'll chase after you all the way
to the forests of the north!
**[14:45] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[14:50] Lawrence**
Ho... lo...
**[15:09] Marlheit**
Have you awoken?
**[15:12] Marlheit**
Is your wound doing all right?
**[15:14] Lawrence**
Yes, thanks to you.
**[15:16] Marlheit**
I apologize for causing you so much trouble
due to our poor execution of matters.
**[15:22] Lawrence**
No, this all happened because of my companion.
**[15:29] Marlheit**
Luckily, the Church was unable to find her.
**[15:32] Marlheit**
It's fortunate that everything happened
in the underground passages.
**[15:36] Marlheit**
If the public saw her form,
**[15:39] Marlheit**
our headquarters and branches
may have all been burnt to the ground.
**[15:43] Lawrence**
You saw her true form?!
**[15:44] Marlheit**
Yes.
**[15:46] Marlheit**
I received a report from my subordinates.
**[15:49] Marlheit**
The report stated there was a giant wolf
protecting you that wouldn't move.
**[15:53] Marlheit**
I came to see the situation in person
and saw your companion there.
**[16:01] Lawrence**
She was protecting me?!
**[16:03] Lawrence**
So, where is Holo now?!
**[16:06] Marlheit**
Well, after we brought you here...
**[16:14] Marlheit**
She left without telling us her destination.
**[16:20] Lawrence**
When?
**[16:21] Marlheit**
It has been an entire day since then...
**[16:24] Lawrence**
I see.
**[16:31] Lawrence**
So...
**[16:32] Lawrence**
Did the deal go well?
**[16:34] Marlheit**
Yes. We were able to obtain
the privilege that Medio Trading
**[16:39] Marlheit**
desired most from the royal family.
**[16:41] Marlheit**
It is unlikely that your companion
will be reported to the Church.
**[16:45] Lawrence**
That's good to hear.
**[16:46] Marlheit**
We were able to collect 307,212 silver coins.
**[16:52] Marlheit**
It seems His Majesty plans to
devalue the coins quite drastically.
**[16:56] Marlheit**
He agreed to pay us immediately
in another currency worth
**[16:59] Marlheit**
350,000 silver coins at the time of delivery.
**[17:01] Lawrence**
350,000 coins?!
**[17:03] Marlheit**
According to our contract,
you receive five percent of our profits.
**[17:09] Marlheit**
Am I correct?
**[17:12] Lawrence**
Yes...
**[17:13] Marlheit**
Please confirm our calculations.
**[17:14] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[17:17] Lawrence**
This is...
**[17:17] Marlheit**
120 silver coins.
That is five percent of our profit.
**[17:23] Lawrence**
Is that... all?
**[17:25] Marlheit**
The delivery costs of the coins we collected...
**[17:28] Marlheit**
As well as the tariffs that come with it...
**[17:30] Marlheit**
Also, the handling fees
for the contract itself...
**[17:36] Lawrence**
This is a ridiculous amount of contract fees...
**[17:38] Marlheit**
The royal family's official merchants
probably gave him the idea.
**[17:42] Marlheit**
Since he was trading off privileges,
**[17:44] Marlheit**
he wanted to recoup as much
of his financial losses as possible.
**[17:49] Marlheit**
Our total profits were 2,400 silver coins.
**[17:52] Marlheit**
It was an unimaginably disappointing result.
**[17:55] Lawrence**
Unexpected things always happen in business...
**[17:59] Marlheit**
However...
**[18:01] Marlheit**
Unexpected things can
also happen in a good way.
**[18:07] Marlheit**
Take a look at this.
**[18:11] Lawrence**
This is...
**[18:11] Marlheit**
It seems Medio Trading
was quite desperate for this privilege.
**[18:16] Marlheit**
On top of that,
**[18:17] Marlheit**
they were collecting silver coins even though
they knew the coins' value would drop.
**[18:21] Marlheit**
That is the same as going into debt.
**[18:24] Marlheit**
They must have been determined
to make sure their business turned a profit.
**[18:30] Marlheit**
They offered an amount
we could accept on the spot.
**[18:33] Lawrence**
1,000 silver coins... Are you sure?
**[18:36] Marlheit**
Yes, it was a great deal for us.
**[18:39] Marlheit**
Would you like the payment in silver coins?
**[18:41] Marlheit**
If you like, I can arrange
an equivalent value in product instead.
**[18:48] Lawrence**
Pepper.
**[18:50] Lawrence**
Do you have pepper?
**[18:51] Lawrence**
It's light and doesn't take up much space.
**[18:53] Marlheit**
Pepper?
**[18:55] Lawrence**
The price of pepper will rise as winter
arrives and people cook more meat.
**[19:01] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[19:02] Marlheit**
My apologies.
**[19:04] Marlheit**
I just remembered a play I read recently.
**[19:07] Lawrence**
Play?
**[19:09] Marlheit**
Yes.
**[19:10] Marlheit**
It's a religious play that the Church uses
**[19:13] Marlheit**
to preach about moderation
to trading companies.
**[19:16] Marlheit**
A devil appears before an extremely
rich merchant and says to him,
**[19:21] Marlheit**
"Bring me the most delicious human
in the land, or I will eat you instead."
**[19:26] Marlheit**
Fearing for his life,
**[19:28] Marlheit**
he brings a young maidservant
and fat servant before the devil,
**[19:32] Marlheit**
but the devil shakes his head.
**[19:35] Marlheit**
He searches all over town
for a delicious human.
**[19:39] Marlheit**
Finally, he finds a boy
who smells of honey and milk.
**[19:42] Marlheit**
He offers that boy immediately to
the devil, but the boy says to the devil,
**[19:48] Marlheit**
"The most delicious human
is before your very eyes."
**[19:51] Marlheit**
"This man before you seasons his fat-laden
soul abundantly with spices day after day."
**[20:02] Marlheit**
Sorry, I could not help it.
**[20:05] Marlheit**
I imagined you earning money
using pepper, Mr. Lawrence.
**[20:11] Lawrence**
I would love to be laden
with spices as soon as possible.
**[20:14] Marlheit**
I look forward to it.
**[20:15] Marlheit**
After all, we always wish
to build a good relationship
**[20:19] Lawrence**
with merchants as talented as yourself.
**[20:24] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[20:26] Marlheit**
I will prepare your pepper.
**[20:28] Marlheit**
There is still work to be done,
so I will take my leave.
**[20:35] Marlheit**
Mr. Lawrence, we received
an invoice with your name on it.
**[20:43] Lawrence**
140 silver coins? I don't remember
purchasing these products...
**[20:56] Lawrence**
Where is your loading area?
**[20:57] Marlheit**
Oh, well, it's right down
that hallway and to the left...
**[21:00] Lawrence**
Thanks!
**[21:05] Lawrence**
A woman's robe,
**[21:07] Lawrence**
silk sash,
**[21:09] Lawrence**
traveling shoes,
**[21:11] Lawrence**
and a tortoiseshell comb!
**[21:18] Lawrence**
Excuse me! Please let me through!
**[21:21] Lawrence**
And,
**[21:22] Lawrence**
an enormous number of apples!
**[21:22] Appraiser**
That'll be 40 silver coins.
**[21:25] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[21:36] Holo**
I cannot have you coming all the way
to the forests of the north to collect a debt.
**[21:56] Holo**
I will return home after I have repaid you.
**[22:00] Lawrence**
Of course.
**[22:08] Marlheit**
Spice and Wolf, is it?
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** Scale of God and Sorcerer of the Grasslands
**[23:45] Holo**
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***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 7
Scale of God and
Sorcerer of the Grasslands
**[02:09] Lawrence**
Well, aren't you well-off?
**[02:11] Holo**
I am hungry.
**[02:13] Lawrence**
You just ate some bread.
**[02:15] Holo**
Bread that hard and unpalatable does not count!
**[02:18] Lawrence**
If we bought enough food for you
to feel full at every meal,
**[02:21] Lawrence**
we'd go bankrupt in one week.
**[02:24] Holo**
You can serve someone as cute as myself.
Should you not feel honored as a male?
**[02:29] Lawrence**
How about I put that honor between
some slices of bread and eat it.
**[02:34] Holo**
Do not puff up so.
**[02:36] Lawrence**
I'm not bread, so I can't puff up.
**[02:41] Holo**
So...
**[02:42] Holo**
How long until the next town?
**[02:49] Lawrence**
It should be right beyond that hill.
**[02:51] Holo**
I wonder what I will eat next.
**[02:54] Holo**
I would love to gnaw on a
fresh and bloody cow or sheep.
**[02:58] Holo**
Something sweet on the side
would perfect the meal.
**[03:01] Lawrence**
You ate a mountain of apple pies in Pazzio.
**[03:04] Lawrence**
After taking care of the apples
you couldn't finish,
**[03:07] Lawrence**
I don't even want to smell
sweet things for a while.
**[03:10] Holo**
They were delicious.
**[03:12] Holo**
Such an innovative way
to eat them surprised me.
**[03:16] Lawrence**
Jeez, I hope you know that apples
aren't processed for free.
**[03:21] Lawrence**
I'll be adding all the money
you used to your tab...
**[03:35] Holo**
Is that it?
**[03:37] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah.
**[03:39] Lawrence**
That's Poroson.
**[03:45] Traveling Priest**
For there is only one God.
He leads the people...
**[03:52] Holo**
What a boring town.
**[03:56] Lawrence**
Well, there aren't any food stalls open here.
**[03:59] Holo**
You make it seem as if
I am only interested in food.
**[04:02] Lawrence**
Then, do you want to go
listen to some preaching?
**[04:05] Holo**
They are five hundred years
too young to preach to me.
**[04:08] Lawrence**
I think you'd benefit from listening
to their preaching about frugality.
**[04:12] Holo**
I am a wolf.
**[04:15] Holo**
I do not understand such
complicated things as preaching.
**[04:18] Lawrence**
Well, this town is probably the only place
**[04:21] Lawrence**
where preaching about frugality
holds any weight.
**[04:26] Lawrence**
In the religious city of Ruvinheigen,
**[04:29] Lawrence**
the very bishop and priests
that should follow those teachings
**[04:32] Lawrence**
are the most willing to fatten their wallets.
**[04:34] Holo**
The city is called Ruvinheigen?
**[04:36] Lawrence**
You recognize the name?
**[04:37] Holo**
Yes, though the name I heard
was that of a person.
**[04:43] Lawrence**
Oh, you're not wrong.
**[04:46] Lawrence**
The city was named after the holy
crusader, Saint Ruvinheigen,
**[04:49] Lawrence**
who fought against the pagans.
**[04:50] Holo**
It was the name of a man who had
long flaming red hair and a beard,
**[04:54] Holo**
who always had a very austere expression.
**[04:56] Lawrence**
I believe that is how the saint
is recorded in history.
**[04:59] Lawrence**
It was also said that his left arm was
bitten off while fighting against a pagan god.
**[05:03] Holo**
His left arm?
**[05:05] Holo**
I only bit his arse.
**[05:09] Holo**
The moment he saw my cute ears and tail,
**[05:12] Holo**
he started screaming that I was
a minion of the devil and chased me.
**[05:16] Holo**
He made me so angry
I could not help but bite his arse.
**[05:22] Holo**
It was fibrous and not delicious at all.
**[05:27] Lawrence**
His arse, huh? Well, that's too embarrassing
to leave in the history books.
**[05:31] Holo**
However, I must say.
**[05:33] Holo**
I only bit him. I did not end his life.
**[05:38] Lawrence**
You worry about strange things.
**[05:40] Holo**
It is important.
**[05:43] Lawrence**
Right.
**[05:45] Lawrence**
All right, let's head to the trading company.
**[05:47] Holo**
Yes.
**[05:48] Holo**
But first...
**[05:54] Holo**
Did you wait long?
**[06:03] Lawrence**
You looked like a nun in your robe, but now
you totally look like a normal town girl.
**[06:08] Holo**
It would be difficult to find
a town girl as cute as me.
**[06:13] Holo**
However, it seems there is not much point
in showing me off in such a dull town.
**[06:17] Lawrence**
We'll head to Ruvinheigen after we sell
this pepper to the Latparron Trading Company.
**[06:21] Lawrence**
Be patient until then.
**[06:27] Holo**
Is Ruvinheigen a large town?
**[06:30] Lawrence**
It's huge.
**[06:31] Lawrence**
It's more of a city than a town.
There will be a lot of stalls.
**[06:34] Holo**
And apples?
**[06:36] Lawrence**
You really never get tired of them.
**[06:37] Holo**
Delicious things are delicious!
**[06:40] Holo**
So, how is it?
**[06:43] Lawrence**
I'm not sure about raw apples.
**[06:45] Lawrence**
It's about the time for them
to be pickled for winter.
**[06:49] Holo**
Pickled?
**[06:50] Lawrence**
They pickle them in honey.
**[06:52] Lawrence**
They also pickle pears and sometimes
peaches, on rare occasions.
**[06:56] Lawrence**
They're considered high class foods.
**[06:57] Lawrence**
They cut the peaches thinly and put
figs and almonds between them.
**[07:02] Lawrence**
They generously pour honey over that
and add a bit of ginger at the end.
**[07:08] Lawrence**
I had the opportunity to eat it once,
**[07:11] Lawrence**
but it was so sweet the Church
debated banning it.
**[07:15] Lawrence**
Hey, you're drooling.
**[07:19] Lawrence**
I don't know if they'll be available though.
**[07:22] Lawrence**
They're usually reserved for the nobles or
the rich, so they aren't normally in stores.
**[07:30] Holo**
If they are?
**[07:31] Lawrence**
Got it. I'll buy it for you.
**[07:34] Holo**
You swear it?
**[07:35] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah...
**[07:37] Holo**
Then, we must make haste!
**[07:41] Holo**
They may sell out.
**[07:43] Holo**
It would be terrible if that happened.
**[07:45] Holo**
This is peaches and honey we speak of.
**[07:47] Holo**
I cannot believe it.
**[07:48] Holo**
I cannot believe this at all!
**[07:49] Lawrence**
Only if they're being sold. Are you listening?
**[07:52] Holo**
But pears are difficult to ignore as well.
**[07:59] Shopkeeper**
Heretics and devils hide among us in town,
looking like normal people.
**[08:05] Shopkeeper**
Just a few days ago,
**[08:06] Shopkeeper**
they found a sorcerer living among them that
could control wolves near Ruvinheigen.
**[08:12] Shopkeeper**
However, the Church still reaches their
benevolent hands toward people like that
**[08:15] Shopkeeper**
and forgives them.
**[08:19] Shopkeeper**
Well, then. Shall we get down to business?
**[08:23] Lawrence**
Please.
**[08:25] Shopkeeper**
So, what kind of product
do you have for me today?
**[08:28] Lawrence**
This.
**[08:31] Shopkeeper**
Oh, pepper?
**[08:35] Lawrence**
I'm surprised you recognized it so easily.
**[08:37] Shopkeeper**
I could smell it.
**[08:38] Shopkeeper**
Then, let's weigh the product.
Do you own a scale?
**[08:44] Lawrence**
No, I don't.
**[08:46] Lawrence**
However, I have faith in God.
**[08:52] Shopkeeper**
Even so, you brought pepper at a good time.
**[08:58] Shopkeeper**
The demand for pepper
has increased drastically lately.
**[09:01] Shopkeeper**
I would have been able to buy it at a lower
price if you had come a week earlier.
**[09:08] Holo**
I am thirsty.
**[09:10] Lawrence**
Be patient!
**[09:16] Shopkeeper**
Well, even saints cannot live without water.
**[09:20] Shopkeeper**
Would you like some water?
Or perhaps some wine?
**[09:24] Holo**
May I have some water?
**[09:26] Shopkeeper**
Please wait a moment.
**[09:41] Shopkeeper**
The pepper is equal to forty-five weights.
**[09:44] Shopkeeper**
Where was this pepper produced?
**[09:46] Lawrence**
It was obtained from Ramapata
in the Kingdom of Leedon.
**[09:49] Lawrence**
The Milone Trading Company
contracted the import.
**[09:52] Shopkeeper**
From Ramapata? This pepper
has traveled a long way.
**[09:59] Shopkeeper**
It seems the certificate is genuine.
**[10:02] Shopkeeper**
How about one Lumione gold coin
for each weight here?
**[10:08] Lawrence**
What is the current market rate
of Lumione gold coins?
**[10:11] Shopkeeper**
What is the principal currency
you use, Mr. Lawrence?
**[10:13] Lawrence**
Trenni silver coins.
**[10:15] Shopkeeper**
One gold coin is worth 32 and 5/6 coins
of Trenni silver in the current market.
**[10:26] Lawrence**
I accept that price.
**[10:29] Shopkeeper**
Thank you very much.
**[10:32] Lawrence**
What's wrong?
**[10:34] Holo**
I feel a bit dizzy...
**[10:36] Shopkeeper**
Are you all right?
**[10:39] Shopkeeper**
You must be exhausted from your travels.
**[10:41] Holo**
It seems my vision
has suddenly tilted one way...
**[10:50] Holo**
Sir, it seems like I am still dizzy.
**[10:55] Holo**
Look, as you can see,
**[10:57] Holo**
everyone in front of me is leaning to one side.
**[11:14] Holo**
Now, did I drink water or wine?
**[11:21] Holo**
I must have consumed wine.
**[11:24] Holo**
Is that not right?
**[11:25] Lawrence**
They say that the livelier the tavern,
the less the tavern owner drinks...
**[11:30] Lawrence**
I see. It seems that being the only
sober person in the room
**[11:34] Lawrence**
is the key to a successful business.
**[11:37] Shopkeeper**
No, this is...
**[11:39] Lawrence**
It seems my companion and I are both drunk.
**[11:42] Lawrence**
So, I'm sure we will forget
many things we saw and heard today.
**[11:47] Lawrence**
However, drunkards often
make unreasonable demands.
**[11:51] Shopkeeper**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[11:53] Lawrence**
We'll receive what we deserve
after the pepper is properly weighed and...
**[11:59] Lawrence**
Let's see...
**[12:02] Lawrence**
How about allowing me
to buy twice its worth on credit?
**[12:06] Shopkeeper**
That is too much!
**[12:08] Lawrence**
Is that not possible? How unfortunate,
it seems like I am growing sober.
**[12:16] Lawrence**
About the product I want...
**[12:18] Lawrence**
How about high-grade armor?
**[12:22] Shopkeeper**
Armor, you say?
**[12:23] Lawrence**
It is almost time for the yearly
grand northern expedition.
**[12:27] Lawrence**
Armor is a standard risk-free
and solid profit-making item.
**[12:32] Shopkeeper**
Armor...
**[12:34] Lawrence**
I'm sure you have a good relationship
with some trading companies in Ruvinheigen.
**[12:39] Lawrence**
If I sell the armor to them,
**[12:40] Lawrence**
I should be able to pay you back
immediately and offset the credit.
**[12:44] Lawrence**
How about it?
**[12:47] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[12:49] Lawrence**
Then, please prepare the products
as quickly as possible.
**[12:52] Shopkeeper**
I-I understand...
**[12:54] Shopkeeper**
What about the appraisal?
**[12:56] Lawrence**
I will leave it to you.
**[12:58] Lawrence**
After all, I have faith in God.
**[13:01] Holo**
Now, it seems I am growing sober as well.
**[13:05] Holo**
Some high-quality wine and dried
sheep meat should suffice to please me.
**[13:10] Shopkeeper**
Th-There is a store that trades with me.
Please take whatever you'd like from there.
**[13:15] Shopkeeper**
I will call for someone to guide you.
**[13:23] Holo**
I feel sorry for him.
**[13:24] Lawrence**
Even so, I'm surprised you noticed.
**[13:27] Holo**
My appearance, the coat of my tail,
and my brain are all excellent,
**[13:31] Holo**
but so are my ears and eyes.
**[13:32] Holo**
I noticed the moment I entered the room.
**[13:36] Holo**
Well, it is enough to fool people like you.
**[13:39] Lawrence**
I can't argue with that.
**[13:43] Holo**
I am sure you will be fine
on your own from here.
**[13:47] Holo**
I will go buy some food in the meantime.
**[13:50] Holo**
We must set off to Ruvinheigen as quickly
as possible for the peaches pickled in honey!
**[13:58] Lawrence**
But just enough for us to reach Ruvinheigen.
**[14:01] Holo**
I know! Frugality, right?
**[14:15] Lawrence**
That took quite a while.
**[14:17] Lawrence**
Holo still isn't back?
**[14:21] Lawrence**
I hope this place doesn't go bankrupt
due to her drinking tab.
**[14:24] Traveling Preacher**
I heard when I was traveling in the north.
**[14:28] Traveling Preacher**
The town that worshiped a pagan wolven god...
**[14:47] Holo**
That was delicious.
**[14:49] Lawrence**
Did you eat all of it?
**[14:51] Holo**
Be at ease. There is still plenty.
**[14:55] Lawrence**
Looks like you didn't practice any frugality.
**[14:58] Holo**
Well, now that my belly is full,
I should groom my tail.
**[15:08] Holo**
That is right.
**[15:12] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[15:13] Holo**
I would like some oil
once we reach the next town.
**[15:17] Lawrence**
Oil?
**[15:18] Holo**
Yes, I have heard it is good
for maintaining my tail.
**[15:29] Holo**
Will you buy it for me?
**[15:32] Lawrence**
Have you ever calculated
how much your clothes,
**[15:34] Lawrence**
shoes, travel expenses,
alcohol and food expenses cost?
**[15:37] Lawrence**
Don't tell me that you're
incapable of doing addition!
**[15:40] Holo**
I can add.
**[15:43] Holo**
Not only am I good at addition,
but subtraction as well.
**[15:46] Lawrence**
Then it should be easy for
the great Wise Wolf to guess my answer.
**[15:51] Holo**
Yes, I know.
**[15:53] Holo**
I am sure you will buy it for me.
**[15:55] Holo**
After all, you were able to make
quite a profit because of me.
**[16:04] Holo**
Will you buy the oil?
**[16:06] Lawrence**
How much do you think you owe me by now?
**[16:09] Lawrence**
I'm not going to buy
unnecessary items on top of that.
**[16:12] Holo**
Hm? You want me to return
what I owe you that badly?
**[16:17] Lawrence**
Of course.
**[16:19] Holo**
I did not know you thought that way.
**[16:22] Lawrence**
Wh-What do you mean?
**[16:24] Holo**
Well, I will be free once I have paid you back.
**[16:30] Holo**
Then, I will hurry north.
**[16:34] Holo**
I hope Paro and Myuri are doing well.
**[16:39] Lawrence**
There isn't a deadline for your debt.
**[16:42] Lawrence**
Just pay me back before you
reach the northern forests.
**[16:46] Lawrence**
How's that?
**[16:48] Holo**
Yes.
**[16:50] Holo**
I should be able to pay you back
by the time I reach the northern forests.
**[16:54] Holo**
So, well...
**[16:56] Lawrence**
The oil?
**[16:58] Holo**
Will you buy it for me?
**[17:05] Holo**
Thank you.
**[17:13] Holo**
Why did you choose armor of all things?
**[17:15] Lawrence**
Ruvinheigen is the central hub
for the great northern expedition,
**[17:18] Lawrence**
which is an expedition to hunt down heretics.
**[17:21] Lawrence**
Armor sells really well.
**[17:23] Holo**
Then, you should be making a big profit.
**[17:25] Lawrence**
No, there are a lot of merchants who provide
armor, which in turn, lowers the price.
**[17:30] Holo**
But should this not be enough
to make some profit?
**[17:33] Lawrence**
Well, we should make enough to afford your oil.
**[17:36] Lawrence**
But, all things considered,
spices are definitely the best.
**[17:40] Holo**
To eat?
**[17:42] Lawrence**
I'm not like you.
I'm talking about profits.
**[17:45] Holo**
Then you should have exchanged for more spices.
**[17:48] Lawrence**
The price of pepper doesn't change much
between Poroson and Ruvinheigen.
**[17:52] Lawrence**
I'd lose out because of the tariffs.
**[17:54] Lawrence**
If I could find something
as lucrative or better than spices,
**[17:58] Lawrence**
I'd be able to open up a store right away.
**[18:00] Holo**
Is there not something else?
**[18:02] Holo**
For instance, jewels or gold?
**[18:06] Lawrence**
Things like that aren't
very profitable in Ruvinheigen.
**[18:10] Holo**
Why is that?
**[18:11] Lawrence**
If you try to import gold in Ruvinheigen,
you get charged with an enormous tariff.
**[18:16] Holo**
Do the people in this town not want gold?
**[18:20] Lawrence**
That's not it.
**[18:20] Lawrence**
Only merchants who have connections
with the Church are allowed to import gold.
**[18:25] Lawrence**
They get to pay a much
lower tariff than others.
**[18:30] Lawrence**
On top of that,
**[18:31] Lawrence**
they can get the seal of the Church carved
into the gold at Ruvinheigen's holy cathedral.
**[18:35] Lawrence**
That gold becomes "sacred gold"
and rises a ridiculous amount in price.
**[18:39] Holo**
In other words, the Church and certain
merchants are monopolizing all the profits.
**[18:45] Lawrence**
You guessed right.
**[18:46] Holo**
That is too filthy to be called sacred.
**[18:50] Lawrence**
Well, if you could join the secret circle,
**[18:53] Lawrence**
you'd be able to sell it ten times
higher than it's actually worth.
**[18:55] Holo**
How about smuggling it in?
**[18:57] Lawrence**
Everyone would be doing that
if that were possible.
**[19:00] Lawrence**
If you get caught, you lose your
dominant arm, at the very least.
**[19:03] Lawrence**
The reward isn't worth the risk.
**[19:06] Holo**
That is true.
**[19:08] Holo**
Well, you have a solid business plan.
**[19:11] Holo**
It is better to save up your money
the honest way.
**[19:13] Lawrence**
Well, there's someone using up
all my hard-earned money...
**[19:16] Holo**
Hey.
**[19:18] Holo**
There are a lot of people ahead.
**[19:20] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[19:24] Merchant 1**
If we take this detour,
we'll end up on the holy road of Lyne...
**[19:27] Merchant 2**
What do you think of this weave?
**[19:29] Merchant 3**
Does anyone speak Palucian here?
**[19:36] Lawrence**
It seems like on the road ahead of us...
**[19:37] Holo**
Mercenary troops from the north
are moving southward.
**[19:41] Holo**
There is a detour, but it's filled
with wandering wolves.
**[19:45] Holo**
On top of that, there's been rumors of
a pagan sorcerer that can summon wolves.
**[19:52] Lawrence**
So, what would the Wise Wolf Holo like to do?
**[19:56] Holo**
I have no fond memories of mercenaries.
**[20:00] Lawrence**
Well, mercenaries are a problem
no matter there they go.
**[20:03] Lawrence**
What about the wolves on the detour?
**[20:04] Holo**
Hmph. They will be easier
to handle than humans.
**[20:07] Holo**
At the very least, I can talk to them.
**[20:10] Lawrence**
Then it's decided.
**[20:16] Lawrence**
There's no one around.
**[20:18] Holo**
The power of rumors is quite formidable.
**[20:21] Lawrence**
Do you sense any wolves?
**[20:22] Holo**
We wolves are not foolish enough
to be easily found in such an open area.
**[20:29] Holo**
However...
**[20:35] Holo**
A type of human I hate is ahead of us.
**[20:38] Lawrence**
The sorcerer? What should we do?
**[20:40] Holo**
It is the human's job to run.
**[20:44] Holo**
There is no need for us to avoid them.
**[20:59] Lawrence**
That's...
**[21:08] Lawrence**
A shepherd...
**[21:11] Lawrence**
So, the sorcerer is actually a shepherd.
**[21:27] Holo**
What was that just now?
**[21:29] Lawrence**
It's a ritual used when meeting a shepherd.
**[21:32] Lawrence**
Now I'm sure that person isn't a sorcerer.
**[21:38] Lawrence**
I am Lawrence, a traveling merchant.
**[21:40] Lawrence**
That is my traveling companion, Holo.
**[21:46] Lawrence**
I am sure that God
has brought us together today.
**[21:49] Lawrence**
If you are a good shepherd,
I know you will treat us appropriately.
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**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:01] Nora**
Blessings from God in Heaven.
**[00:03] Norah**
Divine protection from the Spirit of the earth.
**[00:06] Nora**
Listen to God's Word
that whispers within the wind,
**[00:09] Nora**
and chew upon the benevolence of
the spirits as the sheep chews on grass.
**[00:16] Nora**
The shepherd guides the sheep,
and God guides the shepherd.
**[00:22] Nora**
The shepherd walks down the righteous path
through God's providence.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
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***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:00] Lawrence**
We apologize for suspecting you.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
Fellow Traveler
and Foreboding News
**[02:03] Lawrence**
You must be a good shepherd.
**[02:05] Lawrence**
May I ask the shepherd
we have met through divine providence
**[02:08] Lawrence**
to pray for the safety of our journey?
**[02:12] Nora**
I would be happy to.
**[02:16] Nora**
Palti mis tuelo moro.
**[02:19] Nora**
Lu spinzzio tilatto kul.
**[02:33] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[02:35] Nora**
No, thank you.
**[02:43] Lawrence**
Well, then.
**[02:45] Nora**
Um, are you heading toward Ruvinheigen?
**[02:49] Lawrence**
Yes, we came from Poroson.
**[02:52] Nora**
Why did you take this road? I mean...
**[02:55] Nora**
did you not hear about the wolves?
**[02:58] Lawrence**
We did.
**[02:59] Lawrence**
It's just that we're pressed for time.
**[03:02] Nora**
I see.
**[03:04] Lawrence**
Is there something wrong?
**[03:05] Nora**
Huh?
**[03:06] Nora**
Oh, no...
**[03:07] Nora**
Well...
**[03:09] Lawrence**
Please don't hold back.
**[03:10] Lawrence**
Or could it be there's something you need?
**[03:13] Nora**
Well,
**[03:17] Nora**
I was wondering if you would be
interested in hiring me...
**[03:22] Lawrence**
Well, as you can see, we're traveling
merchants and have no sheep.
**[03:29] Lawrence**
Though I appreciate the offer...
**[03:31] Nora**
N-No, that's not what I mean.
**[03:33] Nora**
I am a shepherd.
**[03:35] Nora**
Um, I can drive wolves
away as well as raise sheep.
**[03:44] Nora**
If you hire me, I can keep the wolves
at bay during your journey.
**[03:55] Nora**
So...
**[03:56] Nora**
What do you think?
**[04:04] Lawrence**
What do you think about that shepherd?
**[04:06] Holo**
Hmm. I am cuter.
**[04:10] Lawrence**
I'm not talking about that.
I'm asking about her skill.
**[04:12] Holo**
Her skills?
**[04:13] Lawrence**
How are her skills as a shepherd?
**[04:16] Lawrence**
You were listening, weren't you?
**[04:17] Holo**
You have me.
**[04:20] Lawrence**
Of course I do.
**[04:21] Lawrence**
It's just that she could lead us
to new business opportunities.
**[04:30] Lawrence**
Oh. It's not like I'm being
swayed by her beauty.
**[04:36] Lawrence**
After all, you're much cuter than her.
**[04:47] Holo**
Though barely, you pass.
**[04:50] Lawrence**
So, how are her skills?
**[04:52] Holo**
I would be able to hunt her sheep.
**[04:54] Holo**
But she would easily keep normal wolves
at bay, even if they attacked all at once.
**[04:59] Holo**
She has excellent dog-handling skills.
**[05:02] Holo**
Troublesome shepherds have clever
dogs and work with them as one.
**[05:10] Holo**
So young. I fear how much
she will grow in the future.
**[05:13] Holo**
Perhaps I should nip the bud...
**[05:15] Lawrence**
Got it. Thanks.
**[05:17] Holo**
Hey.
**[05:18] Lawrence**
Hm?
**[05:19] Holo**
Are you truly hiring her?
**[05:23] Lawrence**
Do you hate shepherds that much?
**[05:26] Holo**
If it were a matter of liking her
or not, then I don't.
**[05:28] Holo**
However, I meant something else.
**[05:30] Holo**
I was asking if you are
truly all right with that.
**[05:33] Lawrence**
What do you mean?
**[05:34] Holo**
If you hire her,
we will be traveling together.
**[05:39] Holo**
You have no problem with that?
**[05:41] Lawrence**
Well, it'll take about two days
to reach Ruvinheigen.
**[05:45] Lawrence**
No good?
**[05:46] Holo**
That is not what I am saying.
**[05:48] Lawrence**
Sorry, you'll have to bear
with it for a little while.
**[05:51] Holo**
What must I bear?
**[05:54] Lawrence**
Well, I mean...
**[05:56] Lawrence**
I just want to see if a shepherd can
really guard us against the wolves.
**[06:00] Lawrence**
You can handle two days, right?
**[06:03] Holo**
That is fine, but that is not the main problem.
**[06:07] Lawrence**
Well, that's true...
**[06:09] Holo**
If we carelessly travel with others, will not
the risk of being discovered increase?
**[06:16] Holo**
I see.
**[06:18] Holo**
You probably wished
to hear something like this?
**[06:24] Holo**
"I wished for the two of us to travel alone..."
**[06:31] Holo**
Fool.
**[06:33] Lawrence**
No, I...
**[06:35] Holo**
Goodness.
**[06:37] Holo**
Well, two days should
not pose much of a problem.
**[06:43] Lawrence**
I apologize for making you wait.
**[06:44] Nora**
Not at all.
**[06:46] Nora**
U-Um...
**[06:47] Lawrence**
How about forty Trie?
**[06:49] Lawrence**
We'll pay an additional fee
if you fend off any wolf attacks.
**[06:53] Nora**
Th-Thank you very much.
**[06:55] Lawrence**
No, thank *you*.
**[06:57] Lawrence**
May I ask your name?
**[06:59] Nora**
Oh, I-I'm sorry.
**[07:04] Nora**
I'm Nora Arendt.
**[07:12] Nora**
Enek.
**[07:17] Lawrence**
Have you been herding sheep for a long time?
**[07:19] Nora**
I've only done it for about four years.
**[07:21] Lawrence**
Did you raise your sheepdog,
um, Enek, yourself?
**[07:24] Nora**
No, I found him.
**[07:27] Nora**
Enek is the reason I became a shepherd.
**[07:30] Lawrence**
And until then?
**[07:33] Nora**
I lived in a shelter for the poor.
**[07:37] Lawrence**
I see.
**[07:39] Nora**
But I've always wanted to have a job of my own.
**[07:47] Nora**
I was fortunate enough to meet Enek.
**[07:51] Nora**
He was ragged and covered
in wounds when I met him.
**[07:54] Lawrence**
Was it wolves?
**[07:56] Nora**
No, I think it was mountain
bandits or mercenaries...
**[07:59] Nora**
He had this staff in his mouth and was
cowering under a small cliff on a hill.
**[08:04] Lawrence**
I see.
**[08:06] Lawrence**
But, this was the first time a shepherd
offered to guard me on my journey.
**[08:11] Nora**
Huh?
**[08:11] Lawrence**
Normal shepherds don't do such things.
**[08:15] Nora**
Um, well...
**[08:18] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[08:19] Nora**
I wanted someone to talk to...
**[08:24] Lawrence**
I understand that feeling.
**[08:26] Nora**
And...
**[08:28] Nora**
I want to become a tailor.
**[08:31] Lawrence**
So, you need money for the association fees?
**[08:34] Lawrence**
That's true. You would earn more money
guarding merchants than tending sheep.
**[08:39] Lawrence**
I'm sure that it's difficult
to fight over territory.
**[08:41] Nora**
That's true.
**[08:43] Nora**
The safer areas have already been
taken by other shepherds.
**[08:48] Lawrence**
So, the only areas left
are filled with wolves...
**[08:51] Nora**
Yes.
**[08:52] Lawrence**
Wolves are very troublesome.
**[09:02] Lawrence**
On top of that, they're
cunning and underhanded.
**[09:04] Nora**
They may be listening in on us,
so I wouldn't bad mouth them.
**[09:09] Lawrence**
Right.
**[09:12] Nora**
Um, I'm sorry. I will need to
settle down for the day...
**[09:15] Lawrence**
Oh, I forgot.
**[09:17] Lawrence**
It's already the time for shepherds to rest.
**[09:19] Nora**
Yes.
**[09:20] Nora**
I have to sleep now in order to
watch over the sheep at night.
**[09:25] Lawrence**
Then, we will set up camp here.
**[09:34] Lawrence**
You're skilled enough
to handle a lot more sheep.
**[09:39] Nora**
No, I'm happy for any small amount of work.
**[09:43] Nora**
I can't take care of that many...
**[09:46] Lawrence**
Your employer probably lacks a discerning eye.
**[09:49] Lawrence**
Why not change your employer?
**[09:52] Nora**
Huh?
**[09:52] Nora**
Change my employer?
**[09:54] Nora**
I couldn't possibly...
**[09:57] Lawrence**
Sorry. As a merchant, I can't help
calculating things based on loss and profit.
**[10:02] Nora**
Oh, n-no...
**[10:07] Nora**
Um...
**[10:08] Lawrence**
Yes?
**[10:09] Nora**
Um, is it common to change employers?
**[10:18] Lawrence**
Pardon me for asking,
but is the Church your employer?
**[10:22] Nora**
Huh?
**[10:22] Nora**
Y-Yes.
**[10:26] Lawrence**
The Church offers steady work, doesn't it?
**[10:30] Nora**
Yes.
**[10:32] Nora**
I am truly fortunate.
**[10:34] Nora**
The Church entrusted their sheep to me,
**[10:36] Nora**
and they've also been quite considerate of me.
**[10:40] Lawrence**
I see.
**[10:42] Lawrence**
If that's the case, there's probably
no need for you to change employers.
**[10:46] Nora**
Is that so?
**[10:48] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[10:48] Lawrence**
The pay may be lower,
**[10:51] Lawrence**
but the Church will exist
as long as God doesn't abandon us.
**[10:56] Lawrence**
At the very least, you will not be out
of a job and have no food to eat.
**[11:02] Nora**
You're right...
**[11:05] Lawrence**
Well, I'll tell the merchants I know
in Ruvinheigen about you, Ms. Nora.
**[11:12] Lawrence**
God never forbade
having another job on the side.
**[11:17] Nora**
Thank you!
**[11:29] Lawrence**
Looks like a difficult job.
**[11:31] Holo**
Well, daily tail maintenance is important.
**[11:35] Holo**
Oh, you were talking about that young girl.
**[11:42] Lawrence**
Her name is Nora Arendt.
**[11:48] Lawrence**
H-Hey, now!
**[11:54] Lawrence**
That's why I asked you first!
**[11:56] Holo**
I cannot even groom my tail in peace.
**[12:00] Lawrence**
Couldn't you do it in the wagon?
**[12:02] Holo**
If I had groomed myself in the wagon...
**[12:04] Lawrence**
If you had?
**[12:06] Holo**
The two of you seemed to have a nice chat.
**[12:09] Lawrence**
Well, she wanted to talk to someone.
**[12:12] Lawrence**
There wasn't a reason to refuse her, was there?
**[12:14] Lawrence**
And I hadn't spoken to
a normal girl in a while...
**[12:18] Holo**
You did not even notice that
she disliked speaking with you.
**[12:22] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[12:30] Lawrence**
Well, that's fine, too.
**[12:34] Lawrence**
If I was loved at first sight,
**[12:36] Lawrence**
I'd miss the pleasure of experiencing
someone's affection for me grow.
**[12:44] Lawrence**
Aren't I a pretty smooth talker?
**[12:51] Holo**
H-How unlike you!
**[12:57] Lawrence**
Hey, you're laughing too much.
**[13:01] Lawrence**
Jeez...
**[13:10] Holo**
What a good laugh.
**[13:13] Lawrence**
Do you feel better now?
**[13:14] Holo**
Yes. You have quite a surprising trump card.
**[13:18] Lawrence**
Well, I'm happy as long as
your bad mood is gone.
**[13:21] Holo**
Hm? Bad mood?
**[13:23] Lawrence**
You were in a bad mood because
you couldn't groom your tail.
**[13:27] Holo**
Oh, that is right.
**[13:30] Holo**
It cannot be helped.
**[13:32] Holo**
I laughed so much that it seems foolish
to care about such things.
**[13:37] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[13:39] Lawrence**
I should start collecting firewood.
**[13:41] Holo**
Hey, you.
**[13:43] Lawrence**
Wh-What is it?
**[13:45] Holo**
Some raw sheep would be nice
every once in a while.
**[13:50] Holo**
What do you think?
**[14:00] Lawrence**
If you're going to joke, say something
that I can actually laugh about.
**[14:10] Nora**
Over there.
**[14:23] Lawrence**
Here is your promised forty Trie.
**[14:25] Nora**
But these coins are actually
worth more than that...
**[14:29] Lawrence**
It's an investment.
**[14:30] Nora**
Investment?
**[14:32] Lawrence**
If I become acquainted with a skilled shepherd,
**[14:35] Nora**
I might gain some surprising money-making
opportunities when trading wool.
**[14:43] Nora**
Thank you very much.
**[14:45] Lawrence**
Are you only able to guard people
going through the road we just traveled?
**[14:49] Nora**
Um, I can go as far as Kasrata and Poroson.
**[14:52] Nora**
Oh, and Lamtra as well.
**[14:54] Lawrence**
Lamtra?
**[14:56] Lawrence**
You either have to go through
a dangerous forest
**[14:58] Lawrence**
or make a very large detour to reach that town.
**[15:01] Nora**
I'm not talking about the detour.
**[15:03] Lawrence**
I can accept requests
through the forest as well.
**[15:06] Lawrence**
That's amazing.
**[15:08] Lawrence**
It's a place that's so dangerous they say
that even knights tremble in fear.
**[15:11] Lawrence**
If you can go as far as Lamtra,
you have a good chance of finding customers.
**[15:14] Nora**
Thank you very much for your help.
**[15:16] Lawrence**
Well, then. We'll be entering from that gate.
**[15:26] Holo**
Now, I wonder how those
honey-pickled peaches will taste.
**[15:30] Holo**
I cannot wait.
**[15:32] Lawrence**
You still remember that?
**[15:33] Holo**
Do you plan to go back on your word?
**[15:36] Lawrence**
I can't buy it if it's not for sale.
**[15:38] Holo**
Of course.
**[16:15] Inspector**
Pass permit.
**[16:16] Lawrence**
Here it is.
**[16:18] Inspector**
From Poroson? What did you bring?
**[16:22] Lawrence**
Twenty sets of armor.
**[16:24] Inspector**
Armor? From Poroson?
**[16:27] Lawrence**
Y-Yes.
**[16:28] Lawrence**
I purchased them from Latparron
Trading. Is there something wrong?
**[16:32] Inspector**
Yes, this looks like
the type of armor they carry.
**[16:36] Inspector B**
Do you wish to pay the taxes
with cash or actual goods?
**[16:39] Lawrence**
With actual goods.
**[16:42] Inspector B**
That's a wise decision.
**[16:44] Inspector B**
Pay with one set of armor over there.
**[16:48] Holo**
Is armor from Poroson rare?
**[16:51] Lawrence**
No. This city is always in need of armor.
**[16:54] Lawrence**
A lot of the armor should be
imported from Poroson.
**[17:00] Lawrence**
Thank you.
**[17:05] Lawrence**
Is there a problem?
**[17:06] Tax Collector**
No, it's nothing.
**[17:15] Holo**
Government officials are unpleasant
no matter where one goes.
**[17:18] Holo**
They seem to dislike the idea of
a mere traveling merchant
**[17:21] Holo**
earning a large amount of money.
**[17:26] Lawrence**
Well, it's fine.
**[17:27] Lawrence**
We just need to sell these
and rake in our profits.
**[17:30] Holo**
Yes!
**[17:31] Holo**
By the way.
**[17:33] Lawrence**
What is it?
**[17:34] Holo**
I have grown hungry.
**[17:49] Holo**
Delicious!
**[17:56] Holo**
Another serving!
**[17:58] Stall Owner**
Appreciate the business!
**[17:59] Stall Owner**
Here you go! Two beers!
**[18:01] Holo**
The alcohol is delicious.
**[18:03] Holo**
What a nice and lively town! Do you not agree?
**[18:06] Lawrence**
In exchange, you can't let
your guard down here.
**[18:09] Lawrence**
Don't get into trouble with
the knights and mercenaries here.
**[18:13] Holo**
No problem!
**[18:18] Holo**
Where are we going?
**[18:19] Lawrence**
The trading house.
**[18:22] Lawrence**
Hey, you have something around your mouth.
**[18:30] Lawrence**
Geez! You better remember this!
**[18:33] Holo**
However...
**[18:36] Holo**
What is the point of me going with you?
**[18:38] Holo**
I would like to continue
drinking in the square.
**[18:42] Lawrence**
It'd be dangerous to leave you alone.
**[18:46] Holo**
Yes. I am cute!
**[18:49] Holo**
It is dangerous to leave me alone.
**[18:53] Lawrence**
You can't sway all the soldiers of the Church
and holy knights with your cuteness.
**[18:57] Lawrence**
I can't have you getting drunk
and showing your ears and tail in public.
**[19:00] Holo**
Then, we would only make virtue of necessity.
**[19:04] Holo**
I would take you in my mouth
and escape out of town.
**[19:10] Crowd Man**
I heard your daughter
has recovered from being sick?
**[19:13] Crowd Man**
Yes, truly a blessing from God.
**[19:16] Crowd Woman**
My husband hasn't been
feeling well lately, either.
**[19:19] Crowd Man**
That's terrible. You should have the priest
pray for him as soon as possible.
**[19:23] Crowd Man**
The Church is the only thing
you can really believe in.
**[19:27] Holo**
So, what is a trading house?
**[19:29] Lawrence**
Running a business is fraught
with dangers and accidents.
**[19:32] Lawrence**
Knights protect themselves with armor,
**[19:35] Lawrence**
but we merchants protect ourselves
with our connections to other people.
**[19:38] Lawrence**
That's what we call a merchant association.
**[19:42] Lawrence**
I'm part of a merchant association that
consists of merchants from my homeland.
**[19:46] Lawrence**
The trading house here is
a branch of that association.
**[19:48] Lawrence**
It's like my home away from home.
**[19:57] Lawrence**
Okay. Wait here.
**[19:59] Holo**
What?
**[20:00] Holo**
Were you not planning to take me in
and show me off to your fellows?
**[20:04] Lawrence**
I'd have to marry you first for that.
**[20:07] Lawrence**
My homeland's wedding celebration
is pretty rough. Still want to enter?
**[20:11] Lawrence**
I'll be quick.
**[20:13] Lawrence**
I'll buy you some sweet bread
if you wait here obediently.
**[20:15] Holo**
Do not treat me as a child!
**[20:18] Lawrence**
Then, you don't want the bread?
**[20:19] Holo**
I do.
**[20:24] Jacob**
Oh, looks like an incompetent
merchant is visiting.
**[20:27] Jacob**
Anyone who comes around this time
isn't serious about making money.
**[20:32] Lawrence**
A great merchant can make money
without collecting any dust on his shoes.
**[20:38] Lawrence**
He only dirties his fingertips
with a bit of black ink.
**[20:41] Lawrence**
Running around the market all day long is
what third-class merchants do.
**[20:45] Lawrence**
Am I wrong?
**[20:50] Jacob**
You've become a smooth talker.
**[20:53] Jacob**
Welcome home, my son!
**[20:57] Lawrence**
Please stop calling me your son.
**[20:59] Jacob**
What are you talking about?!
**[21:01] Jacob**
Every member of the Rowen Merchant
Association is my son or daughter!
**[21:07] Jacob**
On top of that, I know that you often
wet your bed when camping outside.
**[21:13] Jacob**
Want me to remind you of the time
you snatched the proceeds of a sale
**[21:17] Jacob**
to go to a brothel with
your friends, all while trembling?
**[21:19] Lawrence**
Okay! Okay!
**[21:22] Lawrence**
I am Kraft Lawrence, the son of
the great Jacob Tarantino!
**[21:28] Jacob**
Well, Kraft.
**[21:30] Jacob**
It's been a year since you've
come back to your home in Ruvinheigen!
**[21:45] Man**
Is this the Remerio Trading Company?
**[21:47] Servant**
Yes. What is your business here?
**[21:50] Man**
Did a merchant named Lawrence visit here?
**[21:54] Servant**
As you can see, we haven't had a single
soul visit, much less a merchant.
**[22:00] Man**
Then, if he visits, tell him this.
**[22:08] Man**
There's some news from Latparron
Trading in Poroson for him...
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**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: Sweet Honey and Bitter Armor
# E9 - Sweet Honey and Bitter Armor
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UX449N/sweet-honey-and-bitter-armor)
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**[00:04] Jacob**
So, why'd you visit at a time like this?
**[00:08] Lawrence**
I wanted to get a certificate showing that
I'm a member of this association.
**[00:11] Jacob**
I wish you'd hurry and become a merchant
**[00:13] Jacob**
that can make others flinch at your name alone.
**[00:18] Jacob**
Otherwise...
**[00:21] Youth**
You go!
**[00:22] Jacob**
That girl will leave you at the drop of a hat.
**[00:23] Youth**
No, you go!
**[00:25] Lawrence**
She's an investment of sorts.
**[00:28] Jacob**
What's the point of investing in a town girl?
**[00:31] Lawrence**
I wouldn't invest if there
wasn't something in it for me.
**[00:35] Jacob**
Big words!
**[00:37] Lawrence**
That's right. Do any merchants
want to go to Lamtra?
**[00:42] Jacob**
If you're thinking about
the shepherd girl, don't.
**[00:44] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[00:45] Jacob**
There were a lot of people
with the same idea as you.
**[00:49] Jacob**
But no one wanted to hire
that girl as a bodyguard.
**[00:53] Jacob**
Do you know why?
**[00:57] Lawrence**
The Church?
**[01:00] Jacob**
She's the only one able to wander around
that area without getting hurt.
**[01:04] Jacob**
There's no need for me to tell you
how the Church feels about it, is there?
**[01:08] Jacob**
If you get involved with her, you'll go through
a complicated damn mess with the Church.
**[01:14] Jacob**
Though, I know a lovely fairy
like Nora is your type of girl.
**[01:24] Jacob**
So, is this certificate addressed
to a certain trading company?
**[01:28] Lawrence**
Yes, the Remerio Trading Company.
**[01:30] Jacob**
Remerio, huh?
**[01:32] Lawrence**
Is there a problem?
**[01:33] Jacob**
Yeah, well, you'll see when you get there.
**[01:39] Jacob**
Here.
**[01:40] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[01:43] Jacob**
The Rowen Merchant Association is
under the protection of Saint Lambardos.
**[01:48] Jacob**
I wish you the best of luck.
**[01:50] Lawrence**
Once I finish up this deal,
I'll buy you some good alcohol.
**[01:55] Jacob**
Shoo. Shoo.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
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Sweet Honey and Bitter Armor
**[03:35] Youth**
Let's go...
**[03:35] Youth**
Yeah...
**[03:38] Holo**
How cute.
**[03:40] Holo**
They said I was as pretty as a rose.
**[03:43] Lawrence**
Don't humor them too much.
**[03:45] Lawrence**
Craftsmen apprentices are like starving dogs.
They'll end up snatching you away.
**[03:51] Holo**
If they do, will you come save me again?
**[03:54] Lawrence**
Yeah, I'll save you again.
**[03:56] Holo**
Well, in the end,
I was the one doing the saving.
**[04:04] Holo**
I do not know what kind of return
you are expecting,
**[04:07] Holo**
but I will have you invest in me for now.
**[04:09] Lawrence**
You overheard?
**[04:11] Holo**
My cute ears heard every word!
**[04:16] Holo**
It seems you have taken
quite a liking to that shepherd.
**[04:20] Holo**
Was it her meager appearance?
**[04:22] Holo**
Or the fact that she has a hard life?
**[04:26] Holo**
I, on the other hand, am a mere investment...
**[04:29] Lawrence**
Hold on a second!
**[04:31] Lawrence**
The things Jacob says
is his way of greeting people!
**[04:34] Lawrence**
It's not like...
**[04:35] Holo**
Not like what?
**[04:36] Lawrence**
I-It's true that I think Nora is a good girl,
**[04:40] Lawrence**
and I didn't dislike my conversations with her.
**[04:43] Lawrence**
But that doesn't mean that I like you
any less or anything like that!
**[04:52] Holo**
I was just teasing you a bit...
**[04:55] Holo**
I did not think you would
respond so sincerely.
**[04:58] Holo**
That makes me so happy!
**[05:02] Holo**
However...
**[05:05] Holo**
Males are all the same.
**[05:08] Holo**
They say whatever they want.
**[05:10] Holo**
So, how about showing me instead?
**[05:13] Holo**
Knights leave their shields and swords in
the hands of others to show their sincerity.
**[05:19] Holo**
Since you are a merchant,
how will you show your sincerity?
**[05:26] Lawrence**
Fine...
**[05:30] Lawrence**
Those honey-pickled peaches...
**[05:33] Holo**
What will you buy for me?
**[05:36] Lawrence**
H-Hey!
**[05:37] Lawrence**
You know better than to do that!
**[05:40] Holo**
You told me to ask for it cutely.
**[05:43] Lawrence**
I told you to ask honestly!
**[05:45] Lawrence**
I didn't tell you to use underhanded tricks!
**[05:48] Holo**
But was I not cute?
**[05:52] Holo**
Though, you were cuter.
**[05:56] Lawrence**
Wha?!
**[06:00] Holo**
Hey, do not be so angry.
**[06:04] Holo**
Your words really did make me happy.
**[06:07] Holo**
Are you angry with me even so?
**[06:13] Lawrence**
Fine.
**[06:14] Lawrence**
I'm not angry.
**[06:15] Lawrence**
Are you happy now?
**[06:17] Holo**
It would not be good to get separated.
**[06:20] Holo**
May I hold your hand?
**[06:24] Lawrence**
Yeah. It'd be troublesome if we got separated.
**[06:40] Nora**
Um, Father!
**[06:44] Priest**
What is the matter?
**[06:45] Nora**
Um...
**[06:48] Nora**
I would like to take the sheep...
**[06:53] Holo**
to graze in a slightly safer area.
**[06:58] Priest**
You will be fine.
**[07:00] Nora**
Huh?
**[07:01] Priest**
God has graced you with the power
to keep wolves at bay.
**[07:05] Priest**
Do you not trust in Him?
**[07:09] Priest**
Your work was also given to you by Him.
**[07:14] Priest**
Please continue to work hard.
**[07:18] Nora**
Y-Yes...
**[07:25] Holo**
You seem to be in a good mood.
**[07:28] Lawrence**
Any merchant would be excited
when there are profits on the horizon.
**[07:32] Holo**
However, the hunter is most vulnerable
when it is captivated by its prey.
**[07:38] Lawrence**
Merchant trading isn't the same
as hunting prey.
**[07:43] Holo**
Buying on credit, was it?
**[07:46] Holo**
That means you are currently
in debt, are you not?
**[07:49] Lawrence**
If you know something will sell,
shouldn't you buy it even if you go into debt?
**[07:53] Lawrence**
If I did the same thing with apples,
**[07:55] Lawrence**
someone would eat them
until I fell into the red.
**[07:57] Holo**
Fool.
**[07:59] Holo**
Either way, being in debt
does not suit my nature.
**[08:04] Lawrence**
Even though you're currently buried in debt?
**[08:06] Holo**
If you wish for me to pay you back,
you should ensure my happiness.
**[08:11] Lawrence**
Sure, sure. I will work hard.
**[08:17] Lawrence**
We just need to sell the goods we purchased
to the trading company here.
**[08:23] Lawrence**
There's nothing to worry about.
**[08:30] Holo**
It is lively everywhere you look.
**[08:34] Lawrence**
It's the busy season, after all.
**[08:40] Holo**
I do not smell any honey-pickled peaches.
**[08:43] Lawrence**
I told you it's a rare item.
**[08:54] Holo**
Does a monk manage this place?
**[08:57] Lawrence**
If so, we'd at least hear some praying.
**[09:04] Lawrence**
Though, the crunch of eating
that pie is so loud,
**[09:06] Lawrence**
your amazing ears may have missed it.
**[09:10] Holo**
What skillful sarcasm.
**[09:15] Holo**
However, I can at least hear
the sound of the people inside.
**[09:18] Lawrence**
There are people inside?
**[09:20] Holo**
Yes.
**[09:21] Holo**
However, the atmosphere seems quite unpleasant.
**[09:24] Lawrence**
Well, nothing will happen if I stand out here.
**[09:27] Lawrence**
I won't make any money
if I don't sell the product.
**[09:30] Holo**
Just as I will not gain nourishment
if I do not eat this meat pie.
**[09:34] Lawrence**
That was supposed to be for my nourishment.
**[09:37] Holo**
Oh? Did you wish to eat it?
**[09:41] Holo**
Here you go.
**[10:06] Lawrence**
It is not yet the day of rest.
What is going on here?
**[10:11] Servant A**
Well, it's just...
**[10:15] Servant A**
Did you just arrive in town today?
**[10:17] Lawrence**
No, I arrived a few days ago.
**[10:20] Lawrence**
Well, I'm not in any particular rush.
**[10:23] Lawrence**
I will visit another day.
**[10:33] Servant A**
Are you Mr. Lawrence?
**[10:37] Servant A**
You must be.
**[10:38] Servant A**
You were planning to sell armor that you
bought from Latparron Trading, correct?
**[10:43] Lawrence**
How did you know that?
**[10:44] Servant A**
The Latparron Trading Company
came by yesterday evening
**[10:46] Servant A**
to tell us your debt was transferred to us.
**[10:53] Holo**
What is going on?
**[10:55] Servant A**
It seems you are unaware of the recent
drastic drop of prices in armor.
**[11:00] Servant A**
Now that the northern expedition
has been canceled,
**[11:03] Servant A**
armor has become practically worthless.
**[11:06] Servant A**
In other words,
**[11:08] Servant A**
your companion now owes
our trading company a lot of money.
**[11:13] Servant A**
To put it simply, he's gone bankrupt.
**[11:17] Holo**
What did you say?!
**[11:19] Lawrence**
I've been set up!
**[11:36] Remerio**
We both live based on such arrangements.
**[11:39] Remerio**
You understand, don't you?
**[11:41] Lawrence**
Of course, Mr. Remerio.
**[11:43] Lawrence**
I am also a merchant.
**[11:45] Remerio**
Mr. Lawrence, you were loaned forty-seven
and three-fourths Lumione coins
**[11:49] Remerio**
with a payment deadline when making your
purchase at the Latparron Trading Company.
**[11:55] Remerio**
This is what we wish for you to pay.
**[11:57] Remerio**
If not,
**[11:59] Remerio**
we will ask the Rowen Merchant Association
to assume the debt on your behalf.
**[12:04] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[12:07] Remerio**
Well, the deadline is the day after tomorrow,
**[12:11] Remerio**
so we can wait the full two days.
**[12:13] Remerio**
What do you want to do with the armor you have?
**[12:18] Remerio**
It won't be worth much
no matter where you go...
**[12:20] Lawrence**
No, I'll be sure to sell it at a high price.
**[12:22] Lawrence**
We will settle the debt in two days.
**[12:24] Lawrence**
Is that acceptable?
**[12:26] Remerio**
Yes, we'll be waiting for you.
**[12:34] Lawrence**
Sorry for making you wait.
**[12:39] Lawrence**
Let's go.
**[12:49] Holo**
S-So, what has happened?
**[12:58] Lawrence**
The goods in our carriage have become trash.
**[13:01] Holo**
I see.
**[13:04] Holo**
Will you run?
**[13:05] Lawrence**
No, the information network of merchants
is practically the same as the eyes of God.
**[13:10] Lawrence**
No matter where we go,
**[13:11] Lawrence**
we'll be found immediately
if we do any kind of business.
**[13:13] Lawrence**
I wouldn't be able to live
as a merchant after that.
**[13:16] Holo**
However, everyone knows that an injured
animal will be eaten to the bone.
**[13:22] Holo**
Will you let that happen?
**[13:24] Lawrence**
Of course not!
**[13:26] Lawrence**
I just need to make enough money
in two days to pay the debt!
**[13:28] Lawrence**
It's possible to make a fresh start.
**[13:31] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo. I am sure
to be of some help to you.
**[13:36] Lawrence**
Yeah, just saving on your food costs
would help me out a lot!
**[13:40] Holo**
I told you I will earn what I eat.
**[13:43] Lawrence**
I'm kidding.
**[13:45] Holo**
Your expression has improved.
**[13:49] Holo**
If necessary, on my honor,
I will make sure you escape.
**[13:53] Holo**
Even if I must use the power of this wheat.
**[13:56] Holo**
You promised me that you would
take me to the northern forests.
**[14:01] Holo**
I cannot have you falter here.
**[14:04] Lawrence**
Yeah, I'll be sure to keep my promise.
**[14:06] Lawrence**
And...
**[14:10] Lawrence**
If it really comes to that,
I might ask you to save me.
**[14:13] Holo**
Leave it to me.
**[14:16] Holo**
So, what will you do now?
**[14:19] Lawrence**
For now, I'm going back
to the Rowen Merchant Association.
**[14:21] Holo**
Yes, your fellow countrymen
may be of help to you.
**[14:25] Lawrence**
That's why you should wait at the inn...
**[14:28] Holo**
Do you see me as the type of wolf
**[14:32] Holo**
that can groom herself quietly in an inn
while her traveling companion is in trouble?
**[14:36] Lawrence**
No, but...
**[14:37] Holo**
Do you?
**[14:40] Lawrence**
No, but that's not the issue here.
**[14:42] Holo**
Then, what is the issue?
**[14:44] Lawrence**
The merchant association
is a merchant's hometown.
**[14:48] Lawrence**
You understand what it means
to take a woman there, don't you?
**[14:51] Holo**
Just explain it to them.
**[14:52] Lawrence**
How am I supposed to explain?
**[14:55] Holo**
Just tell them that we are lovers!
**[15:01] Lawrence**
Fine, please come with me.
**[15:04] Holo**
Of course.
**[15:07] Lawrence**
I will tell them you are my business partner.
**[15:11] Lawrence**
Don't say anything unnecessary.
**[15:13] Holo**
Yes.
**[15:19] Jacob**
So, what should I ask about first?
**[15:23] Jacob**
First and foremost,
who is this beautiful woman with you?
**[15:29] Lawrence**
Due to some dealings,
we've become business partners.
**[15:33] Jacob**
Business?
**[15:35] Lawrence**
At the Pazzio branch
of the Milone Trading Company,
**[15:38] Lawrence**
she was able to sell the furs assessed at
140 Trenni silver for 210 Trenni silver.
**[15:46] Lawrence**
I told you I'd never invest if there
wasn't something in it for me.
**[15:52] Jacob**
If you were husband and wife,
**[15:54] Jacob**
I was thinking of convincing
the two of you to get a divorce.
**[15:59] Jacob**
But there are guys like you
every once in a while.
**[16:03] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[16:04] Jacob**
One day, they have an unimaginable beauty
with them and seem to... get along.
**[16:09] Jacob**
Yet, they never talk about the woman,
and I never ask about them.
**[16:15] Jacob**
Well, the scriptures say it isn't good
to carelessly open a mysterious box.
**[16:21] Holo**
A wise decision.
**[16:27] Jacob**
Now, let's get straight to the point.
**[16:32] Jacob**
Let me get this right.
**[16:34] Jacob**
You bought armor at Latparron Trading.
**[16:37] Jacob**
You were loaned forty-seven and
three-fourth Lumione coins in the process
**[16:42] Jacob**
and that debt was transferred
to Remerio Trading.
**[16:48] Jacob**
Is that right?
**[16:51] Jacob**
Even though it looks like Latparron
Trading pulled the rug from under you,
**[16:55] Jacob**
I won't show you any pity.
**[16:57] Jacob**
You got greedy and made a mistake. Am I right?
**[17:01] Lawrence**
It's exactly as you say...
**[17:03] Jacob**
Robbery. Sickness. Injury.
**[17:07] Jacob**
The merchant association doesn't mind
**[17:10] Jacob**
doing everything in their power to
help you in those kinds of situations.
**[17:14] Jacob**
But that's not the case here.
**[17:18] Jacob**
In other words, you have to return
what you owe yourself.
**[17:23] Lawrence**
Yes...
**[17:28] Jacob**
Unfortunately, I can't play favorites with you.
**[17:33] Jacob**
Rather, keeping a firm attitude is
precisely the reason I am in this position.
**[17:38] Lawrence**
Of course.
**[17:40] Lawrence**
I would also be angry if you had
treated someone differently from the others.
**[17:44] Jacob**
On top of that, members in the association
may not lend money to another member.
**[17:49] Jacob**
Of course, the association itself
can't lend you any either.
**[17:53] Jacob**
It wouldn't be a good example for the others.
**[17:56] Lawrence**
I know.
**[17:57] Jacob**
The deadline is two days from now.
**[17:59] Jacob**
Remerio Trading is feeling the pressure after
failing in their own investment in armor,
**[18:04] Jacob**
so I'm sure they'll want
to collect it as soon as possible.
**[18:07] Jacob**
In other words, your failure
will become public
**[18:10] Jacob**
the day after tomorrow,
and I'll have to detain you.
**[18:13] Jacob**
Do you know what happens after that?
**[18:16] Lawrence**
If I don't prepare the forty-seven Lumione
coins and pay them back in two days,
**[18:22] Lawrence**
I will not have a tomorrow.
**[18:24] Jacob**
No.
**[18:26] Jacob**
You *will* have a tomorrow.
**[18:29] Jacob**
It'll just be dark, painful, and heavy.
**[18:35] Jacob**
You'd be able to pay back forty-seven Lumione
**[18:37] Jacob**
by rowing a long-distance boat for ten years.
**[18:41] Jacob**
You could also dig holes in a mine.
**[18:44] Jacob**
But to do so without injury or sickness...
**[18:48] Jacob**
It's not that I want you to die.
**[18:52] Jacob**
Please understand that.
**[18:55] Jacob**
Sins must be punished.
I'm just carrying out common practice.
**[19:03] Lawrence**
Yes...
**[19:05] Jacob**
If there is something
I can help you with, I will.
**[19:10] Jacob**
I trust you, so I won't detain you immediately.
**[19:13] Jacob**
Do whatever you can until then.
**[19:16] Lawrence**
Thank you very much for your consideration.
**[19:18] Jacob**
Businesses always have surprising loopholes.
**[19:21] Jacob**
Sometimes you can only see them
when you're in a pinch.
**[19:24] Jacob**
Go and fight until the very end.
**[19:29] Lawrence**
I'll make sure to pay back the money.
**[19:40] Holo**
What will you do now?
**[19:42] Lawrence**
I've gotten two days’ worth of freedom.
**[19:46] Lawrence**
There's something I'd like to try first.
**[19:50] Lawrence**
Paying a debt with another debt.
**[19:52] Random Merchant**
Oh, it's been a while, Mr. Lawrence.
**[19:55] Random Merchant**
Do you have some new ways to make money today?
**[19:58] Lawrence**
I'm embarrassed to ask,
but I'd like to borrow some money.
**[20:02] Random Merchant**
Oh, is that the case?
**[20:05] Random Merchant**
I'm sorry to say that money
has been pretty tight lately...
**[20:09] Lawrence**
I see.
**[20:11] Lawrence**
I'm sorry for asking so much.
**[20:19] Lawrence**
There are still others.
**[20:40] Holo**
How was it?
**[20:44] Lawrence**
There are others.
**[20:54] Lawrence**
Maybe over there...
**[21:16] Lawrence**
Shit.
**[21:26] ---**
Here you go.
**[21:29] Lawrence**
Next.
**[21:34] Holo**
H-Hey...
**[21:37] Lawrence**
What is it?!
**[21:41] Holo**
I am sorry, I cannot walk
as I like in this form.
**[21:47] Lawrence**
No.
**[21:48] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[21:52] Lawrence**
Excuse me.
**[21:55] Master**
Oh, it's been a while, Mr. Lawrence.
**[21:58] Lawrence**
It has been a while.
**[22:00] Lawrence**
I'm sorry for bothering you
after the market has closed...
**[22:02] Master**
I heard from others...
**[22:05] Master**
You've been asking for loans
all over the place.
**[22:08] Master**
A very large loan at that. Was it because
of the crash in the armor market?
**[22:12] Lawrence**
Yes, I lacked proper vision...
**[22:16] Master**
Only God could predict
a market collapse.
**[22:20] Master**
It would be harsh to blame someone for that.
**[22:25] Master**
I live according to His word
**[22:28] Master**
and believe in showing others
the same sincerity I was shown.
**[22:34] Master**
I wanted to be of some help
to you, Mr. Lawrence.
**[22:40] Master**
However, you're walking
around with a woman
**[22:43] Master**
while depending on the mercy
of others for money?!
**[22:46] Master**
How dare you mock others like this?!
**[22:57] Holo**
Hey.
**[23:06] Holo**
Are you all right?
**[23:08] Holo**
You face is so pale! Let us go to the inn...
**[23:12] Lawrence**
If it weren't for you!
**[23:20] Lawrence**
I-I'm sorry...
**[23:27] Holo**
I will return to the inn.
**[23:35] Lawrence**
Damn...
**[23:37] Lawrence**
Damn.
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Wisdom of a Wolf and
Smooth Talk of a Merchant
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: Wisdom of a Wolf
and Smooth Talk of a Merchant
# E10 - Wisdom of a Wolf and Smooth Talk of a Merchant
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**[00:06] Lawrence**
Please! I'm begging you!
**[00:09] Merchant A**
You're so persistent!
**[00:11] Merchant A**
You want money that badly?!
**[00:14] Merchant A**
You don't have to pay me back.
Just never show your face in front of me again!
**[00:22] Lawrence**
I'll be borrowing this...
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
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***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 10
Wisdom of a Wolf and
Smooth Talk of a Merchant
**[02:08] Innkeeper**
Looks like you're back early.
**[02:27] Lawrence**
Holo.
**[02:36] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[02:50] Lawrence**
This was what I was able to gather on my own.
**[02:54] Lawrence**
I still need over forty Lumione,
but I'm out of options.
**[03:00] Lawrence**
The only other thing I can think of
is trying my luck at the gambling house.
**[03:04] Lawrence**
I believe that money can grow
exponentially when it's in the right hands.
**[03:10] Lawrence**
That's why I want you to hold on to this money.
**[03:13] Lawrence**
And, if we're bound to fail anyways,
we might as well spend everything we have.
**[03:19] Lawrence**
Nothing will change
even if I fall further into debt.
**[03:31] Innkeeper**
Hey! I'm about to lock up!
**[03:52] Holo**
Fool!
**[03:53] Holo**
Come back up quickly!
**[04:01] Lawrence**
Uh...
**[04:04] Lawrence**
My companion threw out
my purse from the window.
**[04:07] Innkeeper**
Give me a break.
**[04:13] Holo**
You fool!
**[04:15] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[04:17] Holo**
The money...
**[04:18] Holo**
How did you manage to collect it?
**[04:20] Lawrence**
You want to know?
**[04:24] Holo**
What would you have done
if I ran away with your precious money?
**[04:28] Lawrence**
I collected the money with that half in mind.
**[04:31] Lawrence**
If my mistake prevents me
from keeping my promise,
**[04:36] Lawrence**
I wanted to at least provide
some traveling funds...
**[04:40] Holo**
You wished to leave me traveling funds?!
**[04:43] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah.
**[04:45] Holo**
How dare you spout such stupidity!
**[04:50] Holo**
I am the one at fault!
**[04:53] Holo**
You would have been able to
borrow money if I were absent!
**[04:55] Holo**
Why are you not angrier?!
**[04:58] Holo**
I...
**[04:59] Holo**
I...
**[05:00] Lawrence**
I was the one in the wrong.
**[05:02] Lawrence**
You came along because
you were worried about me.
**[05:05] Lawrence**
How could I be angry at—
**[05:08] Holo**
You fool!
**[05:16] Holo**
You!
**[05:18] Lawrence**
Watch out!
**[05:41] Holo**
You...
**[05:46] Holo**
You are too good-natured...
**[05:49] Lawrence**
Good-natured?
**[05:50] Holo**
Am I not right?!
**[05:52] Holo**
You were unable to borrow money
because I went with you...
**[05:58] Holo**
Even so... Even so...
**[06:00] Lawrence**
I swatted your hand away.
**[06:02] Lawrence**
That was wrong of me.
**[06:04] Holo**
I forced you to take me along
due to my selfishness.
**[06:08] Holo**
Since my actions backfired on you,
you should be angrier at me!
**[06:14] Holo**
On top of that, if you apologize
to me in such a way, I...
**[06:18] Holo**
I...
**[06:19] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[06:21] Lawrence**
I really thought I did something I couldn't
take back when I swatted your hand away.
**[06:28] Lawrence**
I really wanted to apologize
over and over for that.
**[06:32] Lawrence**
That's why I thought
I should do the best I could.
**[06:35] Lawrence**
My actions seemed to have backfired. I'm sorry.
**[06:43] Holo**
You...
**[06:46] Holo**
Answer me this.
**[06:49] Holo**
Wh-Why are you this good-natured?
**[07:03] Lawrence**
It's probably my personality.
**[07:07] Holo**
Y-You!
**[07:09] Holo**
I cannot believe this!
**[07:11] Holo**
You are unbelievably good-natured!
**[07:13] Holo**
You fool!
**[07:17] Holo**
P-Personality?
**[07:19] Holo**
Your personality?!
**[07:21] Holo**
Even if it is a lie, an astute male should say
**[07:24] Holo**
their actions are a sign
of their affection! You fool!
**[07:27] Lawrence**
S-Sorry.
**[07:29] Lawrence**
Actually, the truth is...
**[07:30] Holo**
Now, listen here.
**[07:33] Holo**
There are times when one wishes
to hear something even if it is a lie
**[07:36] Holo**
and times when one wishes to beat the other
**[07:39] Holo**
until their face is swollen because
it is spoken too late.
**[07:42] Holo**
Which time do you think it is now?
**[07:45] Lawrence**
The latter...
**[07:46] Holo**
Your good nature is unparalleled!
**[07:49] Holo**
Just how many males in the world
would refrain from saying
**[07:53] Holo**
they love or value a female in such
a situation to woo her with ease?
**[07:57] Holo**
Though, it is easy to read
your thoughts on the matter.
**[08:02] Holo**
And, well, I am able to travel with a light
heart because of your good nature.
**[08:09] Holo**
It may be too lavish to wish for everything.
**[08:16] Holo**
Even so, I wished to hear those words.
**[08:20] Holo**
So, let us try again.
**[08:23] Holo**
Why are you so good-natured?
**[08:29] Lawrence**
Because you're special to me.
**[09:07] Holo**
Goodness. What in the world are we doing?
**[09:10] Lawrence**
You're the one who made us do it!
**[09:14] Holo**
Well, was it not good practice for you?
**[09:18] Lawrence**
Goodness...
**[09:19] Holo**
But you know...
**[09:22] Holo**
Next time, you should make me upset.
**[09:24] Holo**
I am happy about your consideration,
**[09:27] Holo**
but problems may oft be resolved faster
if we grow angry and argue with one another.
**[09:32] Lawrence**
All right.
**[09:34] Holo**
You were right to have
grand expectations of my wisdom.
**[09:38] Holo**
After all, I have a good idea in mind.
**[09:42] Lawrence**
Wha?!
**[09:43] Lawrence**
What is it?!
**[09:55] Servant**
Please wait here.
**[10:03] Holo**
I'm here by your side.
**[10:09] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[10:17] Remerio**
I heard you have some
important business with me?
**[10:21] Remerio**
Smuggling gold?! You can't be serious.
**[10:24] Lawrence**
I'm completely serious.
**[10:29] Remerio**
People who are at the brink of bankruptcy
often confuse a reckless plan as a perfect one.
**[10:35] Lawrence**
What if the gold is smuggled
by an extremely skilled person?
**[10:39] Remerio**
Your plan is impossible to put into motion.
**[10:43] Remerio**
If such a skilled person existed, they would be
making plenty of money on their own.
**[10:48] Lawrence**
What if the extremely skilled person
isn't making good money?
**[10:52] Remerio**
If they're that skilled, they shouldn't
have problems finding work in this city.
**[10:56] Lawrence**
What if they are skilled,
earning low wages in this city,
**[11:00] Lawrence**
and are in desperate need of money?
**[11:04] Lawrence**
Most importantly, the individual is
frustrated with their current employer...
**[11:09] Lawrence**
and the employer of that person is the Church.
**[11:13] Lawrence**
If I convince her that smuggling gold
would be an act against the Church,
**[11:17] Lawrence**
she will definitely accept the job.
**[11:19] Lawrence**
There is no chance of betrayal.
**[11:21] Remerio**
Th-Then, why not smuggle
the gold with just yourselves?
**[11:25] Remerio**
There's no reason to come to me!
**[11:28] Lawrence**
I have two reasons.
**[11:30] Lawrence**
First, the deadline
for my debt with you is today.
**[11:35] Lawrence**
Second...
**[11:39] Lawrence**
this is all the money I currently have.
**[11:45] Lawrence**
I was only able to collect
three and two-sevenths Lumione
**[11:47] Lawrence**
after running around all day.
**[11:50] Lawrence**
This is everything I have.
**[11:52] Lawrence**
I would like to use this
as collateral for this proposal.
**[11:55] Lawrence**
With it, I would like you to hold off
on collecting the debt
**[11:59] Lawrence**
and provide enough money
for the purchase of the gold.
**[12:02] Remerio**
Wha?!
**[12:06] Holo**
Great sir.
**[12:08] Holo**
Do you have the time to hesitate?
**[12:11] Holo**
It seems yet another person has left just now.
**[12:15] Holo**
Is it all right to drag your feet?
**[12:18] Holo**
Since my ears are especially good,
I can easily hear their whispering.
**[12:23] Holo**
In the room below us, there are people
planning to abandon you and run away.
**[12:27] Holo**
Should I repeat their words in detail?
**[12:31] Holo**
I see. The crash of the armor market has
brought this trading company tremendous losses.
**[12:35] Holo**
They're saying, "Let's run. This place has
no future. Let's gather the others together."
**[12:42] Holo**
At this rate, this company...
**[12:44] Remerio**
Stop it!
**[12:50] Lawrence**
What do you think, Mr. Remerio?
**[12:52] Lawrence**
If you wait for me to pay you back
and I get a reasonable cut from this deal...
**[12:58] Lawrence**
I'm sure it's not a bad deal for you as well.
**[13:03] Lawrence**
What do you think, Mr. Remerio?
**[13:18] Remerio**
I'll do it.
**[13:24] Lawrence**
May God overlook our actions...
**[13:36] Remerio**
Call Liebert here.
**[13:39] Holo**
I am surprised he had enough funds to buy gold.
**[13:43] Lawrence**
Most trading companies put aside
fiercely protected emergency funds
**[13:46] Lawrence**
to recover from drastic and unexpected losses.
**[13:49] Lawrence**
I wanted to dip into those funds.
**[13:51] Holo**
I see.
**[13:53] Holo**
Now, then.
**[13:55] Holo**
How confident are you in conning a young woman?
**[13:57] Lawrence**
Don't put it like that.
**[13:59] Holo**
Am I wrong?
**[14:01] Lawrence**
Well, you're not.
**[14:02] Holo**
You are too good-natured.
**[14:05] Holo**
But, well, I am able to travel with a light
heart because of your good nature.
**[14:11] Holo**
I can go in your place and cajole her.
**[14:15] Holo**
I need to make myself a little useful.
**[14:18] Lawrence**
Are you still bothered by yesterday?
**[14:20] Holo**
Not really...
**[14:21] Lawrence**
Who knows what would have happened
if you didn't corner Remerio just now.
**[14:26] Lawrence**
You've been plenty useful.
**[14:28] Holo**
Is that so?
**[14:31] Lawrence**
I'm the one who was blinded by greed on an item
that had already crashed in the markets.
**[14:37] Lawrence**
I'll convince her myself.
**[14:40] Lawrence**
And, if I get your help for every little thing,
**[14:44] Lawrence**
who knows how much advantage
you'll take of me later.
**[14:49] Holo**
How unfortunate.
**[14:50] Holo**
I was hoping to get you deep into debt
with me so I could collect more later.
**[14:54] Lawrence**
That was a close one.
**[14:56] Lawrence**
I almost fell for it.
**[15:07] Lawrence**
Hello!
**[15:08] Nora**
Huh?
**[15:09] Nora**
Oh...
**[15:11] Nora**
Mr. Lawrence and Ms. Holo?
**[15:14] Lawrence**
I can't believe we ran into you
in front of the church!
**[15:16] Lawrence**
God must have brought us together!
**[15:18] Nora**
Even I wouldn't be fooled by such words.
**[15:21] Lawrence**
That's good to hear.
**[15:22] Lawrence**
I heard there were people who drink
too much holy blood during church, so...
**[15:27] Nora**
I can't drink much,
so I rarely touch wine myself.
**[15:30] Nora**
So, um...
**[15:31] Lawrence**
Actually, I'd like to offer you a job.
**[15:33] Nora**
Really?!
**[15:39] Lawrence**
We should discuss this elsewhere.
**[15:41] Nora**
Yes.
**[15:44] Lawrence**
Cheers to our reunion!
**[15:54] Lawrence**
So, didn't you say you could go
as far as Lamtra, Ms. Nora?
**[15:58] Nora**
Y-Yes, I can.
**[16:00] Lawrence**
Even while herding sheep?
**[16:02] Nora**
As long as there aren't too many...
**[16:07] Lawrence**
There is a job I'd like to hire you for.
The pay is twenty Lumione.
**[16:12] Nora**
T-Twenty?!
**[16:14] Lawrence**
But that amount is only if we succeed.
**[16:17] Lawrence**
It's a dangerous job,
so there will be no pay if we fail.
**[16:23] Lawrence**
Your job is to take your sheep there
and to come back safely with them.
**[16:29] Lawrence**
Your herding skills as a shepherd
are all that is required.
**[16:33] Nora**
Then, why...
**[16:34] Lawrence**
But!
**[16:35] Lawrence**
But it will be extremely dangerous.
**[16:37] Lawrence**
Dangerous enough to fit the pay.
**[16:40] Lawrence**
At most, the fee to join the tailor
association would be one Lumione.
**[16:45] Lawrence**
If you have twenty Lumione,
**[16:46] Lawrence**
you'll be able to work without worrying
about any immediate living expenses.
**[16:50] Lawrence**
In fact, you may even be able to buy
your way into a master tailor position.
**[16:54] Lawrence**
Then, you'll become the owner
of Nora's Clothing Store.
**[17:03] Lawrence**
Oh, that's right.
**[17:05] Lawrence**
Were you planning on joining
the association here?
**[17:08] Nora**
N-No, I was planning on
registering in a different town.
**[17:12] Lawrence**
I see.
**[17:14] Lawrence**
Since this city is so big,
wouldn't it be better to register here?
**[17:17] Lawrence**
It'll be hard to live in a new town
where no one knows who you are.
**[17:24] Lawrence**
Well, I'm sure you don't want to be
involved with the Church in this city.
**[17:29] Nora**
Th-That's not really true...
**[17:34] Lawrence**
The harder you work and do your best
to protect their valuable sheep,
**[17:41] Lawrence**
the more they suspect you to be
a heretic with diabolic powers.
**[17:45] Lawrence**
Am I wrong?
**[17:48] Lawrence**
They keep trying to reveal your true colors
**[17:52] Lawrence**
by sending you to dangerous areas
other shepherds would never go to.
**[17:57] Lawrence**
I'm sure the priest here will keep
sending you to dangerous places
**[18:01] Lawrence**
until you are attacked
by wolves or mercenaries.
**[18:05] Lawrence**
Every single day, they continue
to suspect that you are a heretic.
**[18:10] Lawrence**
I've also had a similar experience.
**[18:13] Lawrence**
Let me be straight with you.
**[18:15] Lawrence**
The Church here is worse than pigs.
**[18:19] Lawrence**
So, we've made a plan.
**[18:25] Lawrence**
You'll cause a little trouble for
the Church, earn some money,
**[18:28] Lawrence**
and go to a different town.
**[18:29] Lawrence**
That's the kind of plan this is.
**[18:37] Lawrence**
We'll smuggle gold.
**[18:42] Nora**
But, what use am I to you?
**[18:48] Lawrence**
As you know, this city is very strict
on the smuggling of gold.
**[18:54] Nora**
Yes...
**[18:56] Lawrence**
We plan to hide the gold
under the bellies of the sheep
**[19:00] Lawrence**
and secretly bring in a large amount
of gold without being caught.
**[19:05] Nora**
I see.
**[19:06] Lawrence**
However, the price of gold is exorbitant
in any of the towns influenced by this city.
**[19:12] Lawrence**
But there's one exception.
**[19:15] Lawrence**
The pagan town, Lamtra.
**[19:17] Lawrence**
Many people travel the safe route to Lamtra,
**[19:21] Lawrence**
and it's been the territory of
other shepherds for a long time.
**[19:25] Lawrence**
That's why I chose you, Ms. Nora.
**[19:28] Lawrence**
No one will suspect you for traveling
through secluded areas with your sheep.
**[19:32] Lawrence**
On top of that, you'll be taking
the shortest route to Lamtra.
**[19:36] Lawrence**
Also, for you, this is the perfect chance
to get back at the Church.
**[19:43] Lawrence**
The import and export of gold,
along with donations,
**[19:46] Lawrence**
are the greatest sources
of income for the Church.
**[19:48] Lawrence**
However, if they discover us,
we will be severely punished.
**[19:52] Lawrence**
After we finish this job, we'll have to
leave this city to ensure our safety.
**[19:56] Lawrence**
But the reward will be twenty Lumione.
**[20:13] Nora**
Please allow me to take this job.
**[20:26] Lawrence**
I look forward to working with you.
**[20:28] Nora**
I, as well.
**[20:33] Lawrence**
Then, let's talk in more detail.
**[20:36] Holo**
Hey, why are you not happier?
**[20:39] Holo**
Things have gone well.
**[20:42] Lawrence**
No matter what profits are involved,
it's never enough to gamble your life.
**[20:48] Holo**
Well, that is true.
**[20:49] Lawrence**
And I only talked about the profits
involved. It's practically fraud!
**[20:54] Lawrence**
It's normal to call a merchant who signs
an unfavorable contract with another a fool.
**[20:58] Lawrence**
But she's not a merchant.
**[21:00] Lawrence**
She's just a young shepherd!
**[21:03] Holo**
You are truly hopelessly good-natured.
**[21:07] Holo**
That girl is not a mere sheep
to be hunted as prey and eaten.
**[21:12] Holo**
She is a daring sheep that decided to
jump into a circle of wild animals herself.
**[21:17] Holo**
She may be a different animal
wearing a sheep's skin.
**[21:23] Holo**
I do not wish to say this,
but she is a talented shepherd.
**[21:28] Holo**
Well, you are not too bad yourself.
**[21:32] Lawrence**
I see.
**[21:33] Holo**
Although, you are also not one
to be underestimated.
**[21:36] Lawrence**
Of course.
**[21:38] Lawrence**
Be careful not to be seduced by my charm.
**[21:42] Holo**
I will wait with anticipation.
**[21:43] Lawrence**
Well, we'll have to work hard to make sure
we can all laugh at the end of this.
**[21:47] Holo**
A reasonable way of thinking.
**[21:49] Holo**
However...
**[21:52] Holo**
I think that the two of us chuckling
together alone is the most appealing.
**[21:59] Lawrence**
An attractive idea, but I still wish
for everyone to laugh together.
**[22:06] Holo**
You are just too good-natured.
**[22:09] Lawrence**
No good?
**[22:09] Holo**
Do not be silly.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** Forest of Wolves and Frigid Rain
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: "Forest of Wolves and Frigid Rain".
# E11 - Forest of Wolves and Frigid Rain
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**[00:18] Nora**
Good morning.
**[00:20] Lawrence**
Good morning. We're depending on you.
**[00:26] Lawrence**
He will be helping us with this job.
**[00:28] Liebert**
I am Marten Liebert
from the Remerio Trading Company.
**[00:32] Nora**
My name is Nora Arendt.
**[00:35] Liebert**
Then, let us depart immediately.
**[00:37] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[00:42] Nora**
Then, please follow me.
**[00:49] Servant B**
Will things go smoothly?
**[00:54] Remerio**
If it doesn't, we will only have
dark days ahead.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:36] Nora**
Let's settle down around here today.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
Forest of Wolves and Frigid Rain
**[02:39] Liebert**
What are you saying so leisurely?!
The sun has yet to set!
**[02:44] Nora**
U-Um...
**[02:45] Liebert**
We must hurry as quickly as possible!
**[02:50] Holo**
Then, you may move forward on your own.
**[02:53] Holo**
Hungry wolves will be waiting for you.
**[02:57] Lawrence**
Shepherds must rest early in order to
guard the sheep from attacks in the night.
**[03:03] Lawrence**
The safety of the sheep
is a priority for this endeavor.
**[03:08] Lawrence**
That's why following Ms. Nora's words
is in our best interests.
**[03:14] Liebert**
My apologies.
**[03:16] Liebert**
My nerves keep telling me to move quickly.
**[03:19] Lawrence**
Of course, the entire trading company
is on your shoulders.
**[03:22] Lawrence**
We will enter the dangerous forest tomorrow.
**[03:24] Lawrence**
We should rest well tonight.
**[03:32] Liebert**
It feels like anything could show up in there.
**[03:35] Nora**
Please don't panic even if any wolves appear.
**[03:37] Nora**
I will definitely make sure
you make it to town.
**[03:40] Lawrence**
We're depending on you.
**[03:46] Liebert**
May the grace of God be with us.
**[03:58] Lawrence**
Do you think things will go
smoothly with the wolves?
**[04:01] Holo**
No. We are already surrounded.
**[04:03] Lawrence**
Huh?!
**[04:04] Holo**
Even *if* such a thing happens,
I will guarantee your safety.
**[04:10] Holo**
However, I cannot make promises
about everyone else.
**[04:13] Lawrence**
Everyone needs to make it
through this safely...
**[04:16] Holo**
I truly do not know the outcome.
**[04:19] Holo**
Right now, the forest is downwind from us.
**[04:21] Holo**
If there are wolves,
**[04:22] Holo**
they will have noticed the sheep and are
sharpening their fangs as we speak...
**[04:32] Lawrence**
What a clever dog.
**[04:34] Holo**
That dog has already realized what I am.
**[04:37] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[04:38] Holo**
He has been keeping an eye on me
since the moment we met.
**[04:42] Holo**
His eyes clearly convey his intention.
**[04:44] Holo**
"If you lay your hands on the sheep,
I will tear at your throat."
**[04:49] Holo**
But, well, I am the Wise Wolf Holo.
**[04:53] Holo**
I will not respond to the threats
of a mere dog.
**[04:56] Lawrence**
Do you think Nora has realized it?
**[05:00] Lawrence**
If this smuggling operation fails,
Nora will be the one in the most danger.
**[05:04] Lawrence**
As long as we keep our mouths shut,
there's a chance that we can escape.
**[05:07] Lawrence**
However, Nora has no excuse.
**[05:10] Holo**
You really are too sweet to that girl.
**[05:13] Lawrence**
I've already told you the punishment
that's waiting if we get caught.
**[05:19] Lawrence**
I don't think she can withstand
something like that.
**[05:22] Holo**
Then, just protect her
so such a thing does not happen.
**[05:42] Lawrence**
According to Nora, we'll reach Lamtra
by afternoon, if we depart at dawn.
**[05:48] Liebert**
Then, my work will begin after that.
**[05:52] Liebert**
I will rest well so I do not make
any mistakes in the negotiations.
**[05:56] Lawrence**
Sweet dreams.
**[05:59] Lawrence**
Oops.
**[06:26] Nora**
Please wake up!
**[06:29] Liebert**
What is going on?!
**[06:30] Nora**
Stand back!
**[07:14] Liebert**
Have they been driven off?
**[07:16] Nora**
I'm not sure, but they have
distanced themselves.
**[07:20] Nora**
The wolves here are always like this.
**[07:23] Nora**
I rarely hear them howl, and
they rarely show signs of attacking.
**[07:27] Nora**
They just watch us the entire time.
**[07:30] Holo**
It is very strange that they do not howl.
**[07:34] Holo**
There may be something other than wolves here.
**[07:37] Holo**
For instance, monsters borne
from the corpses of travelers.
**[07:45] Lawrence**
Holo, that's enough...
**[07:47] Holo**
I am half-serious.
**[07:48] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[08:10] Liebert**
Now, it is my turn.
**[08:15] Nora**
I hope things go well.
**[08:17] Lawrence**
Me, too.
**[08:24] Nora**
U-Um! Ms. Holo...
**[08:28] Nora**
Are you knowledgeable about wolves?
**[08:31] Holo**
Hm?
**[08:32] Nora**
No! Um...
**[08:34] Nora**
You noticed the wolves
extremely quickly last night...
**[08:40] Holo**
It was a coincidence.
**[08:41] Nora**
Is that so?
**[08:45] Holo**
To begin with, the men with us
are too undependable.
**[08:51] Holo**
Do you not agree?
**[08:52] Nora**
Huh? Oh, I-I wouldn't say that.
**[08:55] Holo**
Then, does that really look dependable to you?
**[08:58] Nora**
W-Well...
**[09:02] Holo**
Do not hold back. Speak.
**[09:12] Holo**
It seems you are a good judge of character.
**[09:19] Holo**
To begin with, I am traveling alone with a man.
**[09:24] Holo**
It is strange to even ask whether or not
I am knowledgeable of wolves.
**[09:28] Nora**
What do you mean?
**[09:31] Holo**
A wolf appears every night.
**[09:34] Holo**
After all, such a cute rabbit
is sitting right before it.
**[09:38] Holo**
How can a rabbit that is hunted by a wolf
every night not know of wolves?
**[09:44] Nora**
U-Um, y-you mean...
**[09:49] Holo**
Well, he is more like
the rabbit in our situation.
**[09:53] Holo**
If I do not care for him,
he will die of loneliness.
**[10:00] Holo**
That is why it is a "coincidence" that
I noticed the wolves so early last night.
**[10:07] Nora**
I thought you might be a shepherd, Ms. Holo.
**[10:12] Holo**
Oh? Why ever so?
**[10:14] Nora**
It seems that Enek is
very attentive to you, Ms. Holo.
**[10:19] Holo**
Hm, that is easy to understand.
He must be smitten by me.
**[10:23] Nora**
Huh?
**[10:25] Nora**
Oh, um... You mean, Enek is?
**[10:28] Holo**
It is because you treasure him so dearly.
**[10:31] Holo**
He probably thinks your affection
for him is unchanging.
**[10:35] Holo**
That is why he grows greedy
and occasionally flirts with others.
**[10:40] Holo**
You must sometimes
show your cold side to a man.
**[10:44] Holo**
That is how to keep him in line.
**[10:46] Nora**
I will do as you say if he cheats on me again.
**[10:51] Nora**
However, I want to praise him
as much as I can right now.
**[10:55] Nora**
Whether this job is a success or a failure,
**[10:59] Nora**
I will probably quit being a shepherd.
**[11:05] Holo**
It is exactly as I have said!
**[11:13] Lawrence**
You're absolutely right...
**[11:29] Lawrence**
How did things go?
**[11:33] Liebert**
As you can see.
**[11:35] Nora**
How amazing!
**[11:41] Liebert**
Now, we just need to bring this back.
**[11:42] Liebert**
Let us find a suitable time to feed them
the nuggets and pass through the city gates.
**[11:48] Nora**
Yes.
**[11:49] Lawrence**
The sun is already setting today.
**[11:52] Lawrence**
We should camp near the forest
and pass through it tomorrow.
**[11:55] Nora**
I agree.
**[12:00] Holo**
The rain is coming...
**[12:21] Lawrence**
Shit! They're catching up to us!
**[12:23] Holo**
No.
**[12:24] Holo**
We have already been surrounded.
**[12:25] Lawrence**
What?!
**[12:28] Nora**
Enek!
**[12:38] Liebert**
Shit! Shit!
**[12:44] Nora**
Enek!
**[13:00] Holo**
As I thought, that girl is quite skilled.
**[13:04] Holo**
Wolves surround their prey
and hunt them with caution and cunning.
**[13:09] Holo**
She is well aware of that
and gives her orders perspicaciously.
**[13:13] Holo**
Also, this long formation makes it difficult
for the wolves to make a move.
**[13:18] Lawrence**
Then, are we all right?
**[13:21] Holo**
No. It is only a matter of time
in this terrible weather.
**[13:27] Nora**
Enek!
**[13:37] Nora**
Mr. Lawrence!
**[13:45] Holo**
Stay back!
**[14:02] Holo**
Even humans say, "Young ones these days."
**[14:06] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[14:07] Holo**
You should have that girl and boy go on ahead.
**[14:11] Holo**
After that, you should
separate from me as well.
**[14:13] Lawrence**
What are you saying so suddenly?
**[14:42] Lawrence**
Wh-What was that?!
**[14:44] Holo**
The wolf in this forest is no normal wolf.
**[14:48] Holo**
Their target is not the sheep.
**[14:50] Lawrence**
What?!
**[14:57] Holo**
Cheap stubbornness.
**[14:59] Holo**
Crude pride.
**[15:02] Holo**
They are things that young ones hold dear.
**[15:05] Holo**
I must take care of them myself.
**[15:09] Holo**
Look, no one will move
until you give them orders.
**[15:13] Holo**
You are my partner.
**[15:19] Lawrence**
We will take care of things here!
**[15:23] Lawrence**
Please go on ahead as planned!
**[15:26] Nora**
No way!
**[15:29] Nora**
Mr. Lawrence!
**[15:30] Liebert**
Let's go, Ms. Nora.
**[15:32] Liebert**
This will all be for naught if
we are hunted down by the wolves.
**[15:36] Holo**
We will meet you near the walls of Ruvinheigen!
**[15:39] Holo**
Then, we shall all become rich together!
**[15:42] Liebert**
I wish you luck!
**[15:54] Holo**
You should get away from me as well.
**[15:56] Holo**
It will be troublesome for me
if you are too close.
**[16:00] Holo**
You understand, do you not?
**[16:03] Lawrence**
I won't forgive you if you lose.
**[16:08] Holo**
If you were a handsome male,
I would kiss you at this moment.
**[16:16] Holo**
Oh, that's right.
**[16:17] Holo**
Keep this safe for me.
**[16:20] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah...
**[16:26] Holo**
I hope to settle this peacefully,
but I am not sure what will happen.
**[16:31] Holo**
It will be cold if I am naked
when we rejoin them.
**[16:34] Holo**
Will that not also cause you trouble?
**[16:40] Lawrence**
I'll see you again.
**[17:07] Nora**
The wolves are no longer chasing us.
**[17:11] Liebert**
It seems we managed to escape.
**[17:14] Nora**
Mr. Lawrence and Ms. Holo
haven't caught up with us.
**[17:16] Liebert**
Let us hurry ahead.
**[17:18] Liebert**
We cannot let their deaths be in vain.
**[17:20] Nora**
Deaths? Please don't say such things!
**[17:23] Liebert**
My apologies.
**[17:25] Liebert**
But if we stay here, their courageous
decision will be for naught.
**[17:31] Liebert**
Now, let's go.
**[18:09] Holo**
Is that all you have to say for yourself?
**[18:17] Holo**
As I thought, you are too young.
**[18:22] Holo**
Your attitude toward your elders is lacking.
**[18:35] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[18:37] Lawrence**
I hope you're all right.
**[18:42] Lawrence**
I'm so powerless...
**[18:47] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[18:52] Merchant 1**
Mr. Lawrence?
**[18:54] Lawrence**
Oh. Y-Yes!
**[18:56] Merchant 2**
Thank goodness you're safe.
**[18:58] Lawrence**
Yes...
**[18:59] Merchant 3**
We couldn't stand still after hearing
about the situation from Mr. Liebert.
**[19:03] Merchant 2**
We were on stand-by
outside the forest, just in case.
**[19:07] Lawrence**
I see.
**[19:09] Merchant 1**
So, Mr. Lawrence. Where are your things?
**[19:12] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[19:13] Lawrence**
Oh, over there, with my horse.
**[19:16] Merchant 1**
I see. We should take cover
from the rain first.
**[19:27] Merchant 3**
Um, Mr. Lawrence, where is your companion?
**[19:34] Lawrence**
She isn't with me.
**[19:35] Merchant 2**
That's good to hear.
**[19:37] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[19:45] Lawrence**
What are you doing?!
**[19:46] Merchant 1**
We wouldn't blame you
for thinking poorly of us.
**[19:48] Lawrence**
Remerio Trading is betraying us?!
**[19:50] Merchant 1**
It's just for insurance.
**[19:52] Merchant 3**
We're teetering at the edge
of a cliff ourselves.
**[19:54] Merchant 3**
We need to eliminate all the dangers we can!
**[19:58] Merchant 2**
We were a bit reluctant
since you had a woman with you.
**[20:02] Merchant 2**
But it's good to hear she isn't with you.
**[20:04] Merchant 2**
We'll let you keep your companion's memento.
**[20:08] Merchant 1**
It's not as though it doesn't pain us
to be unable to say, "Let's meet again."
**[20:15] Merchant 2**
It depresses me to think of
what we have to do next.
**[20:19] Merchant 3**
She's a woman, after all...
**[20:22] Merchant 1**
Hey! Hold your tongue!
**[20:23] Lawrence**
You can't be serious!
**[20:25] Merchant 2**
Be quiet!
**[20:28] Lawrence**
Don't you dare lay a hand on her!
**[20:35] Merchant 1**
Bastard!
**[20:40] Merchant 1**
Just lie there and become food for the wolves!
**[20:47] Merchant 2**
Hey, why don't we tie up the girl
and leave her behind like this, too?
**[20:53] Merchant 3**
Then the wolves will take care of her.
**[20:55] Merchant 1**
Don't be stupid!
**[20:56] Merchant 1**
She's able to escape this forest
without losing a single sheep.
**[21:01] Merchant 1**
We don't know what kind of
pagan sorcery she has!
**[21:04] Merchant 1**
Even if we tie her up, blindfold her,
and leave her here, she will probably survive.
**[21:09] Merchant 1**
Then we'll be the ones who meet a terrible end.
**[21:12] Merchant 3**
That's true.
**[21:14] Merchant 2**
Even so, my heart is heavy.
**[21:16] Merchant 2**
I won't be able to eat for a while
after ending the life of such a young girl.
**[21:22] Merchant 3**
Should we kill him before leaving?
**[21:25] Merchant 2**
You want to do it?
**[21:26] Merchant 3**
No, we should kill as little as possible.
**[21:29] Merchant 1**
We should go soon. Mr. Liebert
will yell at us if we don't hurry.
**[21:33] Merchant 3**
You're right.
**[21:52] Merchant 2**
Even so, thank goodness his companion
was already dead. It helped us out a lot.
**[21:57] Merchant 3**
I agree.
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** Price of Betrayal and Price of Gold
**[23:45] Holo**
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"Price of Betrayal and Price of Gold"
# E12 - Price of Betrayal and Price of Gold
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***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 12
Price of Betrayal
and Price of Gold
**[02:29] Holo**
Is this our touching reunion?
**[02:33] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[02:35] Holo**
You look terrible.
**[02:37] Lawrence**
They betrayed us.
**[02:38] Holo**
I know.
**[02:43] Holo**
I am not good-natured enough
to think this was merely a tumble.
**[02:48] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah...
**[02:56] Holo**
Goodness.
**[02:57] Holo**
There was no need to do all of this.
I would have come to you in time.
**[03:08] Holo**
You are a strange one.
**[03:10] Holo**
The only thing you treated
with care was my cloak.
**[03:12] Holo**
You must have something you wish to say to me.
**[03:15] Holo**
But let me speak first.
**[03:19] Holo**
I may kill humans.
**[03:24] Holo**
I believed I could not continue
my carefree journey with you
**[03:27] Holo**
without the success of this plan.
**[03:31] Holo**
That is why I kept my patience.
**[03:35] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo.
**[03:37] Holo**
I can casually forgive
the arrogance of a youngster.
**[03:47] Lawrence**
You...
**[03:48] Holo**
Forget about that.
**[03:49] Holo**
I am the Wise Wolf Holo. I am not that
angry about getting on my knees.
**[03:58] Holo**
But what is this?
**[04:01] Holo**
You are a dim-witted fool!
**[04:04] Holo**
Look at your unbearable state!
**[04:07] Holo**
Yet, you still carefully folded my cloak
and protected it from the rain.
**[04:12] Holo**
What an utter fool! Unsaveable!
**[04:18] Holo**
How unbelievably good-natured!
**[04:24] Holo**
Now, Lawrence, we must
make haste to Ruvinheigen.
**[04:29] Holo**
The leader must
take responsibility for betrayal.
**[04:32] Holo**
That is the way of the world.
**[04:34] Lawrence**
No, we have to find Liebert
and the others first.
**[04:36] Lawrence**
Remerio Trading plans to kill Nora!
**[04:39] Lawrence**
Nora will definitely be saved
if you go and rescue her!
**[04:43] Holo**
Is that so?
**[04:44] Lawrence**
Of course!
**[04:45] Lawrence**
Even a hundred fully armed men
would be no problem for you!
**[04:50] Holo**
That is not the problem.
**[04:52] Lawrence**
Then what is?!
**[04:55] Holo**
I am a wolf. She is a shepherd.
**[04:59] Holo**
It is impossible for one to welcome the other.
**[05:02] Lawrence**
You're still hung up on that?
**[05:04] Holo**
Do you not understand?
**[05:05] Holo**
The moment that girl and her dog see me as
a wolf, they will think I am their enemy!
**[05:11] Holo**
I would be in no position to save her life.
**[05:16] Lawrence**
Even so, could you do it?
**[05:18] Lawrence**
I can't turn a blind eye when I know
someone will be unjustly murdered!
**[05:22] Lawrence**
Of course, I will thank you for it!
**[05:25] Holo**
How so?
**[05:26] Lawrence**
As long as you don't ask for Nora's life...
**[05:28] Lawrence**
I will do everything I can
to fulfill your wish!
**[05:39] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[05:43] Holo**
Do not whimper so.
**[05:46] Holo**
Here, hold this.
**[05:47] Lawrence**
Will you do it?
**[05:49] Holo**
Only on one condition.
**[05:52] Holo**
I cannot guarantee the lives of those
who have gotten on my nerves.
**[05:55] Holo**
That, you must understand.
**[05:57] Lawrence**
That's fine.
**[05:59] Lawrence**
Even so, I believe in you.
**[06:02] Holo**
That tongue of yours
has become quite eloquent...
**[06:09] Holo**
I have gotten quite a troublesome
companion for my journey.
**[06:14] Holo**
Come, where are your praises?
**[06:16] Lawrence**
Oh! What a stunning tail!
**[06:20] Holo**
A little wooden, but acceptable.
**[06:25] Holo**
Now, then.
**[06:26] Holo**
Close your eyes for a moment.
**[06:28] Lawrence**
All right.
**[06:43] Holo**
Come. Get on.
**[06:45] Holo**
You cannot hurt me no matter
how tightly you grasp my fur.
**[06:48] Holo**
Do not hold back when climbing up.
**[06:52] Lawrence**
Got it.
**[06:53] Holo**
If you fall off, I will carry you
with my mouth.
**[06:56] Lawrence**
I'll make sure not to fall off.
**[06:58] Holo**
You know...
**[06:59] Lawrence**
What is it?
**[07:00] Holo**
I truly do hate shepherds.
**[07:04] Lawrence**
It'll be fine.
**[07:05] Lawrence**
Whether this smuggling operation succeeds
or fails, Nora will quit being a shepherd.
**[07:11] Holo**
To thank me...
**[07:15] Holo**
You must provide me with more
honey-pickled peaches than I can eat!
**[07:42] Holo**
Hey, we are getting close.
**[07:45] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[07:48] Holo**
I will jump over them.
You must get off quickly.
**[07:52] Lawrence**
Got it.
**[08:12] Holo**
Come on.
**[08:15] Holo**
Leave the rest to me.
**[08:16] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[08:23] Merchants**
Wh-What's that?!
**[08:24] Merchants**
No way...
**[08:26] Merchants**
A w-wolf?!
**[08:38] Lawrence**
There she is!
**[08:38] Liebert**
Protect the shepherd and sheep!
**[08:52] Liebert**
Sh-Sh-Shepherd! Protect me!
**[08:58] Liebert**
You must protect me!
**[09:03] Liebert**
Shepherd! If you protect me,
I will pay you three hundred Lumione!
**[09:10] Liebert**
I leave it to you!
**[09:21] Lawrence**
This is bad!
**[10:31] Nora**
Enek, stop!
**[10:44] Lawrence**
Ms. Nora!
**[10:45] Nora**
Huh?
**[10:47] Lawrence**
Thank goodness you're safe!
**[10:49] Nora**
What are you doing here?
**[10:53] Lawrence**
That wolf is Holo. My companion.
**[10:57] Nora**
Huh?
**[11:01] Lawrence**
You didn't kill him?
**[11:02] Holo**
Though I thought about swallowing him whole...
**[11:05] Holo**
Gold would not sit well in my stomach.
**[11:11] Lawrence**
This must be it.
**[11:16] Nora**
U-Um! Wh-why are you
still alive Mr. Lawrence?
**[11:21] Nora**
The m-merchants said
you were both eaten by wolves...
**[11:26] Lawrence**
Ms. Nora, actually...
**[11:28] Liebert**
M-Monster! Don't come any closer!
**[11:34] Lawrence**
Good evening, Mr. Liebert.
**[11:38] Liebert**
Wh-Why are you still...
**[11:41] Lawrence**
Holo. Honey-pickled peaches.
**[11:47] Liebert**
I wasn't the one who
betrayed you! It was Remerio!
**[11:50] Liebert**
I told him we shouldn't do it!
I was against it!
**[11:53] Lawrence**
Please think of this wolf
as a proxy sent by our almighty God.
**[11:57] Lawrence**
Lying will not work against her.
**[12:01] Liebert**
The amount we needed to pay you was too high!
**[12:04] Liebert**
As things stood, our own debts
would eat up the remaining profit!
**[12:08] Liebert**
Remerio told me to do something about it!
**[12:10] Liebert**
I had no choice but to act!
**[12:12] Liebert**
You're also... You're also a merchant like me!
**[12:16] Lawrence**
We're not the same!
**[12:22] Lawrence**
Remerio Trading has betrayed us.
**[12:25] Lawrence**
They planned to kill you as well, Ms. Nora.
**[12:29] Nora**
Everything did seem a little strange.
So that's how it was.
**[12:34] Lawrence**
Now, then.
**[12:35] Lawrence**
This gold is worth six hundred Lumione coins.
**[12:38] Lawrence**
We've been betrayed.
**[12:40] Lawrence**
We could give up the smuggling
and just run with the gold.
**[12:46] Lawrence**
However...
**[12:47] Nora**
However?
**[12:49] Lawrence**
It's true that we wouldn't
have been able to get this gold
**[12:51] Lawrence**
without the funds from Remerio Trading.
**[12:55] Lawrence**
And, if we run away with this gold,
**[12:58] Lawrence**
they will go completely bankrupt.
**[13:02] Lawrence**
So...
**[13:04] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[13:06] Lawrence**
Things aren't over after getting
revenge on them for their betrayal.
**[13:10] Lawrence**
We'll have to continue living after that.
**[13:13] Lawrence**
Then, they may come after us
to get their own revenge.
**[13:16] Holo**
Then...
**[13:17] Lawrence**
Don't say you'll bite everyone here to death!
**[13:23] Lawrence**
There are many ways to finish things.
**[13:26] Lawrence**
If we plan to live on,
**[13:29] Lawrence**
we should make choices
that lead us to that future, right?!
**[13:33] Lawrence**
Without you, I would already be dead.
**[13:37] Lawrence**
I know that we were only able to
make it through this because of you,
**[13:41] Lawrence**
and I'm thankful that you
listened to my request.
**[13:44] Lawrence**
It's just...
**[13:44] Holo**
Enough. Enough.
**[13:47] Holo**
My traveling companion
is truly a troublesome one.
**[13:52] Holo**
Do as you wish.
**[13:56] Lawrence**
Thank you.
**[13:58] Lawrence**
Ms. Nora.
**[13:59] Nora**
Y-Yes.
**[14:00] Lawrence**
This is my suggestion.
**[14:06] Holo**
Now, then.
**[14:08] Lawrence**
What?
**[14:08] Holo**
Why not tell me the truth now?
**[14:13] Lawrence**
Ms. Nora, I'd like you to decide
what to do with the gold.
**[14:16] Nora**
Huh?
**[14:17] Lawrence**
Only, if we smuggle the gold into
Ruvinheigen, it will rise ten-fold in value.
**[14:23] Lawrence**
In other words, six thousand Lumione.
**[14:25] Nora**
Six thousand...
**[14:27] Lawrence**
With that amount of money, we could save
both ourselves and Remerio Trading.
**[14:34] Lawrence**
There wasn't enough gold.
**[14:37] Holo**
Oh?
**[14:38] Lawrence**
That wasn't anywhere near six hundred
Lumione. It was closer to a hundred Lumione.
**[14:43] Holo**
If you split the gold with her, it would
barely be enough to pay off your debt.
**[14:47] Holo**
There would be no profit
if we did not smuggle it in.
**[14:51] Lawrence**
It looks like Remerio is
in a really tough spot.
**[14:54] Lawrence**
The hundred Lumione worth of gold is
probably barely enough for him to recover.
**[14:59] Lawrence**
He knew he wouldn't have
enough money to pay us off.
**[15:03] Lawrence**
That's probably why he agreed
to this plan in the first place...
**[15:09] Holo**
However, that was quite a lofty excuse.
**[15:12] Holo**
It made you sound like a saint.
**[15:15] Lawrence**
I meant more than half of what I said.
**[15:21] Holo**
Get on.
**[15:22] Lawrence**
Are you done questioning me?
**[15:24] Holo**
Your foolishness has merely
rendered me speechless.
**[15:29] Lawrence**
Well, we're not really saving
Remerio Trading for their sake.
**[15:34] Holo**
Oh?
**[15:35] Lawrence**
It's to further our own profits.
**[15:37] Holo**
Further our profits?
**[15:40] Holo**
Even I cannot fathom how you would do that.
**[15:42] Lawrence**
Merchants can turn all sorts
of things into money.
**[15:45] Lawrence**
I should show you my good side
every once in a while.
**[15:47] Holo**
What do you plan to do?
**[15:49] Lawrence**
We're not just saving them.
**[15:51] Lawrence**
We'll have Remerio Trading
pay for what they've done.
**[15:54] Lawrence**
Leave the rest to me.
**[16:02] Holo**
Then, I think I will drink some wine
and wait for your good news.
**[16:15] Remerio**
Five hundred, you say?!
**[16:17] Lawrence**
Yes, I'd like you to buy the gold
we smuggled in for five hundred Lumione.
**[16:21] Remerio**
I provided enough money for a hundred Lumione.
**[16:24] Remerio**
How could I pay five hundred for it?!
**[16:26] Lawrence**
Too expensive? Then, let's see.
**[16:31] Remerio**
Hey! What are you doing?!
**[16:35] Lawrence**
I'll take the money you prepared to run with
and sell the gold to someone else.
**[16:41] Lawrence**
You can split the payment over ten years.
**[16:43] Lawrence**
You created such a large trading company,
**[16:46] Lawrence**
I'm sure five hundred Lumione
will be nothing to you in the long run.
**[16:52] Lawrence**
Well, then. Let's prepare
the statement of debt.
**[16:54] Remerio**
U-Um, who will be owed the money?
**[16:57] Lawrence**
The Rowen Merchant Association.
**[16:59] Lawrence**
I may not be able to collect
all five hundred Lumione as an individual,
**[17:03] Lawrence**
but the association will be sure
to collect it in full within ten years.
**[17:07] Remerio**
What a fearsome man.
**[17:12] Jacob**
I was so worried! You unfilial son!
**[17:18] Jacob**
Good job coming back
to your home in Ruvinheigen.
**[17:24] Jacob**
However...
**[17:25] Jacob**
You managed to come up with something
like this when you had no money?
**[17:28] Jacob**
What kind of bad things did you do?
**[17:30] Lawrence**
I didn't do much.
**[17:32] Lawrence**
Well, I just managed to
bring in some gold. Literally.
**[17:36] Jacob**
Gold?
**[17:40] Jacob**
Sounds good. I'll buy this loan off of you.
It's worth thirty Lumione up front.
**[17:45] Jacob**
You'll get another hundred once
Remerio Trading gets back on their feet.
**[17:49] Lawrence**
That much? Thank you very much!
**[17:54] Jacob**
That should be enough
to turn some profit, right?
**[17:57] Lawrence**
Well...
**[18:00] Holo**
So, in reality?
**[18:02] Lawrence**
With the trouble we caused
the merchant association,
**[18:04] Lawrence**
the debt payment, Nora's share,
and a few other things...
**[18:09] Lawrence**
Well, we've broken even.
**[18:13] Holo**
What? What happened to further profits?
**[18:17] Lawrence**
Those profits were what allowed us
to recover from the loss.
**[18:22] Holo**
Now, then.
**[18:24] Holo**
There are two things I wish to ask.
**[18:28] Lawrence**
What is it?
**[18:29] Holo**
How much do you trust that girl?
**[18:34] Lawrence**
Even if Nora runs with the gold,
we'll be able to chase after her.
**[18:37] Lawrence**
That was the extent of my distrust
when I handed her the gold.
**[18:42] Holo**
Well, I guess that is about it.
**[18:44] Lawrence**
Your second question?
**[18:48] Lawrence**
I'll answer anything you ask.
I owe you so much this time.
**[18:55] Lawrence**
Aren't you going to ask?
**[19:01] Holo**
I believe the girl should be returning soon.
**[19:20] Holo**
Do you...
**[19:22] Holo**
Do you remember?
**[19:24] Holo**
Whose name did you call
when I faced the girl and her dog?
**[19:31] Holo**
I was so angry that I did not hear it.
**[19:35] Holo**
But you must have called one of our names.
**[19:40] Holo**
Do you remember?
**[19:46] Lawrence**
I called your name.
**[19:51] Holo**
You just lied!
**[19:53] Lawrence**
Yeah, I did.
**[19:54] Lawrence**
I actually don't remember, myself.
**[19:57] Lawrence**
Even so...
**[19:59] Lawrence**
At the time, I think I called your name.
**[20:04] Lawrence**
There was no time to lose.
**[20:06] Lawrence**
I'm sure I would have chosen
your name without realizing it.
**[20:10] Lawrence**
That's because...
**[20:14] Lawrence**
That's because your name is
a little shorter than hers.
**[20:19] Lawrence**
On top of that, even if I called out Nora
quickly, you would've realized it.
**[20:24] Lawrence**
But Holo can be said in a split second.
**[20:27] Lawrence**
You just may not have heard it
because you were angry.
**[20:30] Lawrence**
What do you think? I think it's a convincing...
**[20:32] Holo**
Shut up!
**[20:34] Lawrence**
Ouch...
**[20:36] Holo**
You called my name
merely because it was shorter?!
**[20:39] Holo**
You fool!
**[20:41] Holo**
What makes me so angry is that
you seriously believe that!
**[20:47] Lawrence**
H-Hey...
**[20:52] Holo**
Come, try calling out a name.
**[21:33] Holo**
Hey, you!
**[21:43] Lawrence**
Holo.
**[21:46] Lawrence**
Holo is definitely much easier to say.
**[21:53] Holo**
Fool!
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**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:11] Lawrence**
A lot of things happened,
but our gold smuggling operation was a success.
**[00:15] Lawrence**
We were able to secure my future as a merchant,
**[00:18] Lawrence**
as well as open the path
of a tailor to Ms. Nora.
**[00:24] Lawrence**
Let's drink and eat our fill today.
**[00:27] Lawrence**
Now, cheers to a bright future ahead!
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 13
Supper of Three and Afternoon of Two
**[02:02] Lawrence**
What? Is that what happened?
**[02:03] Nora**
Yes!
**[02:04] Lawrence**
That was truly impressive.
**[02:06] Nora**
Not at all!
**[02:07] Lawrence**
As expected of you, Ms. Nora.
**[02:09] Nora**
It was only because the sheep
were all very obedient.
**[02:13] Lawrence**
Don't be modest. It's because you are
a really skilled shepherd.
**[02:17] Nora**
That's not true...
**[02:20] Lawrence**
Oh, it's here.
**[02:21] Nora**
It looks delicious.
**[02:23] Lawrence**
Let's cut into it.
**[02:30] Lawrence**
Here.
**[02:31] Nora**
Thank you very much.
**[02:33] Lawrence**
You're welcome.
**[02:34] Lawrence**
Do you want some, too?
**[02:39] Lawrence**
Let me know if you want some.
**[02:41] Lawrence**
Even so, I didn't know
sheep could find rock salt.
**[02:45] Nora**
For some reason, they really love salty things.
**[02:48] Nora**
For instance, if you rub some salt onto a rock,
they'll stay there and lick it forever.
**[02:57] Lawrence**
Come to think of it, I once heard that
a faraway town used sheep as a torture method.
**[03:05] Lawrence**
I thought such a thing would be impossible.
**[03:08] Nora**
Using sheep?
**[03:09] Lawrence**
Yes, I've forgotten the name of the town,
**[03:13] Lawrence**
but it's said that they have
sheep lick the prisoner's feet.
**[03:18] Nora**
Huh?
**[03:18] Nora**
The sheep?
**[03:26] Lawrence**
Yes. They have the sheep lick the person's
feet by slathering salt on them.
**[03:30] Lawrence**
At first, it only feels ticklish,
but the sheep don't stop,
**[03:34] Lawrence**
and they end up laughing so much it's painful.
**[03:36] Nora**
Oh, my!
**[03:38] Lawrence**
Have your sheep ever licked
your hands or fingers before?
**[03:41] Nora**
It's true that my sheep have gathered around me
**[03:44] Nora**
before trying to lick my hands
after I've eaten some dried meat.
**[03:49] Lawrence**
In comparison, it seems that the knight
at your side is quite obedient.
**[03:56] Nora**
Hmm, well, there are times when Enek tries
a little too hard or gets a little stubborn.
**[04:12] Lawrence**
If that's the case, you must truly be
a skilled shepherd to guide all of them.
**[04:16] Nora**
Well, that's...
**[04:21] Lawrence**
By the way, Ms. Nora, are you planning...
**[04:27] Lawrence**
What's the matter? Are you already drunk?
**[04:32] Lawrence**
Your face looks pale!
**[04:34] Holo**
It's nothing, I'm just...
**[04:40] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[04:40] Lawrence**
Holo! Hey! Get a hold of yourself! Holo!
**[04:46] Holo**
* For hundreds of years,*
* I have lived alone in those wheat fields.*
**[04:50] Holo**
*They were peaceful days.*
**[04:54] Holo**
* One could not tell the difference*
* between yesterday and today,*
**[04:56] Holo**
*much less tomorrow or the day after that.*
**[04:59] Holo**
* I would only be reminded*
* of the concept of time on festival days.*
**[05:05] Holo**
* In a year, there would be*
* one harvest festival, two planting festivals,*
**[05:10] Holo**
* a festival to pray that*
* there wouldn't be frost,*
**[05:13] Holo**
*a festival to pray for rain,*
**[05:16] Holo**
*and a festival to pray for calm winds.*
**[05:21] Holo**
* In comparison, the days of my travel*
* are filled with so many new things*
**[05:24] Holo**
*that I feel as if I were born again.*
**[05:27] Holo**
* The days I have experienced*
* since meeting my traveling companion*
**[05:29] Holo**
* are already comparable to*
* hundreds of years worth of my life.*
**[05:33] Holo**
* Even in a single day, the morning and evening*
* are completely different experiences.*
**[05:37] Holo**
* We may argue vigorously in the morning,*
* but reconcile in the afternoon,*
**[05:42] Holo**
* having him take breadcrumbs*
* off my face while teasing him,*
**[05:45] Holo**
* only to fight with him once again*
* over the food at supper,*
**[05:48] Holo**
* then quietly talk about the plans*
* of tomorrow at night.*
**[05:52] Holo**
* I have traveled and lived with*
* other humans in the past.*
**[05:56] Holo**
*I have unforgettable memories as well.*
**[06:00] Holo**
* However, there is never*
* a chance to get lost in them.*
**[06:04] Holo**
* I am busy wondering what my companion was*
* doing the day before, how he was this morning,*
**[06:08] Holo**
* and what he may be scheming*
* at this very moment.*
**[06:12] Holo**
* I only had time to recall my birthplace*
* with sad nostalgia when I first met him.*
**[06:18] Holo**
* With days so full of excitement that it makes*
* me dizzy, I have no time to feel such sadness.*
**[06:24] Holo**
*It would be a lie to say I am not having fun.*
**[06:27] Holo**
* In fact, I am having*
* so much fun that I feel uneasy.*
**[06:39] Holo**
*Where am I?*
**[06:49] Holo**
*What a blunder.*
**[06:53] Holo**
*I wonder why.*
**[06:55] Holo**
* I get angry when it is not to my liking,*
* laugh because it is funny,*
**[06:59] Holo**
*and end up exposing my weak side...*
**[07:03] Holo**
No, this is all the fault of that man!
**[07:06] Holo**
* We were able to overcome this ordeal*
* thanks to this Wise Wolf!*
**[07:10] Holo**
* What is so good about the meager*
* form of that shepherd?*
**[07:16] Holo**
*Is it her blonde hair?*
**[07:18] Holo**
*Where is that man right now?*
**[07:21] Holo**
* To think he is not at my side in my time*
* of need. He is truly a failure as a male...*
**[07:51] Lawrence**
Why didn't you tell me
you weren't feeling well?
**[07:55] Lawrence**
You're not a child.
**[07:56] Lawrence**
Don't tell me you didn't realize it
until you fainted?
**[08:00] Lawrence**
I was really worried about you.
**[08:01] Lawrence**
What if this happened
in the middle of traveling?
**[08:04] Lawrence**
Even a small incident can lead to one's death.
**[08:08] Holo**
I am sorry.
**[08:10] Lawrence**
Well, I'm just glad that you're okay.
**[08:12] Lawrence**
It's not a cold or sickness, is it?
**[08:17] Holo**
I think my exhaustion
has merely caught up to me.
**[08:19] Lawrence**
As I thought.
**[08:21] Lawrence**
I'm pretty knowledgeable about sicknesses.
**[08:24] Lawrence**
It's just that...
**[08:25] Lawrence**
I thought maybe it was from
eating onion or something.
**[08:29] Holo**
I am not a dog!
**[08:32] Lawrence**
Yeah, you're a Wise Wolf.
**[08:35] Holo**
However, I regret wasting the wine
and sumptuous meal.
**[08:39] Lawrence**
I'm a merchant. And I am no fool.
**[08:42] Lawrence**
I wrapped up all the leftovers
and brought them back with us.
**[08:45] Lawrence**
Is what I'd like to say, but...
**[08:57] Lawrence**
As I thought, you have a fever.
**[08:59] Lawrence**
You must have been really tired.
**[09:01] Holo**
It is all your fault.
**[09:02] Lawrence**
Huh? Me?
**[09:04] Holo**
Your fingers are hard and
similar to the nose of a wolf.
**[09:10] Holo**
Rubbing your nose on me, in human terms...
**[09:16] Holo**
I cannot say it out loud.
**[09:17] Lawrence**
What nonsense is that?
**[09:18] Holo**
Enough! Leave me alone!
**[09:21] Lawrence**
Well, you'll need to stay away
from meat for a while.
**[09:26] Lawrence**
In exchange, I'll make some food that is
easy to eat for the sick tomorrow.
**[09:30] Lawrence**
Rest well and recover your strength.
**[09:32] Holo**
I feel like there will be a heavy price
to pay when you act with kindness.
**[09:34] Lawrence**
I should be the one saying that.
**[09:53] Holo**
Where has he gone and what is he doing?
**[09:56] Holo**
In Yoitsu, taking care of the sick means
grooming the other's fur with their tongue
**[10:00] Holo**
and huddling close to give them warmth.
**[10:02] Holo**
I cannot believe he is not by
my side when I open my eyes!
**[10:10] Lawrence**
How are you feeling?
**[10:11] Holo**
I cannot sit up.
**[10:13] Lawrence**
You're probably lying.
**[10:16] Lawrence**
Well, then. I'll have some
porridge made for you.
**[10:19] Holo**
My throat is parched. Is that water?
**[10:22] Lawrence**
Oh. No, you had a fever yesterday, didn't you?
**[10:26] Lawrence**
That's why I brought some apple wine.
**[10:31] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[10:32] Holo**
The covers are too heavy.
**[10:37] Lawrence**
How's that?
**[10:38] Holo**
My apologies.
**[10:54] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[10:56] Holo**
The flavor...
**[10:57] Lawrence**
Oh, I diluted it.
**[10:59] Holo**
This is much too diluted!
I thought something was wrong with my nose!
**[11:04] Lawrence**
You had a fever, didn't you?
**[11:05] Lawrence**
That's why you get diluted apple wine.
**[11:07] Holo**
Why is that the case?
**[11:09] Lawrence**
Oh, I see. You don't know
about stuff like this.
**[11:13] Lawrence**
I ran to a trading house when you fainted
**[11:15] Lawrence**
and read through translated
medical books in a panic.
**[11:20] Holo**
And what was written in those texts?
**[11:22] Lawrence**
Sickness is when the balance
of a person's body crumbles.
**[11:26] Lawrence**
Things like exhaustion or miasma can cause it.
**[11:28] Lawrence**
The body can also be affected
by the alignment of the stars.
**[11:32] Lawrence**
You can heal the sick
by restoring the patient's balance.
**[11:35] Lawrence**
To do that, you must make use
of the four temperaments.
**[11:39] Holo**
Four temperaments?
**[11:41] Lawrence**
Yeah, the four temperaments of the human
body are warm, cold, dry, and moist.
**[11:47] Lawrence**
You can balance those temperaments
with the food you eat.
**[11:50] Lawrence**
That's because food can also be
categorized into hot foods,
**[11:54] Lawrence**
cold foods, dry foods, and moist foods.
**[11:58] Lawrence**
You currently have a fever, so cold foods
like apples are perfect for you.
**[12:02] Holo**
If that is the case,
I would rather eat fresh apples.
**[12:07] Lawrence**
That's not good enough.
**[12:09] Lawrence**
While apples are considered a cold food,
**[12:10] Lawrence**
they're also medically
categorized as a dry food.
**[12:13] Lawrence**
Sick people are often dry,
so they have to be kept moist.
**[12:18] Lawrence**
That's why it had to be a drink.
**[12:20] Lawrence**
It's just that strong alcohol
is considered hot,
**[12:23] Lawrence**
so I had to dilute it to keep it cold.
**[12:26] Holo**
So, that is why I am drinking this
terrible tasting water with a hint of color.
**[12:32] Holo**
So? What kind of food will you have me eat?
**[12:36] Lawrence**
Well, since you had an exhaustion fever,
we need to cool you down first.
**[12:42] Lawrence**
Your body should also be dry,
so we'll have to replenish your moisture.
**[12:47] Lawrence**
Don't you get thirsty after running?
**[12:49] Lawrence**
However, moist things will cool down the body
**[12:52] Lawrence**
and if it gets too cold
people will become melancholic.
**[12:54] Lawrence**
That's why we have to warm you up, too.
**[12:57] Lawrence**
Putting that into consideration...
**[12:58] Lawrence**
Putting that into consideration,
some wheat grains simmered in sheep milk
**[13:03] Lawrence**
with slices of apples and cheese should work.
**[13:08] Lawrence**
The reason, starting with the apples...
**[13:11] Holo**
Yes, that is good. That is what I wish to eat.
**[13:14] Holo**
No, if I do not eat it,
I will collapse once again.
**[13:17] Holo**
Look. My face is so pale.
**[13:20] Holo**
Come, now, bring it here quickly!
**[13:23] Lawrence**
You're actually all better, aren't you?
**[13:27] Holo**
I feel dizzy...
**[13:29] Lawrence**
H-Hey! Get a hold of yourself!
**[13:32] Holo**
Please hurry.
**[13:37] Lawrence**
Goodness...
**[13:39] Lawrence**
So, you don't want any more apple wine?
**[13:42] Holo**
Well, this is fine as it is, as well.
**[13:45] Holo**
Make sure the porridge portion is large.
**[13:47] Lawrence**
Sure. Sure.
**[14:01] Holo**
*Sometimes, I dream.*
**[14:04] Holo**
* I dream of my birthplace,*
* and I dream of the wheat fields.*
**[14:08] Holo**
*While they are both nostalgic dreams,*
**[14:10] Holo**
* there is an overwhelming feeling*
* of repulsion along with them.*
**[14:14] Holo**
*As an existence that stands above others,*
**[14:17] Holo**
* they were both times that I had to*
* accept and fulfill my responsibilities.*
**[14:22] Holo**
* Neither was I asked, nor did I ask for it,*
* but it was a duty that someone must do.*
**[14:28] Holo**
* Before I realized it, the heavy, heavy shackle*
* had already dug itself into my neck.*
**[14:36] Holo**
*They depend on me because I am powerful,*
**[14:38] Holo**
* they revere me because of my immense size,*
* and they honor me because I am useful.*
**[14:43] Holo**
*I did not ask for their worship,*
**[14:46] Holo**
* but I could not abandon them*
* and let myself be imprisoned.*
**[14:51] Holo**
* Neither did I ask for the responsibility*
* nor was asked to take it,*
**[14:56] Holo**
*yet hundreds of years passed by.*
**[14:59] Holo**
* I am used to sniffing the aroma*
* of delicious food.*
**[15:02] Holo**
*And yet, until now, I had never seen a person*
**[15:05] Holo**
* who would give me such a friendly smile*
* when my nose twitched at the smell of food.*
**[15:11] Holo**
* Though, that human is an impudent one*
* that does not know his place.*
**[15:22] Lawrence**
Can you prop yourself up?
**[15:28] Lawrence**
Goodness...
**[15:29] Lawrence**
You better take really good care
of me if I ever get sick.
**[15:33] Holo**
As long as the traditions
of Yoitsu are acceptable.
**[15:35] Lawrence**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[15:37] Holo**
Do not worry.
I have an exceptionally good nose.
**[15:40] Holo**
I will notice before you get to this point
and do something about it.
**[15:44] Lawrence**
Well, it's my fault for not noticing sooner.
**[15:47] Lawrence**
But I hope you say something
to me first, next time.
**[15:51] Lawrence**
I'm, well, pretty dense
about this kind of thing.
**[15:56] Holo**
That is true.
**[15:57] Holo**
I expect you would be slow
to notice a certain sickness
**[16:00] Holo**
that even doctors cannot heal, as well.
**[16:02] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[16:03] Holo**
It is nothing.
**[16:04] Holo**
More importantly, food.
**[16:06] Lawrence**
Goodness, are you some kind of princess?
**[16:25] Holo**
Will you use the spoon and feed me?
**[16:30] Lawrence**
Here you go.
**[16:41] Holo**
It would be more delicious with more apples.
**[16:44] Lawrence**
Maybe. Cold apples might make you
a little more melancholic.
**[16:48] Holo**
Are you...
**[16:51] Holo**
Are you saying I am too merry?
**[16:54] Lawrence**
I'm just saying it wouldn't hurt
to become a little quieter.
**[17:03] Lawrence**
Well, I'm a little relieved
seeing you eat this much.
**[17:06] Lawrence**
I'm sure you'll get better in a day or two.
**[17:09] Lawrence**
Well, there's no rush.
**[17:11] Lawrence**
We'll be traveling on my cart
for a while after we leave town.
**[17:14] Lawrence**
You can take your time to recover.
**[17:19] Holo**
But, you know...
**[17:21] Holo**
The inn is, well, too quiet...
**[17:29] Lawrence**
True. It's noisy when we travel by cart.
**[17:33] Lawrence**
I don't have anything to do today.
**[17:36] Lawrence**
And, I still need to get advice on what
a certain big eater should eat this evening.
**[17:41] Lawrence**
So, do you have a rough idea
of what you'd like to eat?
**[17:45] Lawrence**
I won't be able to prepare the right
ingredients after the market closes.
**[17:50] Lawrence**
You may look energetic, but that may not
hold true on the inside. No heavy food.
**[17:57] Holo**
Even meat?
**[17:58] Lawrence**
No way. You can eat porridge
or maybe bread soaked in soup...
**[18:03] Holo**
Then, I wish to eat the same thing.
**[18:05] Holo**
Sheep milk, was it? It was deliciously sweet
and rich at the same time. I want that.
**[18:10] Lawrence**
Sheep milk, huh?
**[18:12] Holo**
Is there a problem?
**[18:14] Lawrence**
It spoils easily, so good sheep milk
is really expensive after noon.
**[18:18] Lawrence**
You want it fresh, don't you?
**[18:20] Holo**
Of course.
**[18:21] Lawrence**
Well, I guess I'll have Nora
go find some again.
**[18:24] Lawrence**
Since she's a shepherd, she has a good eye.
**[18:27] Holo**
Nora, you say?
**[18:30] Lawrence**
No, I just want to
get some good milk for you...
**[18:34] Holo**
If you spend enough money, it doesn't
matter if you have a good eye or not!
**[18:37] Lawrence**
Th-There's no reason not to hire a guide!
**[18:41] Lawrence**
However!
**[18:42] Lawrence**
However, why do you treat Nora
like a sworn enemy?
**[18:46] Holo**
Wh-What did you say?
**[18:48] Lawrence**
W-Well, I don't know what happened
between you and shepherds in the past.
**[18:53] Lawrence**
I also know that you don't like them
because you're a wolf.
**[18:56] Lawrence**
But is there a reason to be so openly hostile?
**[18:59] Lawrence**
Nora may be a shepherd,
but how do I say this...
**[19:02] Lawrence**
I mean, she has such a sweet disposition.
**[19:04] Lawrence**
There are always exceptions to everything.
**[19:10] Holo**
Hey.
**[19:11] Lawrence**
Wh-What?
**[19:12] Holo**
I am in the wrong.
**[19:14] Lawrence**
Is that so? Good to hear.
**[19:16] Holo**
However, one does not like or dislike
something based on logic.
**[19:19] Holo**
I have told you this once before.
**[19:20] Lawrence**
I understand that. I don't think that
everything can be explained clearly with reason.
**[19:25] Lawrence**
Then, I'm going to go return this.
**[19:27] Holo**
And, so...
**[19:29] Lawrence**
What is it now?
**[19:34] Holo**
Will you come right back after returning that?
**[19:39] Lawrence**
Yeah, of course.
The inn is pretty quiet, after all.
**[19:44] Lawrence**
Okay, wait here obediently.
**[20:07] Lawrence**
Holo.
**[20:14] Lawrence**
Ms. Nora has come to visit you.
**[20:20] Nora**
How are you feeling?
**[20:23] Holo**
Well, it is just that my exhaustion
has gotten to me.
**[20:27] Holo**
However, I was looking for someone to talk to.
**[20:30] Holo**
That is why I wish to ask you something
that I was always curious about.
**[20:35] Nora**
Huh? A question for me?
**[20:37] Nora**
I'll gladly answer if I can.
**[20:41] Holo**
What is the greatest secret
to guiding sheep well?
**[20:52] Nora**
Probably having a generous heart.
**[21:04] Holo**
I see.
**[21:08] Lawrence**
The wind is picking up.
**[21:13] Holo**
After all, sheep all think that they are smart.
**[23:14] Holo**
And that is the story.
**[23:16] Holo**
Really, do you not think him
a troublesome sheep?
**[23:18] Myuri**
Was the wolf able to handle
the sheep well after that?
**[23:22] Holo**
Well, I wonder.
**[23:25] Myuri**
The story doesn't end there, right?
**[23:28] Holo**
Of course not.
**[23:29] Myuri**
Then, more!
**[23:32] Myuri**
Tell me more about it!
**[23:35] Holo**
Hey, now. Do not rush me so.
**[23:38] Holo**
As the wolf continued her journey home,
the place they both headed to next was...
***SIGN*** Episode 14
***SIGN*** New Town and Nostalgic Feeling
**[23:45] Holo**
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# E14 - New Town and Nostalgic Feeling
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**[00:16] Holo**
What is it?
**[00:17] Lawrence**
Hurry up and put your tail
under the lap blanket.
**[00:19] Holo**
My tail is not a hot water bottle!
**[00:22] Lawrence**
With a tail as grand as that,
**[00:24] Lawrence**
I feel like I'm snuggling warmly in a mountain
of furs when it's just under the blanket.
**[00:36] Lawrence**
That's right! I have a thank you gift for you!
**[00:44] Lawrence**
We were able to get by until now
as long as you dressed as a nun,
**[00:47] Lawrence**
but it'll be different in the town of Kumerson.
**[00:49] Lawrence**
It's a town with both
orthodox believers and pagans.
**[00:53] Lawrence**
This tells everyone that you're a nun,
**[00:55] Lawrence**
but you won't perform
any sort of missionary activities.
**[00:59] Lawrence**
You have to put it somewhere
that's easily seen.
**[01:02] Lawrence**
What? You really thought I got you a gift?
**[01:05] Holo**
Do not underestimate my ears!
**[01:08] Holo**
I was merely hoping for something
that would defy my expectations!
**[01:13] Holo**
So? Are we close to this town?
**[01:16] Lawrence**
We're almost there.
**[01:17] Holo**
We will finally have some
warm food, will we not?
**[01:20] Holo**
I have grown sick of eating
cold porridge in such frigid weather.
**[01:24] Lawrence**
Well, just wait.
**[01:26] Lawrence**
Kumerson is in the middle of
opening a huge market
**[01:28] Lawrence**
because their big festival is about to start.
**[01:31] Holo**
Festival?!
**[01:32] Lawrence**
It's called the Ladra festival.
**[01:34] Lawrence**
Every year, a huge number
of people come to attend it.
**[01:36] Lawrence**
They have many different kinds of food.
**[01:38] Holo**
I see...
**[01:40] Holo**
However...
**[01:41] Holo**
Will your coin purse be able to handle
the purchase of unnecessary things?
**[01:45] Lawrence**
I've put some money aside
for your snacks. Don't worry.
**[01:50] Lawrence**
In the end, I wasn't able to buy you any
honey-pickled peaches in Ruvinheigen.
**[01:55] Lawrence**
Think of it as the funds put aside for that.
**[01:57] Holo**
Is that so?
**[01:59] Holo**
However...
**[02:00] Lawrence**
What?
**[02:01] Holo**
Will our lodging not grow meager
as you buy more snacks for me to eat?
**[02:05] Lawrence**
I plan to rent a reasonable place.
**[02:07] Lawrence**
You're not asking for each of
the rooms to have a fireplace, right?
**[02:11] Holo**
I would not ask for that much.
**[02:14] Holo**
I just do not wish for my snacks
to be used as an excuse at a later time.
**[02:18] Lawrence**
Excuse?
**[02:19] Holo**
How terrible would it be if we had to
**[02:21] Holo**
rent a room with a single bed
because we lacked money?
**[02:25] Holo**
Even I occasionally wish to take
my time and rest in peace.
**[02:35] Lawrence**
I can't believe someone who snores so much
would say something like that!
**[02:38] Holo**
What did you say?!
**[02:40] Lawrence**
On top of that!
**[02:41] Lawrence**
You aren't my type!
**[02:44] Lawrence**
You can tell I'm not lying, right?
**[02:52] Holo**
In other words...
**[02:54] Holo**
You like it when I act thusly, do you not?
**[02:59] Holo**
You fool! The more stupid the male,
the more they like the weak!
**[03:04] Holo**
Yet, you males do not realize
the weakness lies in your own heads.
**[03:10] Holo**
If you wish for me to be a weak princess,
you must be a stalwart knight!
**[03:16] Holo**
Yet look how things are in reality.
**[03:21] Holo**
Well, thinking back, there *was*
one time you acted as a knight...
**[03:24] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[03:25] Holo**
Do you not remember?
**[03:26] Holo**
When we got involved in that
troublesome mess about silver coins
**[03:29] Holo**
in those underground channels...
**[03:31] Lawrence**
Oh, that...
**[03:33] Holo**
Brawn is not the only strength of a knight.
**[03:38] Holo**
Truly, it was the first time
anyone had protected me...
**[03:48] Holo**
I hope you continue treasuring me
for the time to come...
**[03:55] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[03:56] Lawrence**
I shouldn't have said you weren't my type...
**[04:04] Holo**
I love that side of you.
**[04:09] Holo**
Well, I do not mind a single bed at the inn...
**[04:13] Holo**
In exchange, I would rather have
two plates of food instead!
**[04:16] Lawrence**
I got it already!
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[05:52] Holo**
So? What kind of delicious foods
do they have in this area?
***SIGN*** Episode 14
New Town and Nostalgic Feeling
**[05:56] Lawrence**
Mainly fish.
**[05:58] Holo**
I cannot imagine what kind of foods
can be cooked with fish...
**[06:03] Lawrence**
They do things like steam the fish
with vegetables and meat
**[06:05] Lawrence**
or season it with herbs and grill it.
**[06:08] Lawrence**
The town we're going to
has its own special method, too.
**[06:12] Lawrence**
You'll find out when we get to town.
**[06:18] Holo**
Then, should we purchase something nice
from those carts and make it our supper?
**[06:24] Holo**
Their scent has been wafting
toward me with the wind.
**[06:27] Holo**
Those carts are transporting fish.
**[06:38] Amati**
Fish?
**[06:39] Lawrence**
Yes, would you be willing to part with a few?
**[06:43] Amati**
My apologies.
**[06:45] Amati**
All of our fish have already been
reserved by our buyers.
**[06:50] Amati**
Pardon me for asking,
but are you a traveling merchant?
**[06:53] Lawrence**
Yes, we are traveling from Ruvinheigen.
**[06:56] Amati**
If that's the case,
**[06:57] Amati**
you can probably make a trade
with the fishermen at the lake
**[07:01] Amati**
half a day's travel from here.
**[07:03] Amati**
They've been able to
catch some good carp lately.
**[07:06] Lawrence**
Oh, no. We don't want to
buy them as goods to sell.
**[07:09] Lawrence**
We wanted a few fish for our own supper.
**[07:12] Amati**
Is that so?
**[07:16] Lawrence**
What a business-oriented person.
**[07:18] Lawrence**
It looks like you're thinking of
a new business idea...
**[07:21] Amati**
Oh! How embarrassing...
**[07:24] Amati**
If you are planning to buy
some fish for supper,
**[07:27] Amati**
are you planning on staying in Kumerson?
**[07:29] Lawrence**
Yes, we want to see the
big winter market and festival.
**[07:33] Amati**
Have you arranged your lodgings yet?
**[07:35] Lawrence**
No...
**[07:36] Lawrence**
The festival hasn't begun yet, has it?
**[07:39] Lawrence**
Are all the inns already sold out?
**[07:41] Amati**
Yes. It's like that a few days
before the Ladra Festival every year.
**[07:46] Lawrence**
Then, I'll ask my merchant
association for help.
**[07:49] Amati**
Oh, you belong to an association?
**[07:51] Amati**
May I ask which one?
**[07:53] Lawrence**
The Kumerson Trading branch
of the Rowen Merchant Association.
**[07:57] Amati**
What an amazing coincidence!
I am also a part of the Rowen Association!
**[08:01] Lawrence**
Oh! This must be divine...
**[08:07] Lawrence**
Oops, those words are forbidden around here.
**[08:11] Amati**
It's all right.
**[08:13] Amati**
I'm an orthodox believer from the south myself.
**[08:16] Amati**
My name is Fermi Amati.
**[08:18] Amati**
In business, I go by Amati.
**[08:20] Lawrence**
My name is Kraft Lawrence. I go by Lawrence.
**[08:27] Lawrence**
Her name is Holo.
**[08:28] Lawrence**
We have our reasons for traveling
together, but we aren't married.
**[08:36] Holo**
Nice to meet you.
**[08:38] Amati**
N-Nice to meet you...
**[08:44] Amati**
Ms. Holo is...
**[08:45] Lawrence**
Yes, she is a traveling nun.
**[08:49] Amati**
Does that mean the hardships of travel
could be considered trials from God?
**[08:55] Amati**
That being said, it would be difficult
to prepare two separate rooms.
**[08:59] Amati**
However, I can probably procure a single
room if I ask one of the inns I work with.
**[09:03] Lawrence**
Oh, no! That's asking too much of you...
**[09:05] Amati**
Of course, as a merchant,
I am always thinking about business.
**[09:10] Amati**
I hope you eat plenty
of the delicious fish at the inn.
**[09:15] Lawrence**
As I thought, you are good at business.
**[09:18] Lawrence**
If that's the case,
may we take you up on that offer?
**[09:20] Amati**
Please leave it to me.
**[09:42] Holo**
What a nice room!
**[09:44] Holo**
I like it!
**[09:45] Lawrence**
Yeah, we'll have a good view of the festival.
**[09:47] Holo**
Now, we must eat first.
**[09:51] Holo**
What is that?
**[09:52] Lawrence**
A letter from a fellow merchant.
**[09:55] Lawrence**
It was waiting for me at the trading house
we stopped by earlier.
**[10:02] Holo**
What does it say?
**[10:04] Lawrence**
Take a look.
**[10:07] Lawrence**
Important information tends to arrive
after you no longer need it.
**[10:12] Lawrence**
Funny, isn't it?
**[10:16] Holo**
I cannot read.
**[10:18] Lawrence**
Huh? Is that so?
**[10:20] Holo**
There are too many letters to remember!
**[10:22] Holo**
And there are too many
incomprehensible combinations!
**[10:26] Lawrence**
Well, it was difficult learning to read.
**[10:28] Holo**
So? What does the letter say?
**[10:31] Lawrence**
It's warning me about the prices of armor
**[10:34] Lawrence**
since the grand northern expedition
was canceled this year.
**[10:37] Holo**
Seeing the letter or not is truly
the difference between Heaven and Hell!
**[10:41] Lawrence**
You're telling me.
**[10:43] Lawrence**
The information in a single letter
can truly decide your fate.
**[10:47] Holo**
Well, who cares about a letter that
does not fill the stomach? Let us eat!
**[10:52] Lawrence**
Yeah, yeah.
**[11:14] Lawrence**
Thank you very much for the wonderful room.
**[11:17] Amati**
Y-You're welcome...
**[11:20] Holo**
Since you introduced us to this inn, Mr. Amati,
**[11:23] Holo**
I look forward to the food here.
**[11:25] Amati**
Y-Yes! I am confident about my suggestions!
**[11:37] Holo**
This is all thanks to me.
You should be grateful.
**[11:40] Lawrence**
Amati would probably call this
a scam if he saw you right now.
**[11:46] Holo**
Such fine wine. It reminds me of home.
**[11:49] Holo**
And the fish is delicious.
**[11:51] Holo**
That young boy truly has a good eye.
**[11:54] Lawrence**
At such a young age, too.
**[11:56] Lawrence**
He's already dealing with
a large number of wares.
**[11:59] Holo**
In comparison, what is wrong with your wares?
**[12:04] Holo**
Can you not deal with more eye-catching things?
**[12:07] Holo**
Or has the mistake in Ruvinheigen
affected your judgment?
**[12:11] Lawrence**
It may not be eye-catching,
but it should turn a reasonable profit.
**[12:14] Lawrence**
And I don't only have things
that are dull on the eyes.
**[12:19] Lawrence**
You're in my cart, after all.
**[12:25] Holo**
Well, that is all you amount to.
**[12:28] Lawrence**
Hey! It wouldn't hurt for you to be
a little more considerate of me!
**[12:32] Holo**
Males are quick to get carried away
if you are too kind to them.
**[12:35] Holo**
It would be terrible if you succeeded
and learned to repeat such drivel.
**[12:40] Lawrence**
Then, next time I'll...
**[12:41] Holo**
Fool.
**[12:43] Holo**
Kindness is what matters in a male.
**[12:47] Holo**
Besides, you want to be kind to me
when I am dispirited, do you not?
**[13:00] Holo**
It is easy to forget what
something looks like in ten years,
**[13:03] Lawrence**
but the taste and scent
of things are unforgettable...
**[13:08] Holo**
This wine is similar to the one from Yoitsu.
**[13:12] (Flashback) Preacher**
I heard when I was traveling in the north.
**[13:16] (Flashback) Preacher**
The town that worshiped a pagan wolf god...
**[13:24] Lawrence**
Have you always drank such strong alcohol?
**[13:27] Holo**
Only alcohol as strong as this is fitting
for a noble Wise Wolf such as myself.
**[13:30] Lawrence**
You've drank a lot. You're going
to be feeling it tomorrow.
**[13:35] Holo**
This amount is nothing! I am a Wise Wolf!
**[13:51] Lawrence**
I knew you'd have a hangover...
**[13:54] Lawrence**
I'll have a water jug and basin
prepared for you. Stay in bed.
**[14:01] Lawrence**
I'm going out for a bit.
**[14:16] Preacher**
Breo, torandia. Vori pitora.
**[14:18] Marc**
Aspairo, ghanor.
**[14:19] Lawrence**
Marc!
**[14:20] Preacher**
Vorta, yoshudaan. Habahn?
**[14:25] Preacher**
Le, spandia mirt, wanderge.
**[14:30] Marc**
Pireji, bao.
**[14:32] Lawrence**
Looks like I'm interrupting something.
**[14:34] Marc**
Not really. He was just preaching about
what a blessing Pitola's mountain god is.
**[14:38] Marc**
This is what happens as soon as they
know I understand their language.
**[14:42] Lawrence**
There may be more profit from a mountain god
**[14:45] Lawrence**
than a god that never leaves its golden shrine.
**[14:49] Marc**
No doubt about that.
**[14:50] Marc**
They say that the gods of harvest
are usually beauties.
**[14:53] Lawrence**
Like your wife?
**[14:55] Marc**
You've become a smooth talker!
**[14:58] Marc**
So? Did you bring me
a profitable proposition today?
**[15:02] Marc**
That's what you're here for, right?
**[15:05] Lawrence**
Yeah, I brought nails from Ruvinheigen.
I'd like you to buy them off of me.
**[15:10] Marc**
Nails?!
**[15:11] Marc**
We're a business that deals with wheat!
**[15:13] Lawrence**
You should sell some nails
alongside your wheat.
**[15:17] Lawrence**
They're a necessity for
your customers from the north
**[15:19] Lawrence**
to protect their houses from snow.
**[15:21] Marc**
Well, that's true...
**[15:23] Marc**
Nails, huh?
**[15:25] Marc**
How many?
**[15:26] Lawrence**
I have one hundred and
twenty nails three-pate long,
**[15:28] Lawrence**
two hundred nails four-pate long,
and two hundred nails five-pate long.
**[15:31] Lawrence**
Their quality is guaranteed by
the Ruvinheigen blacksmith association!
**[15:36] Marc**
Well, I can buy them
for ten and a half Lumione.
**[15:38] Lawrence**
Too cheap.
**[15:40] Marc**
Don't you know?
**[15:41] Marc**
The great northern expedition
was canceled this year.
**[15:44] Marc**
All the unnecessary swords
and armor are being melted down,
**[15:47] Marc**
and the prices of nails have dropped.
**[15:49] Marc**
Even ten Lumione is considered a lot for them!
**[15:52] Lawrence**
Isn't that only the case farther south?
**[15:56] Lawrence**
What's the point of expending valuable fuel
**[15:58] Lawrence**
to melt down metals
during this time of the year?
**[16:01] Lawrence**
I'd like to see such a stupid smithy, if it exists.
**[16:05] Marc**
Goodness...
**[16:06] Marc**
Nails really aren't my specialty.
**[16:08] Lawrence**
How about sixteen Lumione?
**[16:10] Marc**
Too expensive! Thirteen Lumione.
**[16:13] Lawrence**
Fifteen!
**[16:13] Marc**
Fourteen and two-thirds!
**[16:21] Lawrence**
Let's go with that.
**[16:23] Marc**
As expected of you, brother!
**[16:25] Marc**
So? Cash? Or credit?
**[16:29] Lawrence**
Credit is better, right?
**[16:30] Marc**
That'll be great. It's hard because everyone
wants cash this time of the year.
**[16:35] Marc**
Hey, Lant!
**[16:36] Lant**
Yes, what do you need?
**[16:38] Marc**
I bought the goods on this cart just now.
**[16:40] Marc**
Move it over to our cart.
I'll go sell it later.
**[16:43] Lant**
Y-Yes!
**[16:45] Lawrence**
You took on an apprentice?
**[16:46] Marc**
There's too much to do alone.
**[16:49] Marc**
How long you staying in town?
**[16:51] Lawrence**
I want to go north, so I'll be leaving before
the snow makes it too difficult to travel.
**[16:56] Marc**
But you'll be here until the
end of the festival, right?
**[16:59] Marc**
Come over for a drink before then.
**[17:01] Lawrence**
Yeah, I will.
**[17:02] Marc**
I'm sure Adele will be happy.
**[17:04] Marc**
That's right. You haven't
met my kid yet, have you?
**[17:07] Lawrence**
I forgot you had a child coming.
**[17:10] Marc**
The kid's already two years old.
**[17:11] Lawrence**
You started owning a shop,
grabbed an apprentice,
**[17:14] Lawrence**
and became a dad before I even realized it.
**[17:16] Lawrence**
I still remember when you were
first starting out.
**[17:19] Marc**
We were both amateurs once.
**[17:22] Marc**
But, well, the difficulties don't stop just
because you become a town merchant.
**[17:27] Marc**
There are times I wish I could go back
to being a traveling merchant.
**[17:31] Marc**
Even so, it's nice to settle down to do
business with a wife and child in tow.
**[17:40] Marc**
No, forget what I just said...
**[17:42] Marc**
Well, we both just have to work our hardest.
**[17:44] Marc**
Merchants never change, right?
**[17:47] Lawrence**
Right.
**[17:55] Holo**
Another!
**[17:57] Lawrence**
Hey, you're going to get a hangover again...
**[18:02] Holo**
I shall be fine.
**[18:03] Holo**
Fine wine never results in a hangover,
no matter how much you drink.
**[18:06] Holo**
Yet such wine pulls at me
with painful reluctance,
**[18:09] Holo**
especially since it reminds me so much of home.
**[18:12] Holo**
It is impossible not to drink it!
**[18:14] Lawrence**
I'd like to ask you something
before you're too far gone.
**[18:19] Holo**
What is it?
**[18:20] Lawrence**
I want to know where
your hometown is located.
**[18:23] Holo**
As I thought, you do not know where it is...
**[18:26] Holo**
I suspected as much.
**[18:29] Holo**
You were expecting me to grow depressed
again if we talked of Yoitsu.
**[18:34] Holo**
Do I look that weak to you?
**[18:36] Lawrence**
No, not at all.
**[18:39] Holo**
Fool! That is where you should say yes!
**[18:42] Lawrence**
So? Where is Yoitsu?
**[18:46] Holo**
Actually, I do not remember
exactly where it is.
**[18:49] Lawrence**
Hey, now.
**[18:51] Holo**
I think I will remember once we get closer...
**[18:54] Holo**
Is that not enough?
**[18:56] Lawrence**
For instance, do you remember
the names of any nearby towns?
**[19:00] Lawrence**
That could serve as a clue.
**[19:04] Holo**
The only towns I remember are
Yoitsu and... other than that...
**[19:10] Holo**
What was it again?
**[19:12] Holo**
Nyo...
**[19:13] Lawrence**
Nyo?
**[19:14] Holo**
That's right! Nyohhira!
**[19:16] Lawrence**
Nyohhira! I know that place.
**[19:19] Holo**
You know of it?
**[19:20] Lawrence**
Yeah, the town is famous for its hot springs.
**[19:23] Lawrence**
It's a pagan town,
**[19:24] Lawrence**
but even archbishops and various kings have
secretly visited the hot springs incognito.
**[19:28] Holo**
I see.
**[19:30] Holo**
When I lived in Yoitsu,
**[19:32] Holo**
it was famous as a place that could
help heal wounds and sicknesses.
**[19:38] Lawrence**
Let's say the distance
between Pasloe and Kumerson
**[19:40] Lawrence**
is the distance between
the entrance and the lamp over there.
**[19:44] Lawrence**
That would put Nyohhira around there.
**[19:46] Lawrence**
If beyond that was north,
where do you think Yoitsu would be?
**[19:49] Holo**
Hmm, let me see...
**[19:53] Holo**
That way.
**[19:56] Lawrence**
Southwest, huh?
**[20:02] Holo**
It's about this far away.
It would take two days with my legs!
**[20:05] Lawrence**
With your legs?
**[20:12] Lawrence**
That's pretty far...
I'm sure it'll take at least a month...
**[20:15] Holo**
Now I truly feel like we are
getting closer to Yoitsu!
**[20:20] Holo**
I cannot wait!
**[20:22] Lawrence**
The area is too large.
**[20:25] Lawrence**
And we won't be able to travel
easily once it begins to snow...
**[20:29] Lawrence**
Can you go home on your own
once we reach Nyohhira?
**[20:33] Lawrence**
You know the direction, right?
**[20:35] Holo**
Y-Yes, as long as we get to Nyohhira.
**[20:39] Holo**
I am sure I will remember
how to get to Yoitsu from there.
**[20:45] (Flashback) Holo**
I am tired of being alone.
**[20:47] (Flashback) Holo**
It is cold being alone.
**[20:49] (Flashback) Holo**
It is lonely to be alone.
**[20:54] Lawrence**
Hey, don't think of things in a bad way.
**[20:57] Lawrence**
If you can go in two days and come back,
I can wait for a while in Nyohhira.
**[21:00] Holo**
Yes! That is enough...
**[21:04] Holo**
You will take me to Nyohhira, correct?
**[21:06] Holo**
I'd like to explore the town a little more.
**[21:09] Lawrence**
Listen! I plan to help you as much as I can.
**[21:12] Lawrence**
My words just now...
**[21:13] Holo**
While I did say that kindness
is what matters in males,
**[21:16] Holo**
it will be troublesome
if you are overly concerned.
**[21:21] Holo**
Shame on me...
**[21:23] Holo**
I cannot help but measure things
by my own standards.
**[21:26] Lawrence**
H-Hey...
**[21:27] Holo**
To me, humans grow old in the blink of an eye.
**[21:33] Holo**
A year is extremely valuable
in such a short life.
**[21:36] Holo**
I tend to forget such facts.
**[21:39] Holo**
I am the one who has forgotten the obvious.
**[21:43] Holo**
After all, it is so comforting
to be by your side.
**[21:48] Holo**
I cannot help but spoil myself...
**[21:51] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[21:54] Holo**
It seems that I have grown drunk!
**[21:56] Holo**
I should go to bed quickly
lest I speak more nonsense.
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***SIGN*** Bird Feather and Mysterious Ore
**[23:45] Holo**
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***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[01:58] Marc**
A chronicler?
***SIGN*** Episode 15
Bird Feather and Mysterious Ore
**[02:00] Lawrence**
Yeah, is there one around here?
**[02:02] Marc**
Are you talking about the people who
earn money from nobles and the Church
**[02:05] Marc**
by writing a diary about everything
that happens in town?
**[02:07] Lawrence**
They aren't writing a diary.
They're keeping historical records.
**[02:11] Marc**
What's the difference?
**[02:13] Marc**
They can earn a pretty penny just by sitting
around all day and writing. How annoying.
**[02:18] Lawrence**
So? Know of any?
**[02:19] Marc**
Yeah, I know one.
**[02:21] Marc**
It's rumored that the chronicler
is a runaway heretic
**[02:24] Marc**
that was kicked out of a convent somewhere.
**[02:25] Lawrence**
I just want to ask a few questions.
**[02:28] Lawrence**
I want to find old stories
and legends from the North.
**[02:31] Marc**
You're interested in something peculiar again.
**[02:33] Lawrence**
Well, it'd be strange to suddenly show up
on their doorstep. Do you know a middleman?
**[02:40] Marc**
Would someone from Rowen be best?
**[02:42] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[02:43] Marc**
There's an old merchant
named Gi Batos in the association.
**[02:47] Marc**
He's a fearless man.
**[02:49] Marc**
He does business with people
no one should get involved with.
**[02:53] Marc**
I'm sure he has a good relationship
with the chronicler.
**[02:56] Marc**
I'll connect you to him.
**[02:58] Lawrence**
That'd be great.
**[03:00] Lawrence**
Oh, and I'm planning to go to Nyohhira.
**[03:03] Lawrence**
I'd like to ask some Northerners about
the route there and the situation there.
**[03:07] Marc**
Something like that's not a problem.
I'll ask around for you.
**[03:10] Lawrence**
I owe you one.
**[03:13] Marc**
It's scary to think that's all it takes
to get you to owe me one.
**[03:16] Lawrence**
Then, can I ask you for something else?
**[03:18] Marc**
Huh? What now?
**[03:21] Lawrence**
I want to buy some delicious bread.
**[03:22] Lawrence**
How about you introduce me
to one of your best customers?
**[03:38] Holo**
Something smells good...
**[03:41] Lawrence**
How are you feeling?
**[03:43] Holo**
I am hungry...
**[03:45] Lawrence**
I thought as much. I went all out
and bought some wheat bread.
**[03:56] Holo**
Are you not having any?
**[03:58] Lawrence**
I'm fine.
**[03:59] Lawrence**
I tested the taste earlier.
**[04:00] Holo**
Is that so?
**[04:06] Holo**
Hey.
**[04:08] Holo**
We can attend the festival now, can we not?
**[04:11] Lawrence**
Sorry. Not yet.
**[04:17] Lawrence**
Don't do that. Even if you're joking.
**[04:21] Holo**
I knew you were weak to things such as this!
**[04:24] Holo**
I shall remember.
**[04:25] Lawrence**
Hey, now.
**[04:26] Holo**
Hm, but why can't I go explore
the town on my own?
**[04:31] Lawrence**
You'll go even if I say you can't.
**[04:34] Holo**
You're not wrong.
**[04:38] Lawrence**
Oh, that's right.
**[04:39] Lawrence**
I don't have any small change
on me right now...
**[04:43] Lawrence**
Don't go crazy and spend it all.
**[04:49] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[04:51] Holo**
Well...
**[04:53] Holo**
I realize there is no point
in going out alone, after all...
**[04:59] Holo**
What are you doing?
**[05:01] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[05:02] Holo**
If you take me along with you,
I shall return this to you.
**[05:06] Lawrence**
Oh, well...
**[05:08] Lawrence**
I'm meeting with someone.
**[05:10] Holo**
If it is inconvenient for me
to stay close, I will step away.
**[05:13] Holo**
So, will you take me with you?
**[05:17] Lawrence**
I'm really sorry...
**[05:19] Lawrence**
I might go somewhere else right after that.
**[05:22] Lawrence**
Even if I have you wait for me,
it might be for the whole time.
**[05:25] Holo**
I see.
**[05:27] Lawrence**
Everything should be taken care of by tomorrow.
**[05:29] Lawrence**
Can you endure and be alone for today?
**[05:35] Holo**
Well, it is not very good to get in your way.
**[05:38] Holo**
Then, I shall wander around on my own.
**[05:41] Lawrence**
Sorry...
**[05:42] Holo**
Oh, right. If I bring someone back with me,
please be considerate and leave the room.
**[05:50] Holo**
Now that I have seen such a cute expression,
**[05:53] Holo**
I should be able to spend
the rest of the day alone!
**[05:56] Lawrence**
Hey, now...
**[05:57] Holo**
Well, for now, snuggling in your arms
is the best. Do not fret...
**[06:08] Preacher**
*The town that worshiped a pagan wolf god...*
**[06:12] (Flashback) Preacher**
The town of Yoitsu was annihilated
by a monstrous bear!
**[06:21] Lawrence**
It might not be true...
**[06:29] Director**
Oh, you'll be able to recognize him right away.
**[06:31] Director**
He's a large man that looks like
a coffin crushed vertically...
**[06:34] Amati**
Mr. Lawrence?
**[06:40] Lawrence**
Thank you for finding us a place to stay.
**[06:43] Amati**
Not at all! Thank you for
eating a lot of fish dishes there.
**[06:48] Lawrence**
My picky companion
spoke very highly of the food there.
**[06:51] Lawrence**
She says you have a good eye for fish.
**[06:53] Amati**
I am happy to hear that!
**[06:55] Amati**
I will look for other things for her to enjoy.
**[07:02] Amati**
By the way, Mr. Lawrence,
are you busy after this?
**[07:06] Lawrence**
I need to meet with Mr. Batos
and ask him a few things.
**[07:10] Amati**
I see...
**[07:12] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[07:13] Amati**
Well, I wanted to show you around town.
**[07:18] Lawrence**
Show me around?
**[07:19] Amati**
Yes, divine providence
must have brought us together.
**[07:23] Amati**
I thought I could broaden my view if
I talked with a traveling merchant like you...
**[07:29] Lawrence**
Come to think of it, my companion Holo
**[07:31] Lawrence**
has also been begging me to explore
the town with her this morning.
**[07:34] Amati**
If you don't mind, I would love
to show Ms. Holo around at least!
**[07:38] Lawrence**
No, I don't want to ask you for too much...
**[07:40] Amati**
Actually, I've already finished
my work for today and I'm free.
**[07:44] Amati**
If I loiter around alone, all my profits
will just go towards some alcohol.
**[07:47] Amati**
Please allow me to show her around!
**[07:49] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[07:50] Lawrence**
However, she's not the type to quietly
stay at the inn just because I ask her to.
**[07:55] Lawrence**
She might already be out...
**[07:57] Amati**
I've been meaning to ask the inn
about some purchases,
**[08:00] Amati**
so I can stop by and invite her
if she happens to be there!
**[08:03] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[08:04] Amati**
Not at all!
**[08:06] Amati**
Please let me show you
around next time, Mr. Lawrence.
**[08:11] Batos**
Are you Mr. Kraft Lawrence?
**[08:14] Lawrence**
You're...
**[08:15] Batos**
I'm Gi Batos.
**[08:19] Batos**
I heard you were looking for a chronicler
to ask about old stories of the north.
**[08:25] Lawrence**
Yes, that's right.
**[08:27] Batos**
Well, you're a strange one. Are you looking
for some kind of inspiration to make money?
**[08:32] Lawrence**
No, that's not the reason.
**[08:35] Lawrence**
Perhaps you could call it a whim?
**[08:37] Batos**
I see.
**[08:39] Batos**
What an interesting hobby for someone so young.
**[08:42] Batos**
I've only recently
grown interested in old stories.
**[08:47] Batos**
After doing business in the same area for
decades, I suddenly realized something.
**[08:51] Batos**
The world I know is actually very small.
**[08:55] Batos**
Even so, even here,
**[08:57] Batos**
I know nothing about the people who have
been coming and going for hundreds of years.
**[09:05] Batos**
That's why I wanted to know
about a world that I haven't seen.
**[09:08] Batos**
Even if they're legends, I want to know
about the stories of a past that
**[09:13] Batos**
I can never experience due to God's fickleness.
**[09:17] Lawrence**
I understand a little how you feel.
**[09:19] Batos**
I was busy chasing
after profits when I was young.
**[09:24] Batos**
My life might have been completely
different if I had taken a moment
**[09:28] Batos**
to make time for such things.
**[09:31] Batos**
I'm a little envious of you, Mr. Lawrence,
for your interest at such a young age...
**[09:35] Lawrence**
It's just a whim.
**[09:38] Lawrence**
Um, the person living here...
**[09:41] Batos**
Yes, this is the living quarters
of those chased by the Church.
**[09:46] Lawrence**
An alchemist...
**[09:48] Batos**
Yes. Though they aren't
considered criminals here,
**[09:51] Batos**
they'd be hanged the moment they set
foot near places like Ruvinheigen.
**[09:55] Batos**
Be that as it may,
**[09:58] Batos**
the people here are all good people.
**[10:15] Lawrence**
Is this the smell of sulfur?
**[10:16] Batos**
Oh? You even dabble in medicine?
**[10:19] Lawrence**
No, I just know a little about it.
**[10:23] Batos**
Knowledge is a merchant's weapon.
**[10:26] Lawrence**
You flatter me.
**[10:28] Lawrence**
There are a lot of birds.
**[10:30] Batos**
Not all poisonous winds smell bad.
**[10:33] Batos**
We have to be wary if a bird suddenly dies.
**[10:38] Lawrence**
Mr. Batos, is it very profitable doing
business with alchemists?
**[10:43] Lawrence**
I feel like there are a lot of risks
to working with them...
**[10:46] Batos**
Not only do they buy
a lot of gold, silver, and copper...
**[10:48] Batos**
They also purchase iron, lead, tin,
mercury, sulfur, and phosphorous.
**[10:54] Lawrence**
Iron and lead? The items are
more normal than I expected.
**[11:00] Batos**
Many people think that
alchemists dabble in magic,
**[11:04] Batos**
but they aren't much different from goldsmiths.
**[11:07] Batos**
Although...
**[11:08] Batos**
Some of them *do* research magic.
**[11:13] Batos**
However, I've only heard rumors
and never met such alchemists.
**[11:18] Lawrence**
I-Is that so...
**[11:21] Batos**
There's no need to be so nervous.
They're all good people.
**[11:25] Lawrence**
Y-Yes...
**[11:31] Batos**
Excuse us!
**[11:40] Diana**
Oh, Mr. Batos...
**[11:43] Batos**
Long time no see.
Looks like you've been doing well.
**[11:46] Diana**
Right back at you.
**[11:49] Diana**
I can't believe you walked around
the mountains of Hyoram unscathed.
**[11:52] Diana**
God must love you very much.
**[11:55] Diana**
Oh, what a handsome man.
**[11:57] Diana**
But your expression tells me
that you think I'm a witch.
**[12:00] Lawrence**
N-No, that's...
**[12:02] Batos**
Madam, this is a traveling merchant...
**[12:05] Lawrence**
My name is Kraft Lawrence.
**[12:08] Lawrence**
Is Dian Rubens currently home?
May I speak with him?
**[12:14] Diana**
Oh, you didn't tell him, Mr. Batos?
**[12:17] Batos**
Oh...
**[12:18] Diana**
I am Dian Rubens.
**[12:20] Lawrence**
Huh?!
**[12:21] Diana**
It sounds like a man's name, doesn't it?
Please feel free to call me Diana.
**[12:33] Lawrence**
First, I apologize for the sudden visit.
**[12:36] Diana**
No, please don't worry about that...
**[12:39] Lawrence**
Actually, Ms. Rubens...
**[12:40] Diana**
Diana.
**[12:42] Lawrence**
Excuse me...
**[12:44] Lawrence**
Actually, Ms. Diana,
**[12:46] Lawrence**
I wanted to ask about various
old stories from the northern lands...
**[12:50] Diana**
The north?
**[12:51] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[12:52] Diana**
I was sure you were going to
talk about a business deal...
**[12:55] Batos**
Please don't joke.
**[12:57] Batos**
You would have shown him the door
if he came to talk business, wouldn't you?
**[13:01] Diana**
However, I don't know if the stories
I know will satisfy you...
**[13:05] Lawrence**
I want to hear old stories
about a town called Yoitsu.
**[13:11] Diana**
Oh, Yoitsu...
**[13:13] Diana**
The town that was destroyed
by a bear that hunts the moon...
**[13:21] Diana**
The Moon-Hunting Bear.
**[13:24] Diana**
I believed it's pronounced
*Irawa Will Mhedhend*.
**[13:29] Diana**
It is quite an old story, but there are
many legends about that bear.
**[13:34] Lawrence**
I'm not interested in the bear,
but about the town called Yoitsu.
**[13:38] Diana**
The town?
**[13:39] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[13:40] Lawrence**
For certain reasons, I am looking
for the location of Yoitsu.
**[13:43] Diana**
The location?
**[13:46] Diana**
Location... Location...
**[13:50] Lawrence**
Do you not know?
**[13:56] Diana**
I remember.
**[13:58] Diana**
At the source of the Rohm River that runs
north from Proania is a town called Lenos...
**[14:04] Lawrence**
If I remember correctly, it's a town
known for their lumber and fur.
**[14:07] Diana**
It'll be easier to explain
if you know the town.
**[14:10] Diana**
There is an old story
passed down from that town.
**[14:14] Diana**
Long ago, a lone wolf appeared in the village.
**[14:19] Diana**
She called herself Holou of Yoitsu.
**[14:22] Diana**
Her frame was so tall
we could only crane our necks upwards.
**[14:26] Diana**
Though we thought she came
to bring divine punishment,
**[14:29] Diana**
Holou told us she came from
the deep mountain forests of the east
**[14:32] Diana**
to travel southward.
**[14:36] Diana**
The wolf loved wine and would sometimes
transform into a young girl
**[14:40] Diana**
to dance with the village girls.
**[14:42] Diana**
Her form looked younger than her age, yet,
she had a tail unlike those of humankind.
**[14:48] Diana**
After some time, she promised
good harvests and continued southward.
**[14:55] Diana**
Starting that year,
**[14:57] Diana**
our harvests grew rich and thus
we call her Wheat-Tailed Holou...
**[15:03] Diana**
Is that of any help?
**[15:08] Lawrence**
Yes!
**[15:09] Lawrence**
There are only so many
mountains east of Lenos.
**[15:12] Lawrence**
I couldn't ask for a better clue.
**[15:15] Diana**
That's good to hear.
**[15:17] Lawrence**
I would like to show my thanks to you...
**[15:20] Diana**
As you can see, even though I am
currently on the run from the Church,
**[15:24] Diana**
I love old stories from pagan lands.
**[15:27] Diana**
Old stories and legends that
haven't been twisted by the Church...
**[15:33] Diana**
Haven't you come across such a story or two?
**[15:39] Lawrence**
I understand...
**[15:42] Lawrence**
Then, let me tell you a special one.
**[15:46] Lawrence**
In a certain village
filled with vast fields of wheat,
**[15:49] Lawrence**
a wolf is worshiped
as the bringer of harvests...
**[15:56] Batos**
It's been a while since I've talked about
legendary dragons and cities of gold.
**[16:01] Lawrence**
There was a time when I also
dreamt of traveling as a knight
**[16:05] Lawrence**
with a single sword at my hip.
**[16:07] Lawrence**
Thank you for your help today.
**[16:09] Batos**
Not at all.
**[16:10] Batos**
I'm happy, since a lot of people
nag when I visit the madam alone.
**[16:15] Batos**
On top of that, I was able to
hear a very interesting story.
**[16:18] Batos**
Please ask me for this kind of thing anytime.
**[16:20] Lawrence**
Yes! Gladly!
**[16:25] Adele**
Oh, Mr. Lawrence.
**[16:28] Adele**
Long time no see.
**[16:30] Lawrence**
It has been a long time.
**[16:31] Marc**
Oh! Playboy!
**[16:35] Marc**
Well, have a drink.
**[16:36] Lawrence**
Yeah, so about the information
I asked for this morning...
**[16:41] Lawrence**
Hey! That's too much!
**[16:43] Lawrence**
Goodness...
**[16:44] Marc**
So? What about it?
**[16:48] Lawrence**
Well, I've changed destinations.
**[16:49] Lawrence**
You know the town of Lenos?
**[16:51] Marc**
What?
**[16:52] Marc**
I already gathered
some information about Nyohhira...
**[16:55] Lawrence**
Sorry, the situation has changed.
**[16:57] Marc**
So, is it true that you're currently
in a fight with your companion?
**[17:02] Lawrence**
What'd you say?!
**[17:04] Marc**
I've already looked into you, playboy!
**[17:06] Marc**
It's well-known in these parts that you're
staying in a nice inn with a gorgeous nun.
**[17:11] Marc**
Now I know what
"fearless before God" truly means.
**[17:14] Lawrence**
My companion and I aren't in
a relationship that's juicy enough
**[17:17] Lawrence**
to talk about over drinks.
**[17:18] Lawrence**
But why do you think we're fighting?
**[17:20] Marc**
Just a little bit ago,
**[17:21] Marc**
rumors that your companion and
a young merchant from our association
**[17:24] Marc**
were walking around started coming in.
**[17:27] Lawrence**
Oh, you're talking about Mr. Amati.
**[17:30] Marc**
Oh, you've already given up?
**[17:34] Lawrence**
Unfortunately, you have the wrong idea.
**[17:37] Lawrence**
I've been busy all day and couldn't
accompany my companion.
**[17:40] Lawrence**
Mr. Amati was free, so he offered
to show her around town. That's all.
**[17:47] Lawrence**
Unsatisfied?
**[17:48] Marc**
Let me warn you as a fellow merchant.
**[17:52] Marc**
Don't underestimate Amati.
**[17:54] Marc**
Do you know how much fish he
deals with at such a young age?
**[17:58] Lawrence**
I know. I saw it myself.
**[18:02] Lawrence**
But there's nothing to worry about.
**[18:04] Lawrence**
My companion isn't such a frivolous person.
**[18:06] Marc**
That's a lot of confidence!
**[18:09] Marc**
If I found out Adele was
walking around with Amati,
**[18:13] Marc**
I'd give up immediately
because I wouldn't stand a chance.
**[18:15] Adele**
What about me and Mr. Amati?!
**[18:19] Marc**
I was talking about
how I'd burn up with jealousy
**[18:21] Marc**
if that happened,
because of how much I love you!
**[18:25] Adele**
Just burn up with jealousy then.
**[18:28] Adele**
I'll use that fire to bake
Mr. Amati a delicious pie.
**[18:32] Marc**
A-Adele...
**[18:33] Marc**
I'm sorry! I'll help close up the shop!
**[18:45] Holo**
I cannot breathe...
**[18:48] Lawrence**
That scarf!
**[18:50] Holo**
Hey...
**[18:52] Holo**
Come and help me...
**[19:00] Lawrence**
How much did you drink and eat?
**[19:07] Lawrence**
You even had him buy such
an expensive looking thing.
**[19:10] Holo**
I shall sleep...
**[19:12] Lawrence**
Hey, what else did you have him buy?
**[19:23] Lawrence**
This is...
**[19:28] Holo**
It is very high-quality fur.
**[19:31] Holo**
Though it is still lacking compared to my tail.
**[19:33] Lawrence**
You can't accept such nice things
and not give anything back...
**[19:39] Lawrence**
Goodness.
**[19:40] Lawrence**
Getting in your good graces
drags a man into the red.
**[19:44] Lawrence**
Did he ask you about our relationship?
**[19:47] Holo**
I am more interested in why
you would ask about such a thing...
**[19:51] Lawrence**
It won't be good if our stories don't match.
**[19:56] Holo**
Well, fine.
**[19:57] Holo**
I told him that I am a traveling nun
that you saved from bad people
**[20:01] Holo**
who were trying to sell me off.
**[20:05] Holo**
And, after being saved by you,
I was shouldered with a huge debt.
**[20:10] Holo**
The debt is so enormous I could
never pay it back, so I am currently
**[20:13] Holo**
paying you back by praying
for your safety during our travels.
**[20:16] Holo**
Ah, how pitiful I am...
**[20:19] Holo**
I spoke of it quite sadly.
**[20:23] Lawrence**
That totally makes me sound like a villain...
**[20:25] Lawrence**
And? What's this?
**[20:27] Holo**
Oh, that?
**[20:28] Holo**
A fortune teller was using it!
**[20:30] Holo**
I was told it was a die
that could see through fate!
**[20:33] Holo**
Does it not have an excellent shape?
**[20:35] Holo**
I am impressed with such craftsmanship.
**[20:38] Holo**
I am sure it can be sold for a high price!
**[20:40] Lawrence**
Fool.
**[20:42] Lawrence**
Do you really think
something like this can be sold?
**[20:44] Holo**
What?!
**[20:45] Lawrence**
This is a natural mineral called pyrite.
**[20:48] Lawrence**
It naturally chips off
in this shape when it's mined.
**[20:51] Holo**
Impossible.
**[20:52] Lawrence**
I'm not lying. You can tell, can't you?
**[20:56] Lawrence**
It's usually given as gift or used to
con others into thinking it's gold.
**[21:01] Lawrence**
There weren't a lot of people
buying it, were there?
**[21:03] Holo**
There were a lot of people.
**[21:04] Lawrence**
Huh? Really?!
**[21:06] Holo**
Yes.
**[21:09] Holo**
The fortune teller said that anyone
could predict their fate with these dice...
**[21:14] Holo**
There were many who wanted to buy some
to heal sicknesses and ward away evil.
**[21:19] Lawrence**
And you believed it?!
**[21:21] Holo**
The fortune teller was quite skilled
and I was very impressed...
**[21:26] Holo**
Amati was able to
successfully bid for this die.
**[21:29] Lawrence**
An auction? That's how popular it was?!
**[21:31] Holo**
Everyone grew quite excited.
**[21:33] Holo**
It was the first time I witnessed
an auction, and it was amazing.
**[21:37] Lawrence**
They took advantage
of the festive atmosphere...
**[21:40] Lawrence**
What a clever business strategy.
**[21:51] Lant**
I apologize for coming so early in the morning!
**[21:53] Lant**
I have a message from my... master...
**[22:00] Lawrence**
So? What's the message?
**[22:02] Lant**
Oh...
**[22:03] Lant**
Y-Yes! Actually...
**[22:08] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence!
***SIGN*** Episode 16
***SIGN*** Night of the Festival and Misaligned Gear
**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:05] Merchant**
Hey! Here comes the knight in shining armor!
**[00:06] Merchant**
Make way!
**[00:13] Amati**
This is my declaration!
**[00:15] Amati**
I will repay the debt that weighs upon
the thin shoulders of the traveling nun!
**[00:19] Amati**
And once she gains her freedom,
**[00:22] Amati**
I will profess my sincere affections
for the traveling nun Holo
**[00:26] Amati**
and request her hand in marriage!
**[00:30] Amati**
Ms. Holo has told me about
the hardships she has endured,
**[00:32] Amati**
as well as your treatment of her.
**[00:34] Amati**
I wish to use my status and assets
to give her the wings of freedom.
**[00:40] Lawrence**
She may not quit being my traveling companion
just because she's no longer in debt.
**[00:45] Amati**
Of course. But I'm confident!
**[00:50] Lawrence**
She may not seem like it, but Holo
is still a traveling nun. Marriage is—
**[00:53] Amati**
I know that Ms. Holo isn't actually
associated with any monastic order.
**[00:57] Amati**
As such, marriage is still possible.
**[01:01] Lawrence**
I see...
**[01:02] Amati**
According to the laws of Kumerson,
**[01:04] Amati**
when a woman is in debt,
the creditor becomes her legal guardian.
**[01:11] Amati**
You'll accept this
contractual knife, won't you?
**[01:18] Amati**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[01:20] Lawrence**
I'm not careless enough to
sign a contract I have yet to read.
**[01:25] Amati**
Of course.
**[01:29] Lawrence**
One thousand Trenni silver coins...
**[01:31] Amati**
That is the amount that Ms. Holo owes you.
**[01:36] Amati**
The deadline for payment is tomorrow evening.
I will be sure to have the money ready.
**[01:40] Lawrence**
One thousand Trenni silver coins paid in cash.
**[01:42] Lawrence**
No negotiations on discounts or payments
in installments. Is that acceptable?
**[01:47] Amati**
Of course.
**[01:51] Lawrence**
I accept.
**[02:00] Amati**
Then, let us meet here again tomorrow.
**[02:05] Lawrence**
Sorry for all the commotion.
**[02:07] Lawrence**
Well, my companion won't be swayed
just because a man took her debt.
**[02:14] Merchant 1**
Lawrence, two! Amati, four! Who'll place bets?!
**[02:18] Merchant 2**
Ten Illaid coins on Lawrence!
**[02:19] Merchants**
My bet's on Lawrence, too!
**[02:21] Merchants**
Me, too! Me, too!
**[02:21] Merchants**
Twenty on Lawrence for me!
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 16
Night of the Festival and Misaligned Gear
**[03:59] Batos**
Looks like you've been dragged
into something troublesome.
**[04:01] Lawrence**
Mr. Batos.
**[04:04] Lawrence**
How embarrassing.
**[04:05] Batos**
I believe Mr. Amati has a way
to gather all the funds.
**[04:10] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[04:10] Batos**
Though, it doesn't seem to be
a very admirable method.
**[04:14] Batos**
I won't tell you the details,
**[04:16] Batos**
since it wouldn't be fair to
Mr. Amati if I took your side.
**[04:21] Batos**
I just wanted to let you know.
**[04:23] Lawrence**
Why?
**[04:26] Batos**
Whatever the reason, a willing
traveling companion is a happy thing.
**[04:31] Batos**
It's painful for any traveling
merchant to lose that.
**[04:36] Holo**
So? You accepted such a contract?
**[04:40] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[04:41] Holo**
Hey.
**[04:42] Lawrence**
What?
**[04:43] Holo**
What will you do if that boy hands you
one thousand silver coins?
**[04:47] Lawrence**
Well, after calculating the amount
you've used, I'll give the rest of it to you.
**[04:53] Holo**
Do not test me so.
**[04:54] Lawrence**
It's not fair that I'm the only one
who always gets tested.
**[04:58] Lawrence**
If Amati fulfills his end
of the contract, so will I.
**[05:02] Holo**
Oh?
**[05:03] Lawrence**
Of course, you'll be free of debt
and can do as you wish.
**[05:07] Holo**
You are quite confident.
**[05:09] Lawrence**
It isn't confidence.
**[05:11] Lawrence**
It's just that I believe in you.
**[05:18] Holo**
Goodness.
**[05:20] Holo**
You were a lot cuter when you were clumsier.
**[05:23] Lawrence**
I feel like I've grown a lot myself.
**[05:29] Holo**
Does acting with composure make one an adult?
**[05:32] Lawrence**
Doesn't it?
**[05:33] Holo**
Keeping your composure after weighing the odds
on a favorable gamble is mere cunning.
**[05:38] Holo**
That is not what it means to be truly mature.
**[05:43] Holo**
For instance, would not refusing to accept
Amati's contract also be an admirable act?
**[05:49] Lawrence**
No, that's...
**[05:51] Holo**
I am sure you took a look around to determine
**[05:53] Holo**
whether it would be shameful
to do so or not, right?
**[05:58] Holo**
Try to imagine how I feel about the situation.
**[06:01] Holo**
I cannot believe you even considered
accepting such a contract.
**[06:06] Holo**
I wish to always be with Lawrence!
**[06:08] Holo**
Even if it is a debt, it is something
that connects the two of us together.
**[06:13] Holo**
I could never accept such a bond to be broken!
**[06:16] Holo**
So, even if it may be shameful,
I cannot accept that contract!
**[06:22] Holo**
What do you think?
**[06:24] Holo**
If I were told such a thing,
**[06:26] Holo**
my heart would be brimming with happiness.
**[06:29] Lawrence**
Sure, that may have been
a more manly thing to do.
**[06:31] Lawrence**
But whether that's the more mature
thing to do isn't certain.
**[06:35] Holo**
That is true.
**[06:36] Holo**
Such actions would overflow
with reckless youth.
**[06:40] Holo**
Though the words would make me happy,
it would also make me want to barf a little.
**[06:43] Lawrence**
Right?
**[06:45] Holo**
When you think about it,
**[06:46] Holo**
being both a good male and a good
adult may be a contradiction in itself.
**[06:51] Holo**
A good male has a childish side to him.
**[06:55] Holo**
A good adult is cowardly.
**[06:59] Lawrence**
What would the Wise Wolf Holo do
as both a good woman and good adult?
**[07:03] Holo**
I would accept with a smile.
**[07:06] Holo**
Of course, once I accept the
contract and return to the inn...
**[07:09] Holo**
I would quietly come
forward—silently, like this—
**[07:14] Holo**
and lower my eyes.
**[07:23] Holo**
Well, you are a rather good merchant.
**[07:27] Holo**
I am sure you will take various
measures behind the scenes.
**[07:35] Lawrence**
You want me to take you to the festival?
**[07:37] Holo**
You are a merchant that would
not hesitate to use bribery
**[07:39] Holo**
to ensure a contract, are you not?
**[07:43] Marc**
Should you be walking around
with the beauty in question?
**[07:46] Lawrence**
If I keep her cooped up in the inn, it'll really
seem like I've shackled her with debt.
**[07:52] Marc**
That's what Mr. Lawrence is saying.
**[07:55] Marc**
What's the truth?
**[07:56] Holo**
The truth?
**[07:58] Holo**
I am shackled by an enormous amount of debt.
**[08:02] Holo**
The chain is so heavy it would be impossible
for me to escape or see a bright future!
**[08:08] Holo**
If you remove this chain for me,
**[08:10] Holo**
I would gladly be buried in your wheat flour.
**[08:17] Marc**
No wonder Amati fell for you.
**[08:19] Marc**
Looks like Lawrence is
the one who's shackled here.
**[08:24] Lant**
I've looked into it.
**[08:25] Marc**
Oh! Good job. How was it?
**[08:27] Lant**
Yes, um...
**[08:33] Marc**
So, how was it?
**[08:34] Lant**
Y-Yes!
**[08:35] Lant**
Two hundred Illaid was
recorded in the tax ledgers.
**[08:40] Marc**
That means that Amati should have about
eight hundred Trenni worth of assets right now.
**[08:46] Marc**
I'm sure he has some secret savings
and some money owed to him, too...
**[08:51] Lawrence**
The gambling parlors in town?
**[08:52] Marc**
There's only cards, dice, and rabbit races.
**[08:55] Marc**
There's a betting limit, too.
**[08:58] Lawrence**
It'd be impossible with gambling.
**[08:59] Marc**
That's right.
**[09:00] Marc**
Speaking of gambling...
**[09:02] Marc**
People are betting on what happens
after the contract with Amati.
**[09:04] Lant**
This whiter one is higher quality flour.
**[09:06] Holo**
Then, this one?
**[09:07] Lawrence**
Afterwards?
**[09:07] Lant**
This one...
**[09:08] Marc**
If Amati succeeds in fulfilling the contract,
there will be another challenge.
**[09:15] Marc**
You're currently at an advantage
with a ratio of 1:2.
**[09:20] Lawrence**
Looks like I need to get
a share from the bookkeeper.
**[09:25] Marc**
So, what's really going on?
**[09:27] Holo**
In this world, many questions are difficult to
answer openly, even if there is an answer.
**[09:34] Holo**
For instance, the mixture
quality of this flour...
**[09:41] Holo**
Would you like to ask what I will do
if my debt is cleared?
**[09:46] Marc**
No, no! Not at all!
**[09:50] Lawrence**
At this rate, it looks like we'll need
to keep an eye on him directly.
**[09:54] Holo**
How insidious.
**[09:56] Lawrence**
I'd like you to call it a battle
behind the scenes.
**[09:58] Lawrence**
I'm sure that he has someone
monitoring my movements as well.
**[10:02] Marc**
Well, I wonder about that.
**[10:04] Marc**
Amati believes that it's a dirty tactic to use
the connection network of town merchants.
**[10:10] Lawrence**
Really?
**[10:11] Marc**
He was born as the third son of a rich family,
**[10:15] Marc**
but went out on his own because
he didn't want to be kept in the house.
**[10:19] Marc**
Since he was able to amass
his current fortune all on his own,
**[10:23] Marc**
he's really self-assertive.
**[10:26] Lawrence**
I see. He's young, on top of that.
**[10:28] Marc**
Yeah.
**[10:30] Marc**
He pretty much only believes
in his own eye for fish,
**[10:32] Marc**
his own mouth for sales,
and the blessing of God.
**[10:37] Lawrence**
However, I'd never hesitate
to use all my connections.
**[10:42] Lawrence**
I don't know about knights, but there's no
whining about a battle between merchants.
**[10:47] Marc**
I totally agree.
**[10:50] Holo**
It would be nice to be attacked
head-on once in a while.
**[11:00] Lawrence**
A blowing horn?
**[11:01] Holo**
Did you just hear a shepherd?
**[11:03] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[11:04] Lawrence**
If you think so, too, it must have
really been a blowing horn.
**[11:08] Holo**
Do you think the shepherd girl is here?
**[11:11] Lawrence**
Even if she was, she wouldn't be
blowing a horn anymore.
**[11:14] Lawrence**
She should be a tailor by now.
**[11:18] Holo**
If you do not get shaken, it seems as though
I am trying to draw your attention.
**[11:21] Lawrence**
That makes me extremely delighted.
**[11:23] Lawrence**
So much so that I'm scared of
what's to come later.
**[11:29] Holo**
It is the best freshly fried!
**[11:33] Lawrence**
I see.
**[11:35] Lawrence**
That horn was to signal
the beginning of the festival.
**[11:38] Holo**
Shall we go?
**[11:39] Holo**
It is boring to just eat.
**[11:51] Holo**
I cannot see.
**[11:53] Lawrence**
Holo.
**[11:54] Lawrence**
This way.
**[12:06] Holo**
What an excellent view!
**[12:08] Lawrence**
We have to thank Amati for this.
**[12:41] Holo**
What is next?!
**[13:03] Wine Workers**
Heave-ho!
**[13:16] Wine Workers**
There!
**[13:25] Wine Workers**
Come on, now! Line up!
**[13:47] Holo**
Let us join the dance!
**[13:53] Lawrence**
Okay.
**[13:54] Holo**
Just take care not to step on my feet.
**[14:00] Lawrence**
I'll try my best.
**[14:11] Holo**
Where are we?
**[14:16] Holo**
Where is my drink?
**[14:18] Lawrence**
Go to sleep so you can drink more tomorrow.
**[14:41] Innkeeper**
This letter is for you.
**[14:43] Innkeeper**
Also, Mr. Marc asks you to go
visit his shop as soon as possible.
**[14:47] Lawrence**
As soon as possible?
**[14:48] Innkeeper**
Good-bye.
**[14:51] Lawrence**
It's from Ms. Diana...
**[14:58] Lawrence**
Sorry, I'll step out for a moment.
**[15:00] Holo**
While holding a letter in your bosom
that reeks of a female?
**[15:03] Lawrence**
She's a real beauty. Does it bother you?
**[15:05] Holo**
Fool.
**[15:07] Lawrence**
I went to see someone yesterday
who knew a lot of northern legends.
**[15:11] Lawrence**
I even heard a story about you.
**[15:13] Holo**
About me?
**[15:14] Lawrence**
There's a legend about you
in a town called Lenos.
**[15:16] Lawrence**
Wheat-Tailed Holou must have been you.
**[15:19] Holo**
I am not sure...
**[15:21] Lawrence**
I got some information about Yoitsu, too,
**[15:22] Lawrence**
since the story said
which direction you came from.
**[15:26] Holo**
Is that true?
**[15:28] Lawrence**
It seems like you came
from a forest east of Lenos.
**[15:30] Lawrence**
Yoitsu should be southwest of
Nyohhira and east of Lenos.
**[15:34] Lawrence**
This letter probably has
additional information.
**[15:38] Lawrence**
At this rate, we might be able to find
the place faster than expected.
**[15:48] Lawrence**
I'm sure we'll find it if we spend
half a year searching with my cart.
**[15:54] Holo**
Yes...
**[15:56] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[15:57] Lawrence**
So, right now, I'm heading to Marc's place.
**[16:00] Holo**
While holding a letter in your bosom
that reeks of a female?
**[16:05] Lawrence**
Fine, I'll leave it behind.
**[16:07] Holo**
You said she was a beauty?
**[16:09] Lawrence**
You can open and read the letter, if you want.
**[16:11] Lawrence**
If you can read, that is.
**[16:14] Marc**
Goodness.
**[16:16] Marc**
You go and play while asking me to help you?
**[16:19] Lawrence**
Sorry about that.
**[16:20] Marc**
Well, I made a lot of money
this time, so I'll let it slide.
**[16:26] Lawrence**
You jumped on Amati's bandwagon?!
**[16:28] Marc**
Yeah, I made a lot of easy money.
**[16:33] Marc**
I was able to find out his method
after you told me that
**[16:35] Marc**
Mr. Batos had an idea of
what he was planning to do.
**[16:38] Lawrence**
Is he dealing in jewelry?
**[16:39] Marc**
Close, but not quite.
**[16:40] Marc**
He's using something
that's a far cry from jewelry.
**[16:47] Lawrence**
Pyrite?
**[16:48] Marc**
Oh? You've heard of it?
**[16:51] Lawrence**
No, I was thinking it would make good money.
Does it have to do with the fortune teller?
**[16:57] Marc**
Seems so. Even though the actual
fortune teller has already left town.
**[17:01] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[17:02] Marc**
The official rumor is that the fortune teller's
skills were so good the inquisitors were called,
**[17:08] Marc**
but the whole thing's pretty suspicious.
**[17:11] Lawrence**
I'm sure.
**[17:13] Lawrence**
It would've caused a huge commotion
**[17:14] Lawrence**
if people from the Church
came to investigate in this town.
**[17:17] Marc**
The amount of pyrite the fortune teller
circulated was unusually high.
**[17:22] Marc**
I'm sure he bought it in some other town
and left after he sold it all here.
**[17:31] Marc**
How much do you think they cost right now?
**[17:33] Lawrence**
They're normally about ten Illaid coins, so...
**[17:38] Lawrence**
One hundred.
**[17:39] Marc**
Two hundred and seventy.
**[17:41] Lawrence**
No way!
**[17:41] Marc**
I'm sure the price will go up
when the market opens tomorrow.
**[17:44] Marc**
All the women in town are
scrambling for them right now.
**[17:48] Lawrence**
But, for this? Two hundred and seventy?!
**[17:52] Marc**
The women are all asking rich merchants
or farmers to buy this miracle stone for them
**[17:56] Marc**
and competing with each other
on how much was spent.
**[18:01] Marc**
The more women ask for it in sweet
voices, they higher they rise in price.
**[18:05] Marc**
The profits aren't at the level
of percent of cost.
**[18:08] Marc**
It's at how many times
or tens of times of the cost.
**[18:10] Marc**
I dabbled in the matter a bit and I've
already made about three hundred Illaid.
**[18:17] Lawrence**
How much has this spread?
**[18:19] Marc**
Everyone knew about it by morning.
**[18:22] Marc**
Around the time you were
dancing with the princess,
**[18:25] Marc**
there was a huge uproar
at the stone merchant shops.
**[18:28] Lawrence**
I can't believe I didn't notice
such a profitable deal.
**[18:31] Lawrence**
I'm a failure as a merchant.
**[18:33] Marc**
Hey, it's still not over.
**[18:35] Marc**
Merchants planning to sell the stuff
have been running around and buying it all up.
**[18:38] Marc**
The price can only rise.
**[18:41] Lawrence**
Then, do you think I still have a chance?
**[18:43] Marc**
Yeah, that's the spirit.
**[18:44] Marc**
Worst case scenario, don't you need to
save money to find yourself a new princess?
**[18:51] Lawrence**
Then, let me buy this pyrite from you
with the money you owe me for the nails.
**[18:58] Marc**
Jokes aside, I heard that Amati
has been making a huge killing in profits.
**[19:04] Marc**
I'm sure he'll prepare a thousand Trenni silver
coins just like he stated in the contract.
**[19:08] Marc**
Will your princess be all right?
**[19:10] Lawrence**
I told you that there's nothing to worry about.
**[19:13] Lawrence**
Amati doesn't know, but Holo is
traveling with a destination in mind.
**[19:17] Lawrence**
I'm the one going along with her.
**[19:20] Lawrence**
I'll raise our traveling funds
with the thousand silver coins and pyrite!
**[20:02] Lawrence**
You can read...
**[20:06] Holo**
Hey, what should I do?
**[20:09] Holo**
I no longer have a place to return to.
**[20:16] Holo**
What should I do?
**[20:17] Lawrence**
They're just old legends.
A lot of them are false.
**[20:21] Holo**
False?
**[20:22] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[20:23] Lawrence**
When a new king or people take over an area,
**[20:26] Lawrence**
they often create
fake stories to cover things up.
**[20:31] Holo**
Then, why did you keep this from me?
**[20:35] Lawrence**
I wanted to find the right time to tell you.
**[20:37] Lawrence**
I know that it's a really
sensitive topic, so...
**[20:41] Holo**
It must have been amusing
to watch me grow so excited,
**[20:45] Holo**
completely oblivious to the truth.
**[20:48] Lawrence**
Holo! Calm down!
**[20:50] Holo**
I am! I am calm.
**[20:52] Holo**
You knew what happened
to Yoitsu long ago, did you not?
**[20:57] Holo**
I see. Of course.
**[20:59] Holo**
You must have known.
Now many things make sense.
**[21:05] Holo**
After all, you love pathetic
and weak little lambs.
**[21:10] Holo**
What did you think of me,
**[21:11] Holo**
who wanted to return to a home
that had long since disappeared?
**[21:15] Holo**
Was I foolishly cute? Pathetically adorable?
**[21:20] Holo**
Is that not why you allowed me
to be selfish and treated me so kindly?!
**[21:23] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[21:24] Holo**
Did you tell me to go back to Nyohhira alone
because you have grown tired of me?!
**[21:29] Lawrence**
Do you really think so?
**[21:32] Holo**
Yes! I do!
**[21:41] Holo**
Once again, I am alone.
**[21:44] Holo**
Wh-Wh-What should I do?
**[21:48] Holo**
No one is waiting for my return
any longer. Nowhere.
**[21:52] Holo**
I am now alone...
**[21:57] Lawrence**
I'm here.
**[22:01] Holo**
What are you to me?!
**[22:03] Holo**
No, what am I to you?!
**[22:10] Holo**
No...
**[22:12] Holo**
I do not wish to be alone again...
**[22:17] Holo**
Hey, Lawrence, will you make love to me?
**[22:22] Holo**
I am currently in the form of a human.
**[22:26] Holo**
Should it not be possible to do so?
**[22:29] Holo**
I am now alone.
**[22:31] Holo**
But if I have a child, there will be
two of us, right? Lawrence?!
**[22:34] Lawrence**
Stop talking like that. Please!
**[22:39] Holo**
That is right!
**[22:40] Holo**
You are good-natured.
I did not place any hope in you.
**[22:44] Holo**
However, it does not matter. I remember now.
**[22:48] Holo**
There is... That is right,
there is someone who loves me.
**[22:53] Holo**
This is why you were never
flustered from the start, right?
**[22:58] Holo**
You thought a thousand silver coins
would be worth the loss, did you not?!
**[23:05] Lawrence**
Holo.
**[23:08] Holo**
I am sorry.
***SIGN*** Episode 17
***SIGN*** Traveling Merchant's Shallow Thinking
and Town Merchant's Signboard
**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:35] (Flashback) Holo**
No...
**[00:37] (Flashback) Holo**
I do not wish to be alone again...
**[00:40] (Flashback) Holo**
However, it does not matter. I remember now.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Holo**
There is... That is right,
there is someone who loves me.
**[00:48] Holo**
*What are you to me?!*
**[00:50] (Flashback) Holo**
No, what am I to you?!
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:28] Marc**
Goodness. What'd I tell you?
***SIGN*** Episode 17
Traveling Merchant's Shallow Thinking and Town Merchant's Signboard
**[02:31] Marc**
You were so confident. Look at yourself now.
**[02:34] Lawrence**
There was an unforeseen accident.
**[02:36] Lawrence**
It was completely unexpected and I—
**[02:38] Marc**
Just admit that you let your guard down.
**[02:41] Marc**
Be honest with yourself.
**[02:44] Lawrence**
You're absolutely right.
**[02:45] Marc**
So? What're you here for?
**[02:48] Marc**
If you're asking for money,
I've got to turn you down.
**[02:50] Lawrence**
I want to know which way
the wind is blowing.
**[02:52] Lawrence**
Even if I plan to set sail,
**[02:55] Lawrence**
as an outsider, it's hard to get
a reading on the day-to-day market.
**[03:01] Marc**
Give it up.
**[03:03] Marc**
Just like how you can't stop
a horse that's gained momentum,
**[03:06] Marc**
it's rare for rising prices to suddenly stop.
**[03:09] Marc**
The price board that was hastily made
next to the stone merchant
**[03:12] Marc**
shows that the number of people waiting
to buy keeps growing against the sellers.
**[03:17] Marc**
There's no hint of the price
dropping within a day or two.
**[03:21] Marc**
Our almighty God is the only one
who can change the direction of the wind.
**[03:26] Lawrence**
Then, I'll just have to pretend to be God.
**[03:30] Lawrence**
I can't imagine Amati falling
for a predictable price drop.
**[03:35] Marc**
Are you trying to plan a price crash?
**[03:38] Lawrence**
What else can I do?
**[03:41] Lawrence**
I have to turn the pyrite in his hands
into plain rocks by sunset tomorrow.
**[03:55] Lawrence**
A trap that'll make him
misinterpret the market...
**[03:58] Lawrence**
Something that will cause
a crash in prices...
**[04:01] Lawrence**
Is there anything like that?
**[04:04] (Flashback) Lawrence**
Then, I'll just have to pretend to be God.
**[04:10] Lawrence**
God...
**[04:12] (Flashback) Holo**
Please tell me again at what price you
wish to purchase these fur pelts?
**[04:15] (Flashback) Holo**
It seems my vision
has suddenly tilted one way...
**[04:24] (Flashback) Holo**
Great sir.
**[04:25] (Flashback) Holo**
Do you have the time to hesitate?
**[04:28] Lawrence**
*If it were Holo...*
**[04:38] Man A**
Take a look at this!
**[04:40] Man A**
Don't be too surprised.
**[04:43] Men**
Whoa...
**[04:45] Man B**
You went all in, didn't you?
**[04:48] Man C**
Are you planning on quitting
your job as a wheat merchant?
**[04:50] Man A**
It's rumored that the price
will be as much as double tomorrow.
**[04:53] Man C?**
Double?! Are you sure?
**[04:54] Man A**
It's a solid bet.
**[04:56] Man A**
If you furled your sails
just because of the festival,
**[04:58] Man A**
you'll miss the perfect
chance to set sail!
**[05:00] Man D**
Looks like this isn't the time
to be diligently buying wheat!
**[05:04] Men**
You're right!
**[06:03] Lady**
That was delicious!
**[06:04] Man**
The freshwater fish
was just as good as rumored!
**[06:17] Innkeeper**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[06:20] Lawrence**
Oh, excuse me.
**[06:22] Lawrence**
Can I help you?
**[06:23] Innkeeper**
I have letters for you.
**[06:27] Lawrence**
Who are they from?
**[06:28] Innkeeper**
They were both from your companion.
**[06:31] Innkeeper**
One is written by me in place of
your companion at her request.
**[06:36] Lawrence**
May I have a light?
**[06:40] Lawrence**
Two hundred silver coins in cash.
**[06:43] Lawrence**
Pyrite worth three hundred silver coins.
**[06:47] Lawrence**
Assets that can be liquidated...
**[06:49] Lawrence**
This is the division of Amati's assets!
**[06:56] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[07:01] Lawrence**
This is Amati's handwriting...
**[07:06] Lawrence**
Let's see.
**[07:07] Lawrence**
In God's name...
**[07:12] Lawrence**
Contract of marriage?!
**[07:20] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[07:26] Lawrence**
Please bring out all the money
I've left with you!
**[07:33] (Flashback) Innkeeper**
Bars that Mr. Amati regularly visits?
**[07:44] Man E**
What was that all about?
**[07:46] Man F**
It's that guy from the association!
**[07:53] Man G**
Hey! Watch where you're going!
**[08:03] Lawrence**
Excuse me.
**[08:10] Lawrence**
Good evening.
**[08:15] Amati**
Do you have business with me?
**[08:16] Lawrence**
There's no need to be so alarmed.
**[08:19] Lawrence**
I came to talk business with you.
**[08:26] Lawrence**
This is a nice and quiet place.
**[08:28] Amati**
It's difficult to enjoy
a quiet drink in other places.
**[08:30] Amati**
This is a very valuable place of mine.
**[08:33] Amati**
What are you plotting?
**[08:36] Lawrence**
To be frank,
I'd like you to buy my pyrite.
**[08:40] Amati**
Huh?
**[08:41] Lawrence**
I'd like you to buy my pyrite.
**[08:43] Lawrence**
I currently have five hundred Trenni
silver coins worth of pyrite,
**[08:46] Lawrence**
according to today's market value.
**[08:48] Amati**
You must be joking.
**[08:50] Lawrence**
I'm not.
**[08:51] Amati**
You already know that I'm making money
by reselling pyrite, don't you?
**[08:55] Amati**
Knowing that, what's your intention
behind selling pyrite to me?!
**[09:00] Amati**
Could it be that you truly
don't care about Ms. Holo
**[09:03] Amati**
as long as you recover the
money owed to you?
**[09:06] Lawrence**
No, Holo is very precious to me.
**[09:10] Amati**
Why, then?
**[09:11] Lawrence**
Of course, I don't just
plan to sell it to you.
**[09:14] Lawrence**
I'd like to sell it to you on credit.
**[09:16] Amati**
On credit?
**[09:18] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[09:19] Amati**
What do you mean?
**[09:21] Lawrence**
In other words, I'd like to sell you pyrite
currently worth five hundred Trenni coins,
**[09:24] Lawrence**
at the current market value
tomorrow evening.
**[09:27] Lawrence**
Then speak to me again tomorrow evening.
**[09:31] Lawrence**
No, I'd rather have
the money right now.
**[09:35] Lawrence**
In other words, I'd like to receive
five hundred coins, in advance, right now.
**[09:40] Lawrence**
Then, I will hand over the pyrite
to you tomorrow evening.
**[09:52] Amati**
So, I'll get the pyrite calculated at today's
rate even if the price has risen?
**[10:02] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[10:03] Lawrence**
For example, I sell you
one piece of pyrite
**[10:07] Lawrence**
worth one thousand
two hundred Illaid on credit.
**[10:10] Lawrence**
I would get the money from you now.
**[10:13] Lawrence**
Then, even if the pyrite is worth
two thousand Illaid by the end of tomorrow,
**[10:17] Lawrence**
I would still give you
that one piece of pyrite.
**[10:21] Amati**
On the other hand, even if the price
drops down to two hundred Illaid,
**[10:26] Amati**
I will still only get one piece of pyrite.
**[10:29] Lawrence**
Exactly.
**[10:34] Amati**
Why not just trade normally?
**[10:37] Amati**
We're only putting a day
between a standard trade.
**[10:40] Amati**
This is no different than usual...
**[10:44] Amati**
No, it *is* different.
**[10:47] Amati**
So, that's your plan.
**[10:49] Amati**
Selling on credit means receiving money
by selling an item you don't have.
**[10:56] Amati**
If you buy on credit and the item
gains that much in value,
**[10:59] Amati**
you make that amount of profit.
**[11:01] Amati**
So, if you *sell* on credit, you're
hoping the value of money will increase.
**[11:05] Amati**
In other words, you want the value
of the item you sell to decrease in value.
**[11:12] Lawrence**
As expected,
you're quick to catch on.
**[11:15] Amati**
What an interesting way to do business.
**[11:18] Amati**
It looks like I cannot see the extent
of this world if I only trade in fish.
**[11:21] Lawrence**
This time, you can gain a proportional
profit from the rise in prices
**[11:25] Lawrence**
if you buy five hundred coins
worth of pyrite from me,
**[11:28] Lawrence**
but your losses will be that much
bigger if the value goes down.
**[11:34] Amati**
That's true.
**[11:35] Amati**
If you make a profit, I will take a loss.
**[11:39] Amati**
This is...
**[11:41] Lawrence**
Mr. Amati, I am challenging you to a duel.
**[11:49] Amati**
You can't really call this a duel.
**[11:52] Amati**
We can't possibly do this trade
without putting it in writing.
**[11:56] Amati**
Even if the price goes down
before the end of the day tomorrow,
**[12:00] Amati**
I will probably sell the loan
document earlier in the day,
**[12:04] Amati**
as long as it rises enough to meet
the amount needed for the contract.
**[12:06] Amati**
This is far too disadvantageous
to you, Mr. Lawrence.
**[12:10] Amati**
After all, even a small rise in price
would be enough for me to reach my goal.
**[12:15] Amati**
I don't wish to accept a deal
where I gain from your loss.
**[12:22] Lawrence**
It may seem that way
if you only look at this deal alone,
**[12:26] Lawrence**
but this amount of
disadvantage is just right.
**[12:29] Amati**
What do you mean?
**[12:30] Lawrence**
There's a chance that Holo tears up
the contract of marriage with you.
**[12:35] Lawrence**
You also have an agreement
with her, don't you?
**[12:37] Lawrence**
Even if you pay off her
one thousand silver coin debt,
**[12:40] Lawrence**
you're shouldering the heavy risk
that she may not say yes.
**[12:45] Lawrence**
This disadvantage is minor
compared to yours.
**[12:50] Amati**
I don't think that's something
you need to worry about.
**[12:54] Amati**
I heard the two of you got
into a very severe fight.
**[12:58] Lawrence**
Holo has cried in my arms three times
since we started traveling together.
**[13:03] Lawrence**
She's pretty cute when she's like that,
but she's a stubborn one.
**[13:10] Lawrence**
There are times when she acts
in opposition to her feelings.
**[13:13] Lawrence**
In other words...
**[13:15] Amati**
I accept.
**[13:17] Amati**
I accept your challenge, Mr. Lawrence.
**[13:20] Amati**
I... I...
**[13:22] Amati**
I thought it would be too cruel of me
to take everything away from you.
**[13:29] Amati**
However, if that's how you choose to speak,
I accept this challenge.
**[13:33] Amati**
With it, I will take everything
from you, Mr. Lawrence!
**[13:42] Lawrence**
Then, you accept this deal?
**[13:47] Amati**
Gladly!
**[13:56] Marc/Lawrence**
Cheers!
**[14:06] Lawrence**
This is good beer!
**[14:07] Marc**
Wheat harvests have been
great everywhere this year.
**[14:10] Marc**
The wheat for beer has to be used for
bread instead when the harvests are bad.
**[14:14] Marc**
Guess we have the gods
of harvest to thank for that!
**[14:18] Lawrence**
You're right!
**[14:20] Lawrence**
But my business with you is a little
too serious to be telling you over drinks...
**[14:25] Marc**
Is it a money-making scheme?
**[14:27] Lawrence**
I wonder about that...
**[14:29] Lawrence**
It's profitable in a sense,
but that's not my goal this time.
**[14:32] Marc**
Meaning?
**[14:33] Lawrence**
Doesn't the wholesale purchase of wheat
usually focus around the end of the festival?
**[14:37] Marc**
It does.
**[14:39] Lawrence**
I'd like a certain rumor to be spread.
**[14:42] Marc**
I'm not doing anything dangerous.
**[14:44] Lawrence**
It might be risky if *you* spread it yourself,
**[14:47] Lawrence**
but it shouldn't be a problem
for your apprentice to say.
**[14:51] Marc**
Tell me what it is.
**[14:53] Lawrence**
When I give the signal,
I want him to say this:
**[14:57] Lawrence**
"I wonder if it's about time
for the price of wheat to go up."
**[15:02] Marc**
Are you planning to make the prices
of those stones drop using a rumor?
**[15:06] Lawrence**
Something like that.
**[15:08] Lawrence**
Most of the people trading pyrite
are traveling through
**[15:10] Lawrence**
to sell something and to buy
something before heading back home.
**[15:15] Lawrence**
The item they're buying to
take back is usually wheat.
**[15:20] Lawrence**
If the price of wheat is rumored to increase,
they'll rush to buy it before that happens.
**[15:25] Lawrence**
They'll sell the pyrite they bought
to earn some side money all at once.
**[15:30] Marc**
And that'll naturally
lower the price of pyrite?
**[15:35] Marc**
I didn't think you'd be such a simpleton.
**[15:39] Lawrence**
That's not all.
**[15:41] Lawrence**
Once all that pyrite is on the market...
**[15:44] Marc**
How much?
**[15:46] Lawrence**
A thousand Trenni silver coins worth.
**[15:47] Marc**
A thousand?!
**[15:48] Marc**
Are you stupid?! Imagine
how much that'll hurt your wallet!
**[15:52] Lawrence**
It doesn't matter how
much the price drops.
**[15:55] Marc**
What the hell are you saying?!
**[15:56] Lawrence**
As long as I can get five hundred
silver coins worth of pyrite,
**[16:00] Lawrence**
my wallet won't hurt
whether the prices go up or down.
**[16:05] Marc**
Damn. You sold on credit.
**[16:08] Lawrence**
Yeah. I'm doing regular trading on credit,
**[16:12] Lawrence**
so my wallet is safe whether
the price of pyrite goes up or down.
**[16:17] Lawrence**
In exchange, I get no gains, either.
**[16:20] Marc**
Amati might lose a lot
of money or go bankrupt.
**[16:24] Marc**
Looks like you took
advantage of his ignorance.
**[16:26] Lawrence**
No, I think he accepted
the challenge fully knowing the risks.
**[16:29] Lawrence**
He said as much.
**[16:30] Marc**
Then, you still managed to get him
to accept with that silver tongue of yours.
**[16:35] Marc**
You're such a scary guy.
**[16:36] Marc**
Is that all you wanted to ask me to do?
**[16:39] Lawrence**
There's one more thing.
**[16:41] Lawrence**
I want you to buy a large amount of pyrite.
**[16:43] Marc**
You didn't find a place to buy pyrite
before signing the contract with him?!
**[16:46] Lawrence**
Unfortunately,
I didn't have enough time.
**[16:48] Lawrence**
If I go around buying a lot of pyrite
when the sun goes up,
**[16:53] Lawrence**
the prices will just continue to rise.
**[16:55] Lawrence**
I want to gather it secretly,
without affecting the market.
**[16:59] Lawrence**
That's why I want you to use
your connections as a town merchant.
**[17:04] Lawrence**
It's okay even if you buy it at a slightly
higher price than the current market, in cash.
**[17:08] Lawrence**
I pay with Lumione gold coins
once you've gathered enough.
**[17:12] Lawrence**
Of course, I'll pay you well
for your efforts, too.
**[17:14] Marc**
I can't.
**[17:15] Lawrence**
I see. Then... What?
**[17:20] Marc**
I can't help you there.
**[17:22] Lawrence**
I'll pay you! I'm not talking
about a small amount like wages.
**[17:26] Lawrence**
You've got nothing to lose!
Isn't it a good deal?!
**[17:29] Marc**
I have nothing to lose?
**[17:31] Lawrence**
Of course! All I'm asking you
to do is buy the pyrite!
**[17:36] Lawrence**
I'm not asking you to invest.
**[17:37] Lawrence**
And, of course, I'll pay you in cash.
**[17:39] Lawrence**
What would you lose
in a situation like that?
**[17:42] Marc**
Lawrence, the max you can pay
is about ten Lumione, right?
**[17:46] Lawrence**
Isn't that enough?!
**[17:48] Lawrence**
I'm not asking you to cross
the steep mountains alone
**[17:52] Lawrence**
and bring back a crazy amount of pyrite.
**[17:55] Marc**
You're telling me to run around the market
and gather the pyrite for you.
**[18:00] Marc**
That's practically the same.
**[18:01] Lawrence**
How is that—?!
**[18:07] Lawrence**
I just want you to use
your connections to buy pyrite.
**[18:13] Marc**
I'm telling you that
the danger's the same.
**[18:17] Marc**
The dangers you're talking about
pertain to traveling merchants.
**[18:20] Marc**
But I'm a town merchant
and my battlefield is this market.
**[18:24] Marc**
It's not virtuous for a town merchant
to jump on any great money-making deal.
**[18:29] Marc**
Town merchants would rather make
a modest living with their main job
**[18:33] Marc**
than make a large profit
on a side venture.
**[18:37] Marc**
What will people think of me if I run around
**[18:39] Marc**
gathering five hundred
silver coins worth of pyrite?
**[18:41] Marc**
They'll think of me as a hopeless man
**[18:43] Marc**
who drowned himself in gambling
and abandoned his stall.
**[18:46] Marc**
I may be the owner of this stall,
but I'm not the only one that's a part of it.
**[18:51] Marc**
All the people who have supported this place,
**[18:53] Marc**
my wife, children, and all of our relatives.
**[18:58] Marc**
The honor of all of those people
is attached to this stall.
**[19:01] Marc**
Can you pay me enough money
to match risking all of their honor?
**[19:05] Marc**
Even for a small shop like this, the price
of my signboard is surprisingly expensive.
**[19:11] Marc**
If it gets damaged, a mere ten or twenty
gold coins isn't enough to repair it.
**[19:21] Marc**
That's how things are.
**[19:25] Marc**
Sorry.
**[19:27] Lawrence**
No, I'm sorry for being unreasonable.
**[19:31] Marc**
Well, I'm sure you can't help it
considering that companion of yours.
**[19:35] Marc**
You don't need to hinder
him so desperately.
**[19:39] Marc**
She won't be swayed by
him so easily, right?
**[19:42] Marc**
Even I thought so, after seeing her
next to you for the first time.
**[19:47] Marc**
You should have more confidence!
**[19:49] Lawrence**
I was slapped with a contract
of marriage with her signature on it.
**[19:52] Lawrence**
Of course, the other party is Amati.
**[19:54] Lawrence**
I'm not the type to
lose confidence over nothing.
**[19:58] Lawrence**
But now, something has happened.
**[20:01] Marc**
In this world, darkness can always
be found one step ahead of you.
**[20:04] Marc**
But you're still running around
because you have a chance, right?
**[20:09] Marc**
So? You got any other angles to work with?
**[20:11] Lawrence**
I'll try talking to Mr. Batos first.
**[20:14] Marc**
I see.
**[20:15] Marc**
You plan on using that woman.
**[20:19] Lawrence**
That woman?
**[20:20] Marc**
Huh? Am I wrong?
**[20:21] Marc**
Didn't you meet that chronicler?
**[20:24] Lawrence**
I've met Ms. Diana, but I don't
understand what you're talking about.
**[20:28] Marc**
I think it would be all right for an outsider
like you to trade with that woman.
**[20:32] Lawrence**
I still don't get what you're talking about.
**[20:34] Marc**
That woman controls the northern district.
**[20:37] Marc**
She's the person to talk to
if you want to deal with the alchemists.
**[20:41] Marc**
Alchemists are always targeted
for various reasons.
**[20:46] Marc**
Everyone thinks the only reason so many
can gather together is that woman.
**[20:49] Lawrence**
So, what?
**[20:50] Marc**
Alchemists have pyrite!
**[20:54] Marc**
They're the type of people that
reputable businesses would never work with.
**[21:00] Marc**
In other words...
**[21:01] Lawrence**
No one has touched their pyrite!
**[21:04] Marc**
I'm happy you thought of depending on me,
but this is all I can do for you.
**[21:08] Lawrence**
No, I almost missed a huge opportunity!
**[21:12] Marc**
I know I turned you down,
but I'm really hoping for your success.
**[21:16] Lawrence**
I learned something.
That alone is a huge windfall.
**[21:22] Marc**
I can't do things openly,
**[21:24] Marc**
but I can at least mutter about
the financial situation of others.
**[21:29] Marc**
Come back later. I can at least point out
places that might be interested in selling.
**[21:35] Lawrence**
That'll be a great help!
**[21:36] Marc**
To think you'd make a face like that.
No wonder she's done something so bold.
**[21:42] Lawrence**
What do you mean?
**[21:43] Marc**
Nothing at all.
**[21:44] Marc**
I'm just saying that merchants
should stick to thinking about business.
**[21:50] Marc**
I'm sure a good wind will blow.
**[21:52] Marc**
Well, try your best!
**[21:57] Marc**
See you later!
***SIGN*** Episode 18
***SIGN*** Goods of Intent and Negotiation of Resolve
**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:13] Customer**
So, I went there and found
my wife waiting for me!
**[00:17] Customer**
Can you believe it?!
**[00:19] Lawrence**
Mr. Batos.
**[00:21] Lawrence**
I apologize for interrupting your fun.
**[00:25] Batos**
So, what business do you have with me?
**[00:28] Lawrence**
Right.
**[00:29] Lawrence**
I would like to obtain some pyrite,
and I'm looking for suppliers.
**[00:33] Lawrence**
I thought you'd know of
someone, Mr. Batos.
**[00:36] Batos**
Pyrite?
**[00:38] Lawrence**
Do you know of any suppliers?
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:13] Batos**
Do you remember what I said when I
gave you the hint about Mr. Amati's plan?
***SIGN*** Episode 18
Goods of Intent and Negotiation of Resolve
**[02:19] Lawrence**
Of course I do.
**[02:21] Lawrence**
Not only that, I remember that
Ms. Diana hates talking about business.
**[02:25] Batos**
You're interested in the alchemists' pyrite?
**[02:29] Lawrence**
I heard that no business can be done
without Ms. Diana's permission.
**[02:33] Lawrence**
That's why I came to you, Mr. Batos.
**[02:35] Batos**
Why are you suggesting a deal
when you know that?
**[02:39] Batos**
Is it because of the profits in pyrite?
**[02:42] Lawrence**
No, not at all.
**[02:44] Batos**
Is it because of the rumors
that it can show you your fate
**[02:46] Batos**
or that it can heal all diseases?
**[02:47] Lawrence**
It's true that I am doing it
for my own profit.
**[02:51] Lawrence**
I won't deny that.
**[02:53] Lawrence**
However, the profit I'm trying to gain
isn't from the explosive increase in price.
**[02:59] Lawrence**
It's something...
something more fundamental.
**[03:02] Lawrence**
Mr. Batos, you're a merchant..
**[03:04] Lawrence**
Haven't you ever felt like your cargo
was about to fall into a valley?
**[03:08] Lawrence**
If our wagon gets stuck in the mud,
**[03:11] Lawrence**
we weigh abandoning it
against stubbornly getting it out.
**[03:15] Lawrence**
We weigh the value of the goods
on the cart, the profit,
**[03:18] Lawrence**
the funds on hand, the schedule,
and the cost of getting help.
**[03:22] Lawrence**
There's also a danger of
being discovered by bad people.
**[03:25] Lawrence**
We weigh all those things before deciding
to abandon the goods or not.
**[03:30] Batos**
And you're in that situation right now?
**[03:32] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[03:33] Lawrence**
I don't want to give up my cargo.
**[03:37] Lawrence**
I'll push myself recklessly if that's
what I need to do to keep the goods.
**[04:05] Batos**
That's what I was waiting to hear.
**[04:08] Batos**
No matter how little time there is,
if there's no other option,
**[04:11] Batos**
a good traveling merchant
would wait patiently for the chance.
**[04:15] Lawrence**
Mr. Batos...
**[04:16] Batos**
Oh, I don't have any pyrite on hand.
**[04:20] Batos**
However, I believe the alchemists
may have some stock.
**[04:24] Lawrence**
Then...
**[04:25] Batos**
Tell her, "I've come to buy
a box to store white feathers."
**[04:30] Batos**
After that, it's all up to you.
**[04:32] Lawrence**
Thank you very much!
**[04:33] Lawrence**
I'll be sure to properly thank—
**[04:36] Batos**
Just tell me an old tale sometime.
**[04:39] Batos**
Do I give off the same air
of dignity as the madam?
**[05:14] Lawrence**
Is anyone home?
**[05:21] Diana**
Who is it?
**[05:23] Lawrence**
I apologize for calling so late at night.
**[05:26] Lawrence**
I'm Lawrence. I visited you
yesterday with Mr. Batos.
**[05:39] Lawrence**
I came, fully aware
of my rudeness.
**[05:41] Lawrence**
I've come to buy a box
to store white feathers.
**[05:57] Diana**
Festivals always bring in people.
**[06:01] Diana**
It's rare for me to have
several visitors in one day.
**[06:09] Diana**
Come in.
**[06:10] Diana**
Did you hear about the box
for white feathers from Mr. Batos?
**[06:16] Lawrence**
Y-Yes.
**[06:18] Lawrence**
I imposed myself on him
quite a bit to see you.
**[06:21] Diana**
Oh, is that so?
**[06:23] Diana**
He's not the type to
easily give in to others, is he?
**[06:27] Diana**
What business with me is worth
convincing a stubborn man like that?
**[06:32] Lawrence**
I would like to buy pyrite from you.
**[06:36] Diana**
I heard it's been rising in price.
**[06:38] Lawrence**
However...
**[06:38] Diana**
I know Mr. Batos wouldn't help you
just because of some simple gains in profit.
**[06:44] Diana**
You must have a different reason, right?
**[06:46] Lawrence**
I don't need the pyrite for profits,
I need it for a duel.
**[06:51] Diana**
A duel with whom?
**[06:52] Lawrence**
That's...
**[06:57] Lawrence**
No.
**[07:04] Lawrence**
That'd be my cargo.
**[07:06] Diana**
Cargo?
**[07:07] Lawrence**
The enemy of a merchant
is always his goods.
**[07:10] Lawrence**
They must evaluate its value,
consider its handling,
**[07:13] Lawrence**
and scrutinize the
destination of delivery.
**[07:15] Lawrence**
A traveling merchant loses when he
makes a mistake in any of these aspects.
**[07:19] Lawrence**
Right now, I'm trying to pull back the
goods that are about to fall out of my cart.
**[07:24] Lawrence**
After reconsidering the value,
handling, and destination of my goods,
**[07:28] Lawrence**
I've realized that I definitely
can't drop my cargo halfway.
**[07:33] Diana**
Buying a box to store white feathers...
**[07:37] Diana**
It sounds like a grand password,
**[07:39] Diana**
but I set it in hopes of finding things
that spark my interest.
**[07:45] Diana**
A bird will naturally drop their feathers
when they flap their wings in joy.
**[07:48] Diana**
The people who've been given my password
will screen my visitors for me, as well.
**[07:53] Diana**
I just need to take a final look.
**[07:58] Diana**
Do you already have
some pyrite in hand?
**[08:01] Lawrence**
I do not.
**[08:02] Lawrence**
Though I know a few merchants
that I can buy some from.
**[08:05] Lawrence**
I also hope to buy some
from you, Ms. Diana.
**[08:06] Diana**
That's fine.
**[08:08] Diana**
If it's just pyrite,
you may buy it from us.
**[08:11] Lawrence**
Thank you very—
**[08:13] Diana**
However.
**[08:15] Diana**
Someone else has already
requested its purchase before you.
**[08:18] Lawrence**
How much of it?! At what price?!
**[08:19] Diana**
Please calm down.
**[08:22] Diana**
That person has bought it on credit
and has yet to receive the actual item.
**[08:26] Diana**
You may call it a reservation.
**[08:29] Diana**
Personally, I am fine with
selling it to you instead.
**[08:34] Diana**
So, allow me to negotiate
with the other party.
**[08:37] Diana**
The amount was sixteen thousand Illaid
worth at today's market price.
**[08:42] Lawrence**
That's four hundred Trenni silver coins...
**[08:46] Lawrence**
I understand.
**[08:47] Lawrence**
Um, so, what was that person's name...?
**[08:50] Diana**
I will be the one to do the negotiations.
**[08:52] Diana**
As a safety measure, we never allow others
to know who has done business with us.
**[08:59] Lawrence**
H-However...
**[09:01] Diana**
Are you unsatisfied?
**[09:08] Diana**
Where will I be certain to
find you tomorrow?
**[09:12] Lawrence**
Oh, um...
**[09:14] Lawrence**
In front of the stone merchant's
stall at the market.
**[09:17] Lawrence**
I believe you'll be able to find me there
around the time the market opens.
**[09:21] Lawrence**
Otherwise—
**[09:22] Diana**
That's enough.
**[09:24] Diana**
I understand.
**[09:25] Diana**
I will have someone
contact you as soon as possible.
**[09:28] Lawrence**
Please.
**[09:29] Lawrence**
I don't care about the price.
**[09:30] Lawrence**
Please let the other party
know that as long as
**[09:33] Lawrence**
it's not double the current value,
I can buy it at a much higher price.
**[09:37] Lawrence**
I apologize again for
intruding so late at night.
**[09:41] Diana**
Not at all.
**[09:42] Diana**
My lifestyle does not follow
the cycles of day and night.
**[09:44] Diana**
And, I wouldn't even mind
you staying the night
**[09:48] Diana**
as long as you bring me
interesting tales.
**[09:52] Diana**
What is it?
**[09:54] Lawrence**
Oh.
**[09:55] Lawrence**
Uh, well...
**[09:57] Diana**
Making such a suggestive expression
when leaving a woman's house...
**[10:01] Diana**
Goodness, God may pass
judgment on you.
**[10:06] Lawrence**
May I ask a question?
**[10:08] Diana**
Feel free.
**[10:10] Lawrence**
Are there any stories of pagan gods
and humans becoming a couple?
**[10:18] Diana**
Yes.
**[10:20] Diana**
There are many.
**[10:22] Lawrence**
Really?!
**[10:23] Diana**
Yes, for instance...
**[10:25] Diana**
Oh, you were in a rush.
**[10:28] Lawrence**
Oh, y-yes, I am, but...
**[10:32] Lawrence**
Will you tell me about
these stories in detail next time?
**[10:37] Diana**
Of course.
**[10:40] Lawrence**
Then, I'll be waiting in hopeful
earnest about the pyrite.
**[10:43] Diana**
Yes, good night.
**[10:45] Lawrence**
Excuse me.
**[10:49] Diana**
Good luck.
**[10:50] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[10:59] Marc**
How was it?
**[11:00] Lawrence**
I spoke with Ms. Diana.
**[11:02] Lawrence**
But there was a buyer before me,
so I'm not sure what will happen.
**[11:05] Marc**
A buyer before you?
**[11:07] Lawrence**
That's why I'm putting my hopes on you.
**[11:10] Marc**
Right. About that...
**[11:13] Marc**
Will you give him the report?
**[11:14] Lant**
Y-Yes.
**[11:15] Lant**
As long as it's cash up front,
**[11:18] Lant**
there is three hundred and seventy
coins worth of, um, pyri—
**[11:21] Marc**
That's enough.
**[11:24] Marc**
That's how it is.
**[11:26] Lawrence**
Three hundred and
seventy coins worth...
**[11:28] Lawrence**
That much?
**[11:30] Marc**
Well, I did some thinking after you left.
**[11:34] Marc**
The only reason it was
pocket money for me
**[11:36] Marc**
was because I didn't have
much extra money to begin with.
**[11:39] Marc**
But what about those
with a lot of money?
**[11:41] Lawrence**
Some people must have
secretly bought a lot.
**[11:45] Marc**
Unlike lone wolf traveling merchants,
**[11:47] Marc**
they're merchants that have
prestigious signboards.
**[11:50] Marc**
They bought a lot, but now
that the price has risen so much,
**[11:53] Marc**
it's difficult for them to sell it all.
**[11:55] Marc**
Even a small amount has
grown to a huge profit.
**[11:57] Marc**
The sensitive ones are even more
hesitant to sell it all openly.
**[12:02] Marc**
Well, I bet you can guess
what I did after that.
**[12:05] Lawrence**
You had your assistant
run around flapping his mouth.
**[12:09] Lawrence**
"There's a greedy little traveling merchant
**[12:11] Lawrence**
that's running around buying pyrite
with cold hard cash. Are you interested?"
**[12:16] Marc**
That's right.
**[12:18] Marc**
Should I send him out?
**[12:19] Lawrence**
Of course.
**[12:20] Lawrence**
Then...
**[12:25] Marc**
What's the matter?
**[12:26] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[12:27] Marc**
You're supposed to thank me here.
**[12:30] Lawrence**
Huh? Oh, yeah, of course. Sor...
**[12:34] Lawrence**
No.
**[12:36] Lawrence**
Thanks.
**[12:39] Marc**
If I knew you were
such an interesting guy...
**[12:42] Marc**
No, that's not it.
**[12:44] Marc**
You weren't just an excellent merchant,
but a merchant top to bottom, inside and out.
**[12:50] Marc**
You've never really thought
of me as a friend, have you?
**[12:54] Marc**
What about now?
**[12:56] Marc**
Do you still just consider me a convenient
merchant for your business deals?
**[13:00] Lawrence**
No.
**[13:01] Marc**
It's a problem most traveling merchants
face when becoming a town merchant.
**[13:06] Marc**
But there's something
more interesting than that.
**[13:11] Marc**
Let me ask you this.
**[13:13] Marc**
If we were going to part ways forever,
**[13:15] Marc**
would you run around town
this desperately for me?
**[13:22] Marc**
Well, I'll look forward to the future.
**[13:24] Marc**
You're running around this frantically
for that companion of yours.
**[13:29] Marc**
This is what a boneless man looks like
when they're smitten by a woman.
**[13:32] Marc**
However, only flexible branches
can withstand fierce winds.
**[13:37] Marc**
I think you're the same as me.
**[13:39] Marc**
You're probably affected
by the curse of traveling merchants.
**[13:43] Lawrence**
Curse?
**[13:44] Marc**
You've become an interesting guy
because that curse is being lifted.
**[13:49] Marc**
You can't tell?
**[13:51] Marc**
You just happened to start your travels
with your companion by luck, right?
**[14:04] Marc**
You remind me of when I met Adele.
**[14:07] Marc**
You're cursed.
**[14:09] Marc**
Beset by the curse
of traveling merchants.
**[14:11] Lawrence**
Curse of traveling merchants?
**[14:14] Marc**
Exactly!
**[14:15] Marc**
You know, don't you?
**[14:16] Marc**
The poets all say that
money can't buy love.
**[14:19] Marc**
The preachers preach that there are more
important things in the world than money.
**[14:23] Marc**
Then, when making money is so hard,
**[14:26] Marc**
how are we to obtain something
more precious than that?
**[14:32] Merchant**
You tell him, Marc!
**[14:40] Marc**
If we work hard and finally obtain it,
we can't help but treasure it right?
**[14:46] Marc**
But the really valuable things
are surprisingly easy to obtain.
**[14:50] Marc**
And before you realized it, you've
been protecting that princess of yours.
**[14:56] (Flashback) Holo**
Brawn is not the only strength of a knight.
**[15:00] Marc**
Don't lose heart.
**[15:03] Marc**
You're the main character in this story.
**[15:07] (Flashback) Holo**
What are you to me?!
**[15:14] Marc**
Understand?
**[15:20] (Flashback) Holo**
What am I to you?!
**[15:33] Lawrence**
I feel like I can give her
an answer now.
**[15:36] Marc**
Well, I feel like I haven't given
such good advice in a while.
**[15:40] Marc**
With all the information
on the north of top of that,
**[15:42] Marc**
I feel like ten Lumione isn't enough.
**[15:45] Lawrence**
If that's all second-hand information,
it's a terrible deal.
**[15:50] Marc**
I hope things work out for you.
**[15:52] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[15:53] Marc**
Well, the way things fall
will all depend on you.
**[15:57] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[15:57] Marc**
So? Where're you sleeping tonight?
**[16:00] Lawrence**
I haven't decided.
**[16:01] Marc**
Then—
**[16:02] Lawrence**
No, I've decided after all.
**[16:05] Lawrence**
Will you let me spend the night here?
**[16:06] Marc**
Here?
**[16:07] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[16:08] Lawrence**
You have some sacks used
to hold wheat, right?
**[16:10] Lawrence**
Lend me some.
**[16:11] Marc**
I don't mind lending as many as you need,
but you should come to the house.
**[16:15] Marc**
Free of charge.
**[16:24] Lawrence**
I want to get some experience.
**[16:32] Marc**
Well, whatever.
**[16:33] Marc**
Then, see you again at dawn.
**[16:35] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[16:37] Marc**
Oh, before that.
**[16:41] Marc**
Let's have a drink for good luck!
**[17:01] Lawrence**
Holo, it's cold today so
can you tuck your tail...
**[17:11] Boy**
Morning!
**[17:12] Lant**
Morning!
**[17:14] Lawrence**
Morning.
**[17:16] Lant**
Good morning.
**[17:18] Lawrence**
Did Marc tell you what we're doing today?
**[17:20] Lant**
No, he has not.
**[17:23] Lant**
But I heard that we were
making a trap for a terrible guy...
**[17:27] Lawrence**
I can't tell you the details,
but it's something like that.
**[17:29] Lawrence**
You might have to do a difficult job
for the plan to work.
**[17:33] Lawrence**
What's your name?
**[17:34] Lant**
Huh? Oh, um... It's Lant.
**[17:37] Lant**
My name is Eu Lant.
**[17:38] Lawrence**
You must have been born north of here.
**[17:40] Lant**
Yes.
**[17:41] Lant**
I'm from a village always
frozen with snow and frost.
**[17:43] Lawrence**
I see.
**[17:46] Lawrence**
Lant, I'm depending on you today.
**[17:51] Lawrence**
Well, I'll need to fill up
my stomach first.
**[17:54] Lant**
There's a stall that sells dried bread.
Should I go buy some?
**[17:59] Lawrence**
Will you?
**[18:03] Lant**
Um, one coin is enough to buy plenty.
**[18:06] Lawrence**
The other coin is for your work today.
**[18:08] Lawrence**
Of course, you'll get a separate and proper
payment later as well, so don't worry.
**[18:13] Lawrence**
Marc will get here if you dally too long.
**[18:16] Lawrence**
He says that eating breakfast
is a luxury, right?
**[18:18] Lant**
I-I'll go now!
**[18:21] Marc**
Don't spoil my assistant.
**[18:24] Lawrence**
Then, you should have stopped me.
**[18:26] Marc**
Well, it's been pretty cold lately.
**[18:28] Marc**
It'll be a problem if he comes down
with a cold because he was hungry.
**[18:30] Lawrence**
Same for me.
**[18:32] Lawrence**
After all, there's work
I need Lant to do.
**[18:37] Marc**
Looks like another sunny day.
It's a good day for sales.
**[18:47] Merchant A**
Everyone's waiting to buy and no one's selling.
**[18:50] Merchant B**
The price'll go up today, too.
**[18:51] Merchant C**
We'll buy wheat later.
**[18:53] Merchant C**
We should focus on pyrite for now.
**[18:55] Merchant D**
My wife also wants some,
but at that price...
**[19:00] Lawrence**
The average price is eight hundred Illaid.
**[19:02] Lawrence**
Eighty times the usual price.
**[19:04] Lant**
Um, what will it take for
Mr. Lawrence to win?
**[19:08] Marc**
When do prices go up?
**[19:11] Lant**
When there are more buyers
than there is product.
**[19:15] Marc**
Then, when does it go down?
**[19:17] Lant**
When there is more product
than there are buyers.
**[19:20] Marc**
Well, that's the gist of it.
**[19:22] Marc**
Sales are needed to heat up the market.
**[19:25] Marc**
If no one sells, only the people who
already have some have any advantage.
**[19:31] Lant**
Because people sell,
others can obtain it and the price goes up.
**[19:35] Marc**
Exactly.
**[19:37] Marc**
However, his goal this time
isn't to make money.
**[19:40] Lant**
Huh?
**[19:40] Marc**
He doesn't want Amati to make money.
**[19:43] Marc**
He has to find the perfect timing
to sell a large amount of pyrite
**[19:46] Marc**
and cause the price to crash.
**[19:49] Marc**
If Amati sells his stock
even a second before that
**[19:52] Marc**
and reaches his goal of
a thousand silver coins, he'll win.
**[19:57] Marc**
You need just the right mix of patience
and resolve to find the perfect timing.
**[20:39] Amati**
Good morning, Mr. Lawrence.
**[20:41] Lawrence**
Good morning.
**[20:42] Amati**
It will get busy the moment
the opening bell of the market rings.
**[20:47] Amati**
I thought I should give this to you
as early as possible.
**[20:49] Lawrence**
What's this?
**[20:51] Amati**
What I've promised you.
**[20:56] Lawrence**
Rimmer gold coins!
**[20:58] Amati**
Yes. I thought that carrying
around five hundred silver coins
**[21:01] Amati**
would be too heavy
and inconvenient for you.
**[21:06] Lawrence**
I'm sure the exchange
cost you a lot in fees.
**[21:09] Amati**
It wasn't much.
**[21:11] Amati**
I exchanged it at today's
current market value,
**[21:14] Amati**
making it twenty-three
Rimmer gold coins.
**[21:19] Lawrence**
I understand.
**[21:20] Lawrence**
I've indeed received it.
**[21:21] Amati**
Aren't you going to
count it to make sure?
**[21:27] Amati**
Now, I'd like the contract for the
five hundred silver coins worth of pyrite.
**[21:31] Lawrence**
Y-Yes.
**[21:37] Amati**
I've indeed received it.
***SIGN*** Episode 19
***SIGN*** God's Unseen Hand and Wolf's Unseen Heart
**[23:45] Holo**
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**[00:11] Lant**
Do you think Mr. Lawrence will be all right?
**[00:13] Marc**
It'll be tough. He won't be able to put up
a fight without a huge amount of pyrite.
**[00:19] Marc**
We can only hope that Diana
will send someone for him.
**[00:23] Marc**
If he gets impatient and sells
a middling number of stones,
**[00:30] Marc**
he'll just fan the greed of the buyers.
**[00:33] Marc**
If that happens,
the price will keep going up.
**[00:36] Lant**
Then, won't Mr. Lawrence be pushed
**[00:39] Lant**
into making a move if Mr. Amati
acts like he's about to sell?
**[00:42] Marc**
That's right. You're pretty smart.
**[00:49] Lawrence**
Where's Holo?
**[01:01] Merchants**
Another buy tag!
**[01:03] Merchants**
The value's gonna go up again.
**[01:05] Merchants**
I should probably buy some now, too.
**[01:08] Lawrence**
Just how much higher will it rise?
***SIGN*** Episode 19
God's Unseen Hand and Wolf's Unseen Heart
**[01:13] Marc**
Wow, it's gone up that much?
**[01:16] Customer**
It'll probably go up twenty percent by noon.
**[01:19] Customer**
I should have bought some
when I still had the chance.
**[01:24] Lant**
The price is creeping up.
**[01:27] Marc**
Amati currently has eight hundred
silver coins worth of pyrite.
**[01:31] Marc**
If it goes up by twenty percent?
**[01:32] Lant**
It'll be worth nine hundred
and sixty silver coins.
**[01:36] Marc**
If that happens, he'll probably sell all his
assets to gather the remaining forty coins
**[01:42] Marc**
and complete the contract.
**[01:46] Marc**
He'll do it before the poison
from the sale on credit takes effect.
**[01:51] Lant**
The poison from the sale on credit?
**[01:56] Lawrence**
Ms. Diana's representative still isn't here?
**[02:01] Lawrence**
If Holo has been by his side the whole time,
**[02:03] Lawrence**
Amati might have already
gained a lot from her wisdom...
**[02:10] Merchants**
Another buy tag!
**[02:12] Merchants**
I can't believe it's gone up so much.
**[02:14] Merchants**
No, I'm sure it'll still go up.
**[02:17] Merchants**
How much is it now?
**[02:19] Merchants**
All right! Keep going!
**[02:24] Lawrence**
This is bad.
**[02:32] Lawrence**
Did Ms. Diana make a contract with Amati?
**[02:37] Lant**
But won't Mr. Lawrence make
a lot of money if Mr. Amati wins?
**[02:41] Marc**
You're right.
**[02:42] Lant**
Then, he succeeded as a merchant.
**[02:45] Marc**
But his losses will be great.
**[02:49] Marc**
There are things you can never obtain again,
no matter how much money you make.
**[02:54] Merchants**
Should we sell?
**[02:55] Merchants**
No, we should wait a little longer.
**[02:57] Merchants**
I'm sure it'll keep going up!
**[02:59] (Flashback) Batos**
You're interested in the alchemists' pyrite?
**[03:03] (Flashback) Marc**
You didn't find a place to buy pyrite
before signing the contract with him?!
**[03:06] (Flashback) Lawrence**
Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time.
**[03:08] (Flashback) Diana**
Someone else has already requested
its purchase before you.
**[03:11] (Flashback) Diana**
I will be the one to do the negotiations.
**[03:13] (Flashback) Diana**
Where will I be sure to find you tomorrow?
**[03:18] Merchants**
The number of buyers isn’t going down.
**[03:19] Merchants**
No sellers.
**[03:20] Lawrence**
Doesn't look good...
**[03:20] Merchants**
It just keeps going up.
**[03:21] Merchant**
Another buyer!
**[03:23] Merchants**
Amazing. How much longer will it keep going?
**[03:24] Merchants**
All right! Keep going!
**[03:26] Merchants**
This isn't the time to be doing business deals!
**[03:28] (Flashback) Holo**
You thought a thousand silver coins
would be worth the loss, did you not?!
**[03:37] Lawrence**
He's looking for her, too?
**[03:39] Merchants**
A seller!
**[03:39] Merchants**
Someone sold!
**[03:40] Lawrence**
Was it Amati?!
**[03:41] Merchants**
For how much?
**[03:41] Merchants**
How will the prices move?
**[03:45] Lawrence**
Excuse me!
**[03:46] Lawrence**
Please!
**[03:47] Lawrence**
Please let me through!
**[03:53] Lawrence**
Oh, um...
**[03:55] Merchants**
Another buyer!
**[03:56] Merchants**
It bounced right back...
**[03:58] Merchants**
That was quick.
**[03:59] Merchants**
It's not gonna stop rising.
**[04:00] Merchants**
Will the price start moving?
**[04:01] Merchant A**
Is it time to sell?
**[04:02] Merchant B**
No, you should still buy.
**[04:02] Merchants**
This has got to be as far as it goes.
**[04:04] Merchants**
It's a little unusual today.
**[04:07] Lawrence**
Holo?!
**[04:08] Lant**
E-Excuse me.
**[04:11] Lawrence**
Oh, it's you.
**[04:13] Lant**
Someone came by our stall
wanting to buy wheat with stones.
**[04:18] Lawrence**
How much?
**[04:19] Lant**
Two hundred and fifty coins worth.
**[04:23] Lawrence**
As much as you can, quickly.
**[04:24] Lant**
Yes!
**[04:29] Merchants**
A seller!
**[04:29] Merchants**
I need it to go up even more.
**[04:32] Merchants**
The number of sellers is increasing.
**[04:33] Merchants**
I'm buying! This is where it counts!
**[04:36] Merchants**
The price isn't dropping!
**[04:39] (Flashback) Marc**
Amati bought five hundred coins
worth of pyrite from Lawrence,
**[04:43] (Flashback) Marc**
but he has a contract
instead of the actual product.
**[04:46] (Flashback) Marc**
He'll be delivering the actual
product tomorrow evening.
**[04:54] (Flashback) Marc**
Do you understand what that means?
**[04:57] (Flashback) Lant**
He'll be able to sell the contract
if the price seems to be rising,
**[05:00] (Flashback) Lant**
but not if it's dropping.
**[05:03] Marc**
That's right.
**[05:04] (Flashback) Marc**
No one wants to hold
onto something that dangerous.
**[05:07] (Flashback) Marc**
If the price drops back down to normal,
**[05:11] (Flashback) Marc**
the contract he bought for five hundred
silver becomes a worthless piece of paper.
**[05:17] (Flashback) Lant**
The final person with
the contract will go bankrupt.
**[05:20] (Flashback) Marc**
That's right. That's why being sold
on credit is so poisonous.
**[05:30] Merchants**
Is this the limit?
**[05:32] Merchants**
The patient ones will win out in the end.
**[05:33] Merchants**
This price is good enough for me. I'm selling!
**[05:35] Lawrence**
Hurry up, Lant.
**[05:40] Merchants**
It's time to sell.
**[05:41] Amati**
Ms. Holo? Ms. Holo?
**[05:42] Merchants**
I should before the price drops any further...
**[05:44] Merchants**
Another buyer!
**[05:46] Merchants**
How much?
**[05:46] Merchants**
I can't see! Don't crowd the front!
**[05:48] Merchants**
It's a huge buyer!
**[05:52] Merchants**
It went up again.
**[05:53] Lawrence**
Have I hit the limit?
**[05:54] Merchants**
But will it keep going up?
**[05:55] Merchants**
I'm sure this is as far as it'll go.
**[05:57] Lawrence**
There's a small number of buyers right now.
**[06:02] Lawrence**
If I sold everything I have...
**[06:05] Lawrence**
I'm selling!
**[06:07] Merchants**
A seller.
**[06:08] Merchants**
That much?
**[06:11] Merchants**
The price dropped a lot.
**[06:12] Merchants**
I missed the timing to sell...
**[06:13] Merchants**
It'll go back up. We still have a chance!
**[06:27] Lawrence**
If I had Ms. Diana's four hundred coins
worth of pyrite right now,
**[06:32] Lawrence**
the price would definitely crash.
**[06:41] Lawrence**
If she appears now...
**[06:42] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence!
**[06:48] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[06:49] Lant**
Sorry for the wait!
Here's two hundred and fifty coins worth!
**[06:55] Lant**
What's wrong?
**[06:57] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah...
**[07:00] Lawrence**
To be safe, I should wait
for Ms. Diana's representative...
**[07:04] Lant**
But...
**[07:06] Lant**
Is that person coming?
**[07:08] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[07:09] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[07:10] Lawrence**
I just gave up on that a moment ago.
**[07:14] Lawrence**
If I'm gambling...
**[07:18] Lawrence**
I need to sell before another buyer appears!
**[07:21] Lant**
Oh...
**[07:25] Merchants**
Here it is! A big buyer!
**[07:26] Merchants**
Hey, what's the price now?!
**[07:37] Merchants**
It's a stabilizing buy!
**[07:38] Merchants**
It went up again!
It's the highest it's ever been!
**[07:40] Merchants**
I'm going to buy! It's still time to buy!
**[07:40] Lant**
What's the matter?
**[07:41] Lawrence**
There's... another buyer.
**[07:45] Lawrence**
The winds have changed.
**[07:48] Lawrence**
Now, all I can do is wait
for Ms. Diana's representative...
**[07:53] Lant**
L-Look!
**[07:59] Lawrence**
Holo!
**[08:02] Lawrence**
There's no mistake.
**[08:04] Lawrence**
Amati has realized the danger
of being sold on credit.
**[08:08] Lant**
Oh, Mr. Lawrence!
**[08:11] Lawrence**
I'm out of time.
**[08:13] Lawrence**
Please, hurry.
**[08:15] Lawrence**
Please!
**[08:17] Diana's Rep**
Are you Mr. Lawrence?
**[08:22] Diana's Rep**
You're Mr. Lawrence, aren't you?
**[08:23] Lawrence**
Y-Yes.
**[08:25] Diana's Rep**
I have a message from Ms. Diana.
**[08:32] Diana's Rep**
She has failed in the negotiations.
**[08:36] Diana's Rep**
Ms. Diana says she has failed to convince
the other party to sell to you.
**[08:43] Diana's Rep**
She also apologizes for being unable
to meet your expectations.
**[08:48] Diana's Rep**
If you'll excuse me...
**[08:59] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[09:03] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[09:05] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence!
**[09:06] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence!
**[09:08] Lawrence**
O-Oh...
**[09:10] Lawrence**
Sorry.
**[09:11] Lawrence**
I caused you a lot of trouble...
**[09:14] Lant**
Huh? No, that's not...
**[09:17] Lawrence**
Please give Marc a message.
**[09:20] Lawrence**
The plan failed.
**[09:24] Lawrence**
Well, I'll get a thousand
silver coins from Amati.
**[09:27] Lawrence**
As a merchant, I should be happy.
**[09:30] Lawrence**
Here, this is for you...
**[09:36] Lant**
Mr. Lawrence!
**[09:41] Lant**
A-Are you giving up?!
**[09:43] Lant**
Master has always told me that
merchants should never give up easily.
**[09:47] Lant**
Th-The god of money
doesn't come to those who pray,
**[09:52] Lant**
but to those who don't give up easily!
**[09:58] Lant**
I...
**[10:00] Lant**
I fell in love with Ms. Holo
the moment I saw her!
**[10:04] Lant**
But Master told me that you would...
**[10:11] Lant**
beat me senseless if I told you!
**[10:16] Lawrence**
Yeah, someone's definitely in for a beating!
**[10:23] Lawrence**
I want to go all out...
**[10:26] Lawrence**
on myself.
**[10:30] Lant**
Huh?
**[10:31] Lawrence**
I forgot.
**[10:33] Lawrence**
People who don't give up easily
are all unbelievably wishful thinkers.
**[10:40] Lawrence**
And I'm one of them.
**[10:43] Lawrence**
A merchant does business
by making plans, predictions,
**[10:46] Lawrence**
and comparing those things against the facts.
**[10:49] Lawrence**
If I sell that, this'll happen.
**[10:51] Lawrence**
If I buy this, that'll happen.
**[10:52] Lawrence**
It's an important aspect of business.
**[10:55] Lawrence**
But people can make
all the hypotheses they want.
**[10:58] Lawrence**
That's why you can get lost
if you make too many of them.
**[11:01] Lawrence**
You start thinking that any business
you do is full of dangers.
**[11:05] Lawrence**
That's why you need a guidepost.
**[11:10] Lawrence**
That is the one thing every merchant must have.
**[11:13] Lawrence**
If it's a trustworthy guidepost,
**[11:15] Lawrence**
you should have faith in it...
**[11:21] Lawrence**
no matter how crazy something seems.
**[11:27] Lawrence**
That's how it should be.
**[11:30] Lawrence**
Once I sell the pyrite,
spread the rumor I asked you to spread.
**[11:35] Lant**
Y-Yes!
**[11:37] Lawrence**
Do you believe in God?
**[11:39] Lant**
Huh?
**[11:42] Lawrence**
I'm depending on you.
**[11:51] Stall Owner**
You're here again.
**[11:55] Lawrence**
I'm selling.
**[12:01] Holo**
I am selling as well.
**[12:02] Merchants**
Another seller?
**[12:03] Holo**
Fool.
**[12:03] Merchants**
Hey, that amount...
**[12:05] Lawrence**
Sorry.
**[12:07] Lawrence**
Unlike someone else I know,
she was a mature and beautiful lady, right?
**[12:08] Stall Owner**
Hey, come and help!
**[12:19] Merchants**
A seller!
**[12:20] Merchants**
How much will the price change?
**[12:28] Merchants**
It's a huge sale!
**[12:30] Merchants**
Sell!
**[12:31] Merchants**
I'm selling, too!
**[12:32] Merchants**
Out of the way! Me first!
**[12:33] Merchants**
Hey, shopkeeper! Come here quickly!
**[12:59] Lawrence**
In the end, Amati didn't lose
too much financially,
**[13:03] Lawrence**
but it was a huge psychological blow to him.
**[13:09] (Flashback) Kumerson Associate**
You shouldn't have tried
to take another person's woman.
**[13:15] Lawrence**
That's what he was told.
**[13:19] Holo**
I had planned to break things off
with him in a much harsher manner.
**[13:22] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[13:23] Holo**
I cannot forgive his words!
**[13:26] Lawrence**
What?
**[13:27] Holo**
Do not ask me what words he spoke.
**[13:30] Lawrence**
That's probably for the best.
**[13:33] Holo**
So? You cannot possibly think
that everything has been resolved.
**[13:43] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[13:44] Holo**
Do you truly know what
you should be sorry for?
**[13:49] Lawrence**
I do.
**[13:53] Lawrence**
At least, I think so.
**[13:56] Lawrence**
My contract with Mr. Amati
was a complete ego trip, right?
**[14:05] Lawrence**
And the worst thing was,
I didn't completely trust you.
**[14:11] Lawrence**
You showed me the white feathers to tell me
**[14:13] Lawrence**
that you were the one
who bought the pyrite from Ms. Diana.
**[14:17] Lawrence**
You disappeared because you
were getting the pyrite from Ms. Diana.
**[14:23] Lawrence**
However, I thought you laid a trap for me
when Amati sold some of his stones.
**[14:29] Holo**
Explain yourself!
**[14:33] Lawrence**
I thought you were trying
to get me to play my hand...
**[14:36] Lawrence**
On top of that, if the price kept rising,
**[14:39] Lawrence**
I'd have to buy the pyrite
I promised Amati at a higher price...
**[14:43] Lawrence**
I thought you had completely
turned to Amati's side.
**[14:48] Lawrence**
But I was wrong.
**[14:49] Lawrence**
You instigated Amati, who isn't used
to this kind of trade, to sell some.
**[14:54] Lawrence**
You were trying to tell me
that Amati had enough stock,
**[14:58] Lawrence**
so I should hurry up and sell, right?
**[15:03] Holo**
Goodness...
**[15:07] Lawrence**
Even before that, you sent over
the contract you signed that Amati prepared.
**[15:12] Lawrence**
That...
**[15:14] Lawrence**
That was to make me
upset enough to take action...
**[15:20] Lawrence**
Wasn't it?
**[15:21] Holo**
I was on the second floor at the time...
**[15:27] Holo**
It is nothing.
**[15:28] Holo**
Continue!
**[15:32] Lawrence**
You told me in Ruvinheigen.
**[15:34] Lawrence**
I shouldn't try to play games
and tell you how I truly feel.
**[15:38] Lawrence**
You told me problems are solved faster
if we get angry and argue with one another.
**[15:42] Lawrence**
Then, we had our first misunderstanding.
**[15:45] Lawrence**
When you got upset
about the issue with Yoitsu...
**[15:48] Lawrence**
The apology you gave me at the end...
**[15:50] (Flashback) Holo**
I am sorry.
**[15:53] Lawrence**
I thought you were rejecting me.
**[15:56] Lawrence**
But you actually said that because
you returned to your senses, right?
**[16:00] Holo**
You fool!
**[16:03] Holo**
This is what they mean when they say
the thinking of a fool is a waste of time!
**[16:06] Holo**
You ruined all of my efforts!
**[16:09] Holo**
As if that were not enough,
you thought I sided with the enemy?
**[16:13] Holo**
You were so obsessed with the contract
you signed with that youngster!
**[16:18] Holo**
It is true that I met you only recently.
**[16:22] Holo**
Even so, I believed that we formed
a bond that was far from shallow!
**[16:27] Holo**
Was that merely a one-sided assumption?
**[16:32] Holo**
Or could it be that you truly...
**[16:37] Lawrence**
I want to continue traveling with you.
**[16:50] Lawrence**
Until now, I've spent
my entire life doing business.
**[16:53] Lawrence**
And I don't plan to change that.
**[16:55] Lawrence**
That's why I'm stupid
when it comes to everything else.
**[17:02] Lawrence**
Even so, I want to travel with you.
**[17:07] Holo**
Then, what am I to you?
**[17:13] Lawrence**
No words can fully describe it.
**[17:21] Holo**
What kind of salty line was that?
**[17:23] Lawrence**
Don't you love jerky that's well salted?
**[17:27] Holo**
I hate it!
**[17:35] Lawrence**
There's something I also wanted to ask.
**[17:38] Holo**
Hm?
**[17:39] Lawrence**
How were you able to convince
Ms. Diana to sell you the pyrite?
**[17:50] Holo**
I was able to figure out your plan
from what that youngster told me.
**[17:57] Holo**
I was impressed you were able to think of
something like that. You deserve my praise.
**[18:02] Holo**
And Diana...
**[18:05] Holo**
I visited her for a different reason.
**[18:08] Lawrence**
A different reason?
**[18:10] Holo**
I found her location
from her scent on the letter.
**[18:12] Holo**
Though, I could hardly stand
such a powerful smell of sulfur.
**[18:17] Holo**
I told her this.
**[18:19] Holo**
Invent a story that Yoitsu may still exist
somewhere and tell that story to you.
**[18:25] Holo**
But that young girl refused my request.
**[18:30] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[18:34] Holo**
Goodness.
**[18:35] Holo**
It was embarrassing, but I told her
the situation and almost convinced her.
**[18:40] Holo**
Then, you appeared.
**[18:46] (Flashback) Lawrence**
Is anyone home?
**[18:48] Holo**
Then, that young girl
thought of an unnecessary plan.
**[18:53] Holo**
She told me I should confirm
the depth of your resolve.
**[18:56] Holo**
She spoke as if she knew everything...
**[18:58] (Flashback) Diana**
Yes, good night.
**[19:00] (Flashback) Lawrence**
Excuse me.
**[19:05] (Flashback) Diana**
Good luck.
**[19:09] Holo**
I heard your foolish question
clearly with my own ears.
**[19:16] (Flashback) Lawrence**
May I ask a question?
**[19:18] (Flashback) Diana**
Feel free.
**[19:20] (Flashback) Lawrence**
Are there any stories of pagan gods
and humans becoming a couple?
**[19:28] (Flashback) Diana**
Yes.
**[19:30] (Flashback) Diana**
There are many.
**[19:31] Holo**
It seems there are many stories
about gods and humans becoming a couple.
**[19:37] Holo**
I do not mind, if that is what you wish.
**[19:41] Holo**
In exchange...
**[19:43] Holo**
please be gentle.
**[19:47] Holo**
I am joking.
**[19:49] Holo**
I cannot get in the mood
after talking to that young girl.
**[19:55] Holo**
Did you realize that young girl is not human?
**[19:58] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[19:59] Holo**
There were a lot of feathers
scattered in her room.
**[20:02] Holo**
Those are hers.
**[20:04] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[20:05] Holo**
She was originally a bird much bigger than you.
**[20:08] Holo**
One day, she fell in love with a traveling monk
**[20:12] Holo**
and spent many years
creating a church with him.
**[20:14] Holo**
The monk grew suspicious
because the young girl never aged.
**[20:19] Holo**
I am sure you can guess what happened next.
**[20:33] Holo**
I wish to return to my hometown.
**[20:36] Holo**
Even if it is no longer there.
**[20:39] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[20:52] Holo**
Humans do such flashy things.
**[20:55] Lawrence**
Yeah. It's amazing.
**[21:10] Holo**
We should join them.
**[21:12] Lawrence**
Good idea.
**[21:13] Holo**
I do not mind burning passionately
like that straw figure, you know.
**[21:26] Lawrence**
That might work out
if some alcohol gets involved.
**[21:29] Holo**
Who will care for me if *you* get drunk?!
**[21:32] Holo**
You fool!
***SIGN*** Episode 20
***SIGN*** Church Girl and Miller Boy
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: Church Girl and Miller Boy.
# E20 - Church Girl and Miller Boy
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**[00:21] Lawrence**
What's wrong? What happened?!
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[01:55] Lawrence**
I said I was sorry...
**[01:57] Holo**
Of course, I am happy to give you
some warmth in this cold.
***SIGN*** Episode 20
Church Girl and Miller Boy
**[02:03] Holo**
That is why I have turned
a blind eye to your actions
**[02:06] Holo**
and refrained from demanding any payment.
**[02:08] Holo**
Even so, Lawrence.
**[02:10] Holo**
Are there not things you must never do?!
**[02:12] Holo**
This tail of mine is my pride.
**[02:15] Holo**
The sole proof of who I am.
**[02:18] Holo**
And my tail...
**[02:21] Holo**
had its hairs pulled out
and flattened! Moreover...
**[02:34] Holo**
How dare you fall asleep!
**[02:54] Lawrence**
We should be able to see the town soon.
**[02:55] Holo**
Is that where we can ask about my home town?
**[02:58] Lawrence**
Ms. Diana told me that there's an abbot who
collects various stories of pagan gods there.
**[03:05] Holo**
I see.
**[03:06] Holo**
So, this abbot lives in that town.
**[03:08] Lawrence**
No, the abbey is in a very secluded place.
**[03:12] Lawrence**
The only one who knows its whereabouts
is a church priest in Tereo.
**[03:15] Holo**
So, we are going to Tereo.
**[03:17] Lawrence**
No. Since we don't know how to get to Tereo,
**[03:21] Lawrence**
we need to stop by the town
of Enberch to get directions.
**[03:25] Holo**
What a roundabout path.
**[03:36] Priest**
You are very lucky
to live in the town of Enberch.
**[03:40] Priest**
That's because God always stands
beside those who are properly faithful.
**[03:44] Holo**
I wish to eat sweet bread.
**[03:45] Lawrence**
After we sell our goods.
**[03:45] Priest**
You, who are being taught
the true way by the official Church,
**[03:48] Holo**
Remind me what goods we carry this time?
**[03:48] Priest**
have no reason not to be blessed.
**[03:50] Lawrence**
You remember, right? It's flour
that we bought from Marc in Kumerson.
**[03:54] Holo**
Oh. Right, right. It was flour.
**[03:57] Lawrence**
This is also my first time visiting this town.
**[03:59] Lawrence**
I didn't know what kind of
products were in demand.
**[04:02] Lawrence**
Even so...
**[04:04] Lawrence**
I thought a town of this size
would have rich nobles
**[04:06] Lawrence**
or a large church that would buy some.
**[04:09] Lawrence**
I put at least a little thought
into the purchase.
**[04:11] Holo**
I do not care about such shallow cleverness.
**[04:14] Holo**
Why must I eat black and bitter rye bread
every day when we carry such goods in our cart?
**[04:24] Holo**
Though you made a lot of money
in Kumerson, you are still quite stingy!
**[04:27] Lawrence**
Hey, now...
**[04:29] Lawrence**
We're not on this journey
just to find your home town.
**[04:32] Lawrence**
We're also here for my trade!
**[04:34] Holo**
Fool!
**[04:35] Holo**
My cute tail was beaten by your legs!
**[04:39] Holo**
It is not fair unless
I can beat your arse in return!
**[04:43] Holo**
No more rye bread!
**[04:45] Holo**
I wish to eat soft and fluffy wheat bread!
**[04:49] Riendott**
There was a bountiful harvest of rye this year.
**[04:52] Riendott**
We don't have the extra
finances to deal with wheat.
**[04:55] Riendott**
Wheat is profitable, so we
wish we could buy it from you...
**[04:59] Lawrence**
I wish we could have
sold you bread instead of flour.
**[05:05] Riendott**
That is how all merchants think.
**[05:07] Riendott**
But then, you'd be picking
a fight with the bakeries.
**[05:10] Lawrence**
Are the bakeries powerful here?
**[05:12] Riendott**
Very powerful!
**[05:13] Riendott**
If anyone other than a bakery bakes bread,
**[05:15] Riendott**
they'd come after you with stone rolling pins.
**[05:17] Riendott**
Are you looking to create
a sales channel this time?
**[05:20] Lawrence**
No, I'm just trading as I travel.
**[05:24] Riendott**
Where is your destination?
**[05:26] Lawrence**
I plan to head to Lenos.
**[05:28] Riendott**
Lenos? That far?
**[05:31] Lawrence**
Before that, I wish to stop by Tereo.
**[05:34] Lawrence**
I have some business with their church.
**[05:37] Riendott**
Tereo's church? The church
in Enberch is much grander...
**[05:41] Lawrence**
Oh yes, you have a large church here.
**[05:44] Riendott**
Our church manages this entire area.
**[05:47] Riendott**
We have an extraordinary priest
named Bishop Mendez, too...
**[05:51] Lawrence**
Oh, no. I just want to meet
someone from Tereo's church.
**[05:55] Lawrence**
Oh, by the way, do you know
how to get to Tereo?
**[06:00] Riendott**
There's a direct road, so you won't get lost.
**[06:02] Riendott**
It's about a day's travel from here by cart.
**[06:06] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[06:08] Lawrence**
May God bring us together in the future.
**[06:09] Riendott**
Yes, I hope we do business
together at that time.
**[06:13] Holo**
Hey, it seems Tereo is only a day away.
**[06:16] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[06:16] Lawrence**
Yeah, it seems so.
**[06:18] Holo**
If we depart today, we should
be able to reach it by the morrow.
**[06:21] Lawrence**
Shouldn't we rest? Aren't you tired?
**[06:24] Holo**
We can rest in Tereo tomorrow.
**[06:28] Holo**
I would like to go as soon as possible.
**[06:30] Lawrence**
All right.
**[06:31] Lawrence**
Let's eat something warm before we go.
**[06:34] Lawrence**
We can at least do that, right?
**[06:37] Holo**
Well, of course.
**[07:11] Holo**
What is that sound?
**[07:13] Lawrence**
It's from that.
**[07:21] Lawrence**
Since there's a waterwheel, we must be close.
**[07:34] Evan**
Whoa, there.
**[07:38] Evan**
Sorry. Sorry.
**[07:39] Evan**
Say, aren't you a traveler?
**[07:42] Lawrence**
That's right. Who are you?
**[07:45] Evan**
As you can see, I'm a miller.
**[07:47] Evan**
So, where'd you come from?
You don't look like you're from Enberch.
**[07:50] Lawrence**
You have a good eye. Let me ask you back.
**[07:53] Lawrence**
How much longer
till we reach the town of Tereo?
**[07:55] Evan**
The "town" of Tereo?
**[07:57] Evan**
If Tereo is a town,
then Enberch is a royal capital.
**[08:00] Evan**
I don't know why you're going,
but it's a tiny village.
**[08:03] Lawrence**
I see. So, how much further?
**[08:05] Evan**
It's just a bit further down the road.
**[08:07] Evan**
You could even say you're already in Tereo.
**[08:09] Lawrence**
I see. I understand, thank you.
**[08:11] Evan**
H-Hey, there! There's no rush! Right, traveler?
**[08:17] Lawrence**
Do you have some business with me?
**[08:18] Evan**
Oh, um, business?
**[08:22] Evan**
Oh, th-that's right! You have
quite a beauty by your side.
**[08:28] Lawrence**
She's a nun in the middle of a pilgrimage.
**[08:30] Evan**
A nun?
**[08:31] Lawrence**
Is there a problem?
**[08:33] Evan**
Well, it's not a good idea
to bring a nun into Tereo.
**[08:37] Lawrence**
Oh?
**[08:39] Lawrence**
We have business with the church in Tereo.
**[08:42] Lawrence**
It shouldn't be a problem
for a nun to visit a church.
**[08:45] Evan**
W-Well, how should I put this,
**[08:47] Evan**
there's a fight going on with the annoying
people from the Church of Enberch.
**[08:53] Evan**
Won't things get complicated
if a traveling nun gets involved?
**[08:57] Lawrence**
I see. Well, we'll be careful.
**[09:00] Lawrence**
No one would mind if we visited as long
as she isn't dressed as a nun, right?
**[09:04] Evan**
That would be great.
**[09:06] Evan**
But what business do you have with the church?
**[09:08] Lawrence**
We came to ask for directions.
**[09:10] Evan**
Directions?
**[09:12] Evan**
So, you didn't come here to do business.
**[09:15] Evan**
I was hoping to help if you were.
**[09:18] Lawrence**
I'll come to you if that happens.
**[09:19] Lawrence**
May I pass now?
**[09:31] Lawrence**
My name is Kraft Lawrence.
**[09:34] Lawrence**
What's yours?
**[09:35] Evan**
Evan!
**[09:36] Evan**
Gyoam Evan!
**[09:38] Lawrence**
Evan. Got it. I'll remember your name.
**[09:41] Evan**
Yeah, don't forget it!
**[09:45] Evan**
Please stop by on your way out, too!
**[10:05] Holo**
His eyes were more on you than me.
**[10:07] Lawrence**
Well, he's a miller.
**[10:09] Lawrence**
He probably doesn't have an easy life.
**[10:10] Holo**
Is that so?
**[10:11] Lawrence**
It's like being a shepherd.
**[10:14] Lawrence**
It's a necessary job, but a lot of
towns and villages don't like them.
**[10:18] Lawrence**
You have wheat in that pouch, right?
**[10:20] Lawrence**
If you were to hull and grind that much wheat,
**[10:22] Lawrence**
how much do flour do you think it'll yield?
**[10:24] Holo**
I was just a god of harvest.
I do not know such a thing.
**[10:29] Lawrence**
Let's say you have this much grain.
**[10:32] Lawrence**
If you hull it and grind it into flour,
you'll have about this much at the end.
**[10:36] Holo**
That little?
**[10:39] Lawrence**
They say that millers at the waterwheel
always steal some of the flour.
**[10:44] Lawrence**
Also, waterwheels are usually
owned by the landlord.
**[10:47] Lawrence**
Who do you think collects the taxes from
everyone who grinds their wheat there?
**[10:51] Holo**
I assume it would be the miller.
**[10:53] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[10:54] Lawrence**
Nobody pays their taxes happily.
**[10:57] Lawrence**
So, who do they end up hating?
**[11:01] Holo**
I see.
**[11:02] Holo**
Then, the reason that whelp
was wagging his tail at you...
**[11:05] Lawrence**
Yes, he's probably dying to find
a way to leave this village.
**[11:09] Lawrence**
There has to be someone running the grinder,
**[11:12] Lawrence**
but most people are suspicious of them
and hate them. It's a thankless job.
**[11:18] Holo**
A familiar story to me...
**[11:21] Lawrence**
But it's a necessary job.
**[11:25] Lawrence**
There are people who appreciate it, too.
**[11:58] Holo**
What a large stone.
**[12:00] Lawrence**
It's probably used for festival ceremonies,
dancing, or holding meetings.
**[12:06] Lawrence**
Hello. Nice to meet you.
**[12:59] Elsa**
Who is it?
**[13:00] Lawrence**
I apologize for the sudden visit.
**[13:03] Lawrence**
I am a traveling merchant named Lawrence.
**[13:06] Elsa**
A traveling merchant?
**[13:07] Lawrence**
Yes, I came from Kumerson.
**[13:10] Elsa**
And, who is she?
**[13:12] Lawrence**
Due to some circumstances,
she is currently traveling with me.
**[13:21] Elsa**
What business do you have here?
**[13:23] Lawrence**
I'd like to meet with
the priest of this church.
**[13:28] Elsa**
I am not an official priest, but...
**[13:33] Elsa**
My name is Elsa Schtingheim,
and I am responsible for this church.
**[13:37] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[13:38] Elsa**
So, what business do you have?
**[13:40] Lawrence**
W-We came to ask for directions.
**[13:42] Elsa**
Directions?
**[13:43] Lawrence**
I am looking for the directions
to Diendran Abbey.
**[13:46] Lawrence**
The abbot, Louis Lana Schtinghilt,
should be caring for it.
**[13:51] Elsa**
I do not know!
**[13:55] Lawrence**
I heard there was a priest
named Father Franz here.
**[13:59] Elsa**
Father Franz passed away last summer!
**[14:01] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[14:01] Elsa**
Are you satisfied now?!
**[14:02] Elsa**
I don't know about the abbey
you speak of and I'm very busy!
**[14:07] Lawrence**
R-Right...
**[14:10] Holo**
She really disliked you.
**[14:13] Lawrence**
Is it because I didn't give a donation?
**[14:16] Lawrence**
Is it true that Father Franz is dead?
**[14:19] Holo**
She doesn't seem to be lying. However...
**[14:22] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[14:23] Lawrence**
She's definitely lying about
not knowing about the abbey.
**[14:30] Holo**
It has been so long...
**[14:32] Lawrence**
It's a pretty small village.
Don't cause any problems.
**[14:36] Holo**
That will depend on your attitude.
**[14:41] Holo**
I am a bit sleepy.
**[14:42] Holo**
May I sleep?
**[14:44] Lawrence**
What if I say no?
**[14:47] Holo**
I will just doze off at your side.
**[14:53] Lawrence**
Well, I know you're really tired.
**[14:56] Lawrence**
As my traveling companion,
I would appreciate you resting
**[14:58] Lawrence**
before getting sick from exhaustion.
**[15:00] Holo**
Yes. Then, I shall rest now.
**[15:03] Lawrence**
Before that, you should take off your robe,
**[15:05] Lawrence**
fold my coat that you just tossed aside,
**[15:08] Lawrence**
and properly rest under the blankets.
**[15:13] Lawrence**
If the clothes aren't folded properly
by the time I come back,
**[15:17] Lawrence**
your dinner will drop in quality.
**[15:19] Holo**
I know you are too kind to do such a thing.
**[15:22] Lawrence**
You'll get yourself hurt one of these days.
**[15:25] Holo**
Only if you do something about it.
**[15:27] Holo**
Where are you going now?
**[15:29] Lawrence**
Since it looks like we're
going to stay here a bit,
**[15:32] Lawrence**
I want to go and greet the head of the village.
**[15:34] Lawrence**
I may be able to ask him about the abbey, too.
**[15:38] Lawrence**
So, be obedient and sleep.
**[15:42] Holo**
Yes...
**[15:44] Lawrence**
I won't have any gifts for you, though.
**[15:46] Holo**
I do not mind.
**[15:49] Holo**
All I ask is that you return.
**[15:53] Holo**
That foolish face of yours is enough of a gift.
**[15:57] Holo**
I've already received my gift.
**[15:59] Holo**
Good night.
**[16:02] Lawrence**
Sleep well.
**[16:23] Lawrence**
Is anyone home?
**[16:25] Kemp**
Coming.
**[16:28] Kemp**
Yes, yes. Who is it?
**[16:30] Lawrence**
I apologize for the sudden visit.
I'm a traveling merchant...
**[16:34] Kemp**
Oh, my!
**[16:34] Kemp**
Elder! It's the rumored man!
**[16:38] Kemp**
Elder!
**[16:41] Kemp**
See, here he is!
**[16:42] Sem**
Ms. Kemp, you're being rude to our guest.
**[16:46] Kemp**
Yes, yes.
**[16:47] Sem**
Please forgive our terrible manners.
**[16:51] Sem**
I am the head of Tereo Village. My name is Sem.
**[16:58] Lawrence**
Were you in the middle of something?
**[17:00] Sem**
No, no.
**[17:01] Sem**
We're in the middle of turning
the wheat we harvested into bread.
**[17:15] Sem**
Please be at ease. It isn't alive.
**[17:18] Lawrence**
It's stuffed?
**[17:21] Sem**
Now then.
**[17:22] Sem**
What business do you have here?
**[17:25] Lawrence**
First, I wanted to give you my regards.
**[17:28] Lawrence**
This is some of the wheat flour
I have brought with me.
**[17:30] Sem**
Goodness!
**[17:32] Sem**
Lately, business is the first word
out of other traveling merchants.
**[17:37] Sem**
And, your second goal?
**[17:39] Lawrence**
I am looking for an abbey.
**[17:44] Lawrence**
I asked about its whereabouts
at the church earlier, but they didn't know.
**[17:49] Sem**
Is that so?
**[17:51] Sem**
I know of no abbey in this area...
**[17:54] Lawrence**
I heard that Father Franz
would know the location of the abbey.
**[17:58] Sem**
Father Franz passed away last summer.
**[18:01] Lawrence**
I heard.
**[18:02] Sem**
We lost a good man.
**[18:05] Sem**
He devoted many years
of his life to this village.
**[18:12] Lawrence**
Has Ms. Elsa taken his place?
**[18:14] Sem**
Yes. She's quite young,
so I'm sure you were surprised.
**[18:18] Lawrence**
Yes. So, then—
**[18:21] Man**
Elder!
**[18:22] Sem**
It seems something has happened.
**[18:25] Lawrence**
It's always busy right after the harvest.
**[18:27] Sem**
I'm sorry I couldn't do more for you...
**[18:29] Man**
Elder!
**[18:32] Man**
I was told to bring this here!
**[18:35] Man**
Sorry it took so long! The roads were...
**[18:51] Lawrence**
I should get some sleep myself.
**[19:07] Holo**
I recall you said the quality
of dinner would drop
**[19:09] Holo**
if the clothes were not folded
and I was not under the covers?
**[19:12] Lawrence**
You're too kind to do something like that.
**[19:18] Lawrence**
I must have slept a long time.
**[19:20] Holo**
Was I not so kind that I did not wake you
even though my stomach rumbled?
**[19:25] Lawrence**
So, you didn't sadly sneak
the coins out of my purse?
**[19:34] Lawrence**
It seems night falls quickly here.
**[19:36] Lawrence**
There is no one in the square.
**[19:38] Holo**
No stalls, either.
Will we be able to find dinner?
**[19:42] Lawrence**
I'm sure we'll be fine at the tavern.
**[19:43] Holo**
Yes. Then, let us hurry.
**[19:46] Lawrence**
I just woke up...
**[19:50] Lawrence**
Okay. I got it...
**[19:53] Lawrence**
What's that?
**[20:05] Lawrence**
Don't pop out like that. That surprised me.
**[20:08] Holo**
What is he doing?
**[20:10] Lawrence**
Seems like he's heading toward the church.
**[20:12] Holo**
How suspicious.
**[20:17] Lawrence**
We're definitely more suspicious.
**[20:26] Holo**
I see...
**[20:30] Lawrence**
Only gods are allowed to peek
into the lives of people.
**[20:35] Holo**
Are you not interested?
**[20:38] Lawrence**
I'm surprised you'd be
so interested in such gossip.
**[20:41] Holo**
What is wrong with being interested?
**[20:43] Lawrence**
It's hardly praiseworthy behavior.
**[20:46] Holo**
I am not only interested
because of mere curiosity.
**[20:52] Holo**
I would rather call it studying.
**[20:55] Lawrence**
Studying?
**[20:56] Holo**
Yes. Studying.
**[20:58] Holo**
To study how you and I would
look in the eyes of others.
**[21:06] Holo**
Is it not necessary to see things
from another perspective?
**[21:14] Holo**
So, that is how it looks
when others see me with you.
**[21:25] Holo**
Well, I do not think
we pale in comparison to them.
**[21:29] Holo**
Right, Lawrence?
**[21:35] Holo**
Hey, you.
**[21:40] Holo**
Are you listening?
**[21:46] Holo**
I am hungry.
**[21:54] Lawrence**
You're right.
**[21:55] Lawrence**
We should get some food
and gather some information.
**[21:58] Holo**
Yes, we must seek out
the location of the abbey.
**[22:01] Lawrence**
No, I'm going to change how we go about this.
**[22:03] Holo**
Oh?
**[22:04] Lawrence**
I think Elsa and Sem both know about the abbey.
**[22:09] Lawrence**
Even so, they're pretending that they don't.
**[22:12] Lawrence**
So, I'm going to look into why first.
***SIGN*** Episode 21
***SIGN*** Pagan Village and Priest's Contract
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode:
Pagan Village and Priest's Contract
# E21 - Pagan Village and Priest's Contract
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**[00:10] Guest 2**
That's the way you gotta drink!
**[00:12] Guest 1**
Lady, you got skills!
**[00:14] Guest 1**
Here you go.
**[00:18] Baker**
Come on now.
**[00:19] Baker**
As a man, you can't lose to your companion.
**[00:23] Guest A**
Drink up! Drink up!
**[00:24] Lawrence**
Oh, thank you.
**[00:30] Lawrence**
Well, this is a fine beer!
**[00:32] Guest B**
Right?
**[00:33] Baker**
The mistress of this tavern, Iima Ranel,
is famous around these parts!
**[00:38] Baker**
She has the strength of three men
and the appetite of five!
**[00:43] Iima**
Don't be lying to the travelers!
**[00:45] Iima**
Well, here's your garlic fried mutton.
**[00:48] Baker**
I was just about to sing your praises!
**[00:51] Iima**
Meaning what you said just now wasn't!
**[00:54] Guest A**
The tavern mistress here used to travel from
place to place while carrying a brewing jug!
**[01:00] Lawrence**
Huh? No way.
**[01:01] Iima**
That's right.
**[01:02] Iima**
It was back when I was younger and prettier.
**[01:07] Iima**
I was born in a town along
the coast west of here.
**[01:12] Iima**
Towns like that are fated to be
swept up by the sea one day.
**[01:15] Lawrence**
The sea... you mean pirates?
**[01:18] Iima**
Right.
**[01:18] Iima**
I ran away in the confusion
and realized afterwards
**[01:21] Iima**
that all I had with me was a brewing jug
on my back and a sack of barley.
**[01:25] Iima**
Who knows what I was thinking.
**[01:27] Baker**
Here, a glass for you, too!
**[01:28] Iima**
Ah, thanks.
**[01:30] Iima**
So, with the brewing jug and barley in my arms,
**[01:33] Iima**
I used some river water to start brewing beer.
**[01:35] Baker**
Then, lo and behold!
**[01:37] Baker**
The count and his men passed by
to check on the efforts against the pirates!
**[01:53] Iima**
The count himself asked me if I'd travel
with him while brewing him beer.
**[01:58] Guest A**
Things were looking up
and the young and beautiful Iima
**[02:02] Guest A**
followed the Count with ambition in her eyes!
**[02:04] Lawrence**
So, did you become his personal brewer?
**[02:08] Iima**
That'd have been impossible.
**[02:10] Iima**
As thanks, though, I got permission to go
around selling beer under the count's name.
**[02:16] Guest B**
That's when it started.
The story of the rare beer selling woman!
**[02:21] Iima**
Call me the Wandering Maiden Brewer!
**[02:24] Iima**
In order to sell every drop I could,
I never touched my own beer.
**[02:29] Iima**
But I ended up drinking it
for the first time in this village.
**[02:33] Iima**
I got completely drunk and fell into
the arms of my now husband.
**[02:37] Iima**
But, well, this little village ain't too bad.
**[02:40] Iima**
I hope you enjoy yourselves here.
**[02:41] Lawrence**
Thank you very much.
**[02:43] Lawrence**
Wow, what a fine tavern.
**[02:46] Lawrence**
I doubt you'd find one this good
even in the royal capital, Endima.
**[02:48] Baker**
Right you are! Right you are!
**[02:50] Guest A**
You got an eye for quality!
**[02:52] Lawrence**
On top of that, the alcohol is delicious.
**[02:53] Lawrence**
I'm sure that this village
must be blessed by God.
**[02:59] Lawrence**
Oh!
**[03:00] Lawrence**
I'm so sorry.
**[03:01] Guest B**
No, no. It's not your fault.
**[03:03] Guest B**
It's true that the village
owes Father Franz a lot.
**[03:08] Guest B**
But, well...
**[03:09] Guest A**
No matter what happens,
we can't disobey Lord Truyeo.
**[03:12] Baker**
Yeah, that's right.
**[03:12] Guest B**
Right you are.
**[03:14] Lawrence**
Lord Truyeo?
**[03:15] Guest C**
Yeah, he's the god that protects our village.
**[03:18] Guest C**
He grants us bountiful harvests
and the town Tereo was named after him.
**[03:22] Lawrence**
I see...
**[03:24] Lawrence**
A god of harvests... Is he a wolf?
**[03:27] Guest A**
A wolf?!
**[03:29] Guest A**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[03:30] Guest A**
That's a tool of the devil!
No way one'd be a god.
**[03:34] Lawrence**
Then?
**[03:35] Guest C**
Lord Truyeo is a snake.
**[03:38] Guest C**
A snake god.
**[03:40] Lawrence**
Snake...
**[03:44] Baker**
He's so big that the weather
is different at the head and at the tail.
**[03:47] Baker**
He devours the moon for breakfast
and swallows up the sun for supper.
**[03:51] Baker**
You can't compare him
to others! You just can't!
**[03:54] Guest A**
There's a cave outside the village that Lord
Truyeo once dug to hibernate in the winter.
**[03:59] Lawrence**
Cave?
**[04:00] Baker**
There's an old legend that anyone
who enters the cave will be cursed.
**[04:03] Baker**
Even Father Franz got scared
and told everyone never to enter.
**[04:08] Guest C**
The entrance is right against the slope.
Didn't you see it on the way in?
**[04:13] Lawrence**
Now that you mention it...
**[04:14] Guest B**
But there's a town called
Enberch on the way here, right?
**[04:19] Guest C**
There's a big church over there and we've
had problems with it for generations.
**[04:23] Guest C**
I think a guy named Mendez
is currently running it...
**[04:26] Guest A**
Enberch was also a town that was
guarded by Lord Truyeo...
**[04:31] Guest B**
But they were roped in by some
missionaries from the Church
**[04:33] Guest B**
and converted over to their side.
**[04:35] Holo**
Another!
**[04:35] Guest B**
Then, more people came, roads were built,
and it became a huge town...
**[04:40] Lawrence**
The Church is very powerful.
**[04:42] Baker**
That's right.
**[04:44] Baker**
Well, they got all powerful and
turned around to convert all of us.
**[04:48] Baker**
The original deal was just to
build a church in the village...
**[04:53] Guest A**
Then, they said we needed to pay punitive taxes
**[04:55] Guest A**
for them to turn a blind eye to Lord Truyeo!
**[04:58] Lawrence**
Punitive taxes?
**[04:59] Guest B**
Then, about thirty or forty years ago,
Father Franz came to this village.
**[05:04] Lawrence**
However, doesn't a lady named
Ms. Elsa now run the church?
**[05:09] Guest C**
Yeah, about that...
**[05:11] Lawrence**
When we stopped by to pray for safe travels,
**[05:14] Lawrence**
we were surprised to see
a young woman in priestly robes.
**[05:17] Baker**
Anyone'd think the same. It's too unrealistic.
**[05:20] Baker**
Father Franz picked up
Ms. Elsa over ten years ago,
**[05:25] Baker**
but she wants to be a priest, too?
No way, right?
**[05:31] Guest B**
You're a merchant from a distant land, right?
**[05:33] Lawrence**
Y-Yes.
**[05:34] Guest A**
Then, do you know anyone
powerful in the Church?
**[05:39] Lawrence**
Someone powerful?
**[05:41] Baker**
That's right! Someone who could
shut Enberch up with one word!
**[05:45] Baker**
Ouch!
**[05:45] Iima**
Hey, now!
**[05:46] Iima**
What are you saying to a traveling merchant?!
**[05:49] Baker**
Y-You're right.
**[05:51] Iima**
Sorry about that.
**[05:52] Iima**
Well, as a traveling merchant,
I'm sure you know.
**[05:55] Iima**
Every village has their problems.
**[05:57] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[05:58] Iima**
Travelers just need to enjoy
our food and drink.
**[06:02] Iima**
Then, when they go to other towns, they'll
be able to say how nice our village was.
**[06:06] Lawrence**
Yes, I completely agree.
**[06:08] Iima**
All right, boys!
**[06:09] Iima**
Your last job for the night
is to drink and be merry!
**[06:13] Iima**
...Is what I'd like to say,
**[06:17] Iima**
but your companion seems
to have completely crashed.
**[06:19] Lawrence**
Looks like she went a little too wild...
**[06:21] Lawrence**
I'll take her back to the inn before
she makes a spectacle of herself.
**[06:26] Lawrence**
After all, she's still not married yet.
**[06:28] Guests**
Thanks for the drinks!
**[06:29] Guests**
Thanks!
**[06:30] Guests**
Come by again!
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[08:02] Lawrence**
You drank and ate too much.
***SIGN*** Episode 21
Pagan Village and Priest's Contract
**[08:05] Holo**
Was that not my job?
**[08:07] Lawrence**
I know that, but...
**[08:09] Lawrence**
You only ordered expensive things, didn't you?
**[08:12] Holo**
What a stingy male...
**[08:15] Holo**
But, more importantly, I wish to lie down.
**[08:18] Holo**
I don't feel well.
**[08:19] Lawrence**
Hey, it's just a bit farther.
Don't fall asleep.
**[08:26] Innkeep**
What's wrong with your companion?
**[08:28] Lawrence**
She's just drunk.
**[08:31] Innkeep**
That's right. Take these.
**[08:43] Lawrence**
Wh-What's wrong?!
**[08:47] Holo**
What in the world are these?!
**[08:49] Lawrence**
The innkeeper's wife gave them to us.
She said they were good for hangovers.
**[08:54] Holo**
The sourness of these fruits
**[08:55] Holo**
would make me sober even if I had
been drunk for a hundred years.
**[09:06] Lawrence**
What a laid-back town.
**[09:09] Lawrence**
It seems the shops open up quite late.
**[09:11] Holo**
Then waking up only brings cold and hunger.
**[09:15] Lawrence**
They say God made us bodies
that only need sleep once a day.
**[09:21] Holo**
Well, I am a wolf.
**[09:25] Lawrence**
But it's quite odd.
**[09:27] Holo**
Oh?
**[09:27] Lawrence**
I'm just wondering how the people
in this village make money.
**[09:31] Holo**
What do you mean by that?
**[09:32] Lawrence**
The harvest may be over, but farming
villages don't have time to rest like this.
**[09:37] Lawrence**
On top of that, this village should be
under heavy taxes imposed by Enberch.
**[09:41] Lawrence**
So, why...
**[09:43] Holo**
What a miraculous village.
**[09:47] Lawrence**
It's ironic you'd call a town that
doesn't believe in the Church miraculous.
**[09:52] Holo**
Hm? Ironic?
**[09:54] Lawrence**
What, you didn't realize that when you said it?
**[09:56] Holo**
How is that ironic?
**[09:58] Lawrence**
I see. Then, let me tell you about
the miracles the Church preaches about.
**[10:03] Holo**
I dislike your haughty way
of speaking, but I will listen.
**[10:07] Lawrence**
The word "miracle" is
very special to the Church.
**[10:10] Lawrence**
A miracle is when God
uses the power of the Spirit
**[10:12] Lawrence**
to create an event that is
beyond human capability.
**[10:17] Lawrence**
If the Church recognizes that
a person has brought about a miracle,
**[10:21] Lawrence**
that person becomes
a saint and is praised by the people.
**[10:25] Holo**
Must the Church recognize a miracle
as a miracle each time?
**[10:29] Lawrence**
It's the job of the Church
to judge whether it was truly a miracle
**[10:33] Lawrence**
and not a trick of the devil.
**[10:36] Holo**
So, what miracles has
the Church actually recognized?
**[10:39] Lawrence**
Out of the stories I've heard...
**[10:41] Lawrence**
Things like calming a storm,
instantly healing the sick,
**[10:45] Lawrence**
and turning water into wine...
**[10:46] Holo**
Wine?!
**[10:47] Lawrence**
You only respond to alcohol!
**[10:49] Lawrence**
Anyway, the Church only recognizes things
beyond human capability as a miracle.
**[10:56] Holo**
I was also called a god.
**[10:58] Lawrence**
I think the amount you can drink
and eat is pretty godly.
**[11:01] Holo**
Fool!
**[11:02] Holo**
I have shown such miracles
to humans for fun in the past!
**[11:08] Lawrence**
Well, most of the miracles from
the Church have some kind of trick to it.
**[11:11] Lawrence**
We can't compare them to someone like you...
**[11:20] Lawrence**
Looks like I know where I'll be going today.
**[11:22] Lawrence**
I may be able to find some clues
about the abbey we're looking for.
**[11:25] Lawrence**
Though, it's your home we're looking for...
Why am I doing all the work?
**[11:30] Holo**
Is it not hard for you to
move around if I am with you?
**[11:34] Holo**
This is a small village.
There are eyes everywhere.
**[11:37] Holo**
I would love to move on my own
if I were allowed to do so.
**[11:41] Holo**
I wish to go to the abbey as soon as
possible and listen to their stories.
**[11:47] Lawrence**
Got it. I'll be back
in the afternoon at the latest.
**[11:51] Holo**
Do not forget a souvenir.
**[11:57] Baker**
Good morning, Mr. Lawrence.
**[11:59] Lawrence**
Good morning.
**[12:00] Lawrence**
Thank you for last night.
**[12:02] Baker**
Yeah. We're there every night,
so feel free to come on by.
**[12:06] Baker**
Where are you going today?
**[12:08] Lawrence**
I'm going to get some wheat ground into flour.
**[12:10] Baker**
Oh, you're going to the miller.
**[12:13] Baker**
Be careful not to get your flour stolen.
**[12:16] Baker**
Come by my place if you want
to turn your flour into bread.
**[12:18] Baker**
I'll make some delicious loaves for you.
**[12:20] Lawrence**
Yes, I'll depend on you at the time.
**[12:26] Evan**
Oh, Lawrence, sir!
**[12:27] Lawrence**
Don't call me sir. Is the mill currently free?
**[12:32] Evan**
Leave it to me! I turn
all the wheat in Tereo into flour.
**[12:37] Evan**
This amount should cost about three Lute.
**[12:39] Lawrence**
That's pretty cheap.
**[12:40] Evan**
Huh? Really?
**[12:42] Lawrence**
It's about three times more
expensive in other places.
**[12:45] Evan**
I thought it was really expensive.
**[12:47] Evan**
Everyone in town really hates paying for it.
**[12:51] Lawrence**
Everyone's like that no matter where you go.
**[12:52] Evan**
Have you ever been a miller, Mr. Lawrence?
**[12:55] Lawrence**
No, but I've worked as
a substitute tax collector.
**[13:00] Lawrence**
I collected butcher tax on meat, like pork.
**[13:03] Evan**
There’re taxes on stuff like that?
**[13:05] Lawrence**
The rivers get dirty when you
clean meat and bones in them
**[13:08] Lawrence**
and it also creates a lot of waste.
**[13:09] Lawrence**
The tax is to pay for the clean-up,
but no one ever wants to pay.
**[13:14] Lawrence**
In the end, I had to beg and cry to
get them to pay. It was really terrible.
**[13:18] Evan**
I understand you!
**[13:22] Lawrence**
By the way, didn't you say that all of
Tereo's grain is turned into flour here?
**[13:26] Evan**
Why, Mr. Lawrence? Did you want
to do business with Tereo flour?
**[13:30] Lawrence**
Well, that depends on the circumstances.
**[13:32] Evan**
Then, you should give up on that idea.
**[13:34] Lawrence**
Merchants are particularly bad about giving up.
**[13:37] Evan**
Spoken like a true merchant! But the grains
here all have to be sold to Enberch.
**[13:42] Lawrence**
Does that mean that Enberch owns the land here?
**[13:46] Evan**
We're equals with Enberch.
**[13:48] Evan**
They buy our grains, and we buy
everything except grains from them.
**[13:53] Evan**
On top of that, we don't have to pay any taxes
when buying alcohol and clothes from them.
**[13:57] Evan**
Pretty impressive, right?
**[13:59] Lawrence**
That's amazing, if it's true...
**[14:02] Lawrence**
That's more than equal standing.
**[14:04] Lawrence**
It's normally impossible to have such
favorable terms with a town that big.
**[14:08] Lawrence**
How in the world...
**[14:10] Lawrence**
And, from what I heard, this village
paid heavy punitive taxes to Enberch.
**[14:16] Evan**
That's ancient history.
**[14:18] Lawrence**
Is that so?
**[14:19] Evan**
You want to know why?
**[14:20] Lawrence**
Very much so.
**[14:23] Evan**
Sorry. I actually don't know myself.
**[14:26] Lawrence**
Hey, now.
**[14:27] Evan**
But I know who was responsible for the change.
**[14:29] Lawrence**
Father Franz, right?
**[14:31] Evan**
Ah, uh, h-how'd you know?
**[14:35] Lawrence**
It's just a merchant's intuition.
**[14:39] Evan**
Th-That's amazing.
**[14:41] Evan**
I knew you weren't
an average man, Mr. Lawrence.
**[14:44] Lawrence**
Flattery won't get you anywhere.
**[14:45] Lawrence**
More importantly, is my wheat done?
**[14:48] Evan**
Oh, that's right.
**[14:55] Evan**
Make sure to sift it really well
before you turn it into bread.
**[14:58] Lawrence**
Got it.
**[14:59] Lawrence**
By the way, I happened to see you this morning.
**[15:02] Lawrence**
Looks like you’re quite close to Ms. Elsa.
**[15:03] Evan**
Oh, you saw.
**[15:06] Evan**
It's too cold to sleep here
during the winter, right?
**[15:09] Evan**
So, she lets me stay at the church.
**[15:11] Evan**
We've gotten a little close...
**[15:12] Lawrence**
She was pretty impatient with us
when we visited yesterday.
**[15:15] Lawrence**
Yet this morning, I was surprised that she
looked as kind and gentle as the Holy Mother.
**[15:21] Evan**
Elsa is pretty short-tempered
for how timid she is.
**[15:23] Evan**
On top of that, she is really shy
with those she doesn't know.
**[15:25] Evan**
She usually bares the fangs of a wild mountain
rat when she meets you for the first time.
**[15:29] Evan**
But it's been a while since
she was in such high spirits.
**[15:32] Evan**
You must have stopped by at a bad time.
**[15:34] Evan**
She was quite happy by yesterday evening.
**[15:36] Evan**
Oh, but she didn't mention that
the two of you had stopped by.
**[15:41] Evan**
She's the type who even tells me
how many times she's sneezed that day.
**[15:45] Lawrence**
That's probably because, in the end, I'm a man.
**[15:49] Evan**
Oh. She's such a silly girl.
**[15:52] Lawrence**
Well, I'm happy for you...
**[15:54] Evan**
Well, Elsa really looked up to Father Franz,
**[15:57] Evan**
so she's been trying her best
to follow in his footsteps.
**[15:59] Evan**
I'm trying to support her as much as I can.
**[16:02] Lawrence**
Yeah, I can tell.
**[16:03] Lawrence**
But I wonder what made her change
her mood so drastically in half a day.
**[16:09] Evan**
Why are you so interested?
**[16:11] Lawrence**
My companion's mood changes more often
than the weather in the mountains.
**[16:15] Evan**
You have it tough, Mr. Lawrence.
**[16:17] Lawrence**
I know.
**[16:18] Evan**
But there's no use asking about that.
**[16:20] Evan**
For Elsa, it's just that a long-standing
problem had finally been resolved.
**[16:24] Lawrence**
What do you mean?
**[16:25] Evan**
Well...
**[16:26] Evan**
Oops. I was told not to tell
outsiders about it. Sorry...
**[16:31] Lawrence**
Oh, no. If you can't
talk about it, that's fine.
**[16:33] Lawrence**
See you later.
**[16:33] Evan**
H-Hey, Mr. Lawrence.
**[16:36] Evan**
Well, is it hard to be a traveling merchant?
**[16:43] Lawrence**
No job is easy in this world.
**[16:46] Lawrence**
But, well, I'm enjoying it right now.
**[16:48] Evan**
I see. You're right.
**[16:51] Evan**
I understand. Thanks.
**[16:54] Lawrence**
See you later.
**[17:03] Lawrence**
Why don't we give up on finding the abbey?
**[17:07] Holo**
For what reason?
**[17:08] Lawrence**
Something is wrong with this village.
It's dangerous.
**[17:11] Holo**
So, you cannot risk danger to find my hometown?
**[17:14] Lawrence**
You're saying it that way on purpose.
**[17:19] Lawrence**
I'm guessing that the abbey we're
looking for is actually the village church.
**[17:25] Lawrence**
If that's true, the head
of the abbey was Father Franz.
**[17:30] Lawrence**
That means that Elsa and the village head
**[17:33] Lawrence**
both knew that the priest was
collecting stories about pagan gods.
**[17:37] Lawrence**
Even so, they both pretended not to know.
**[17:40] Lawrence**
Next, considering
what people said in the tavern,
**[17:43] Lawrence**
the Church isn't respected in this village.
**[17:45] Lawrence**
The villagers worship a snake god here.
**[17:49] Holo**
However, the people spoke of this Franz
as a man the village owes a lot to.
**[17:52] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[17:53] Lawrence**
That means Father Franz
did something for this village.
**[17:57] Lawrence**
I found out what, when I spoke
to Evan just a little while ago.
**[18:00] Holo**
What did the boy say?
**[18:02] Lawrence**
This village has an unequal
contract with Enberch.
**[18:06] Lawrence**
That's why the villagers can live so leisurely.
**[18:09] Lawrence**
Father Franz was the one
who negotiated that contract.
**[18:13] Lawrence**
Then, we have to think about
**[18:15] Lawrence**
why the relationship of this village
and Enberch's church is so bad.
**[18:19] Lawrence**
Enberch was trying to end the contract
with the death of Father Franz.
**[18:25] Lawrence**
This village worships a pagan god.
**[18:27] Lawrence**
So, if Enberch can claim
the village as a pagan village,
**[18:30] Lawrence**
they can use force to attack the village.
**[18:33] Lawrence**
However, Elsa and the others
tried to think of a way to resist.
**[18:37] Lawrence**
A notice came to the village
head's house yesterday.
**[18:39] Lawrence**
I'm sure a larger church or noble
**[18:42] Lawrence**
has agreed to support Elsa
as the church's successor.
**[18:45] Lawrence**
Elsa was probably on pins and needles until
now and finally got some room to breathe.
**[18:49] Lawrence**
Even so, I don't imagine Enberch will give up.
**[18:53] Lawrence**
So, why don't we stop?
**[18:55] Lawrence**
Considering the situation,
Elsa and the village head
**[18:57] Lawrence**
will definitely continue hiding the existence
of the abbey that deals with pagan gods.
**[19:02] Lawrence**
And if, by chance, we get branded as heretics,
the situation will escalate very quickly.
**[19:07] Holo**
Listen...
**[19:12] Lawrence**
Hey, Holo.
**[19:13] Lawrence**
I want you to tell me clearly
before I misunderstand again.
**[19:17] Lawrence**
What are you expecting from
hearing the tales of pagan gods?
**[19:22] Lawrence**
Are you looking for the bear that, well,
was said to have destroyed your hometown?
**[19:28] Lawrence**
Or...
**[19:29] Lawrence**
Are you looking for your friends?
**[19:32] Holo**
If that is the case, what of it?
**[19:35] Lawrence**
I may be willing to cross
this dangerous bridge.
**[19:40] Holo**
Then, it is fine.
**[19:42] Holo**
It is fine. There is no need for you
to brace yourself so grandly.
**[19:46] Lawrence**
Holo...
**[19:47] Holo**
If I could, I would slap that girl's cheek
**[19:51] Holo**
and make her tell me what stories
may have been left behind.
**[19:54] Holo**
For exactly the reason you said.
**[19:57] Holo**
The other reason is, I merely wish
to know more about Yoitsu.
**[20:01] Holo**
Do you not also wish to hear
stories of your hometown?
**[20:04] Lawrence**
That's true...
**[20:06] Holo**
But it would be troublesome for me if you
had to cross a dangerous bridge for that sake.
**[20:14] Holo**
Your good nature is one of
your few good points...
**[20:18] Holo**
And it is also something a bit frightening.
**[20:21] Holo**
Even if I stand here so lonely,
you do not leap to devour me whole.
**[20:27] Holo**
Truly, what a frightening male.
**[20:29] Lawrence**
Something may look like sweet fruit,
**[20:31] Lawrence**
but taste completely different
when bitten into.
**[20:34] Holo**
True, it could be unbelievably sour...
**[20:38] Holo**
However,
**[20:39] Holo**
are you saying I am not sweet?
**[20:41] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[20:42] Holo**
Oh, how brave of you.
**[20:46] Lawrence**
Are you really sure it's okay to give up?
**[20:49] Holo**
It is unfair to ask me that in such a way.
**[20:54] Holo**
Of course, I wish to know more
details about Yoitsu, my friends,
**[21:00] Holo**
and that infuriating bear.
**[21:02] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[21:03] Holo**
The story I heard from that bird girl
in Kumerson was hardly enough.
**[21:07] Holo**
It was like receiving only a few drops of
water when feeling unbearable thirst.
**[21:11] Lawrence**
What do you want to do?
**[21:14] Holo**
May I ask something of you?
**[21:18] Lawrence**
Leave it to me.
**[21:21] Lawrence**
I'll take care of it.
**[21:22] Holo**
Actually, I have an idea.
**[21:30] Lawrence**
Are you serious?
**[21:31] Holo**
There is no point beating around the bush.
**[21:34] Holo**
You were the one who said
I could ask you anything.
**[21:38] Holo**
I want you to cross this
dangerous bridge together with me.
**[21:43] Lawrence**
But...
**[21:43] Holo**
You said very dependably, "Leave it to me."
**[21:47] Holo**
That made me very happy.
**[21:51] Holo**
After all, I must grab your reins
every once in a while.
**[21:54] Holo**
Well, I will leave things to you
if it does not end up well.
**[21:58] Holo**
So, all I will do for now is grab your hand.
**[22:06] Holo**
Now, then. Let us hurry and eat something.
**[22:12] Lawrence**
Fine.
***SIGN*** Episode 22
***SIGN*** Church Teachings and Memories of Father
**[23:45] Holo**
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# E22 - Church Teachings and Memories of Father
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**[00:06] Lawrence**
I apologize for the other day.
**[00:09] Elsa**
What business do you have here?
**[00:11] Lawrence**
I heard from Mr. Evan that you were facing
**[00:13] Lawrence**
a really difficult situation
of some kind at the time.
**[00:17] Elsa**
Are you here to ask about the abbey again?
**[00:18] Lawrence**
Not at all.
**[00:19] Lawrence**
The village head didn't know anything either,
**[00:22] Lawrence**
so it looks like I had come
on a wild goose chase.
**[00:24] Elsa**
Is that so?
**[00:25] Lawrence**
So, we've decided to continue on our journey,
**[00:28] Lawrence**
and we've come to the church
to pray for safe travels.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:04] Elsa**
This way.
***SIGN*** Episode 22
Church Teachings and
Memories of Father
**[02:09] Elsa**
Then, a prayer...
**[02:11] Lawrence**
Father Franz.
**[02:12] Elsa**
Huh?
**[02:12] Lawrence**
He must have been a man of great faith.
**[02:16] Elsa**
Oh.
**[02:18] Elsa**
Yes, he was.
**[02:21] Elsa**
Just...
**[02:22] Elsa**
I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out.
**[02:27] Elsa**
Now, let us pray.
**[02:29] Lawrence**
Oh, before that, I'd like to make a confession.
**[02:31] Elsa**
I see.
**[02:34] Elsa**
Then let us go into a different room...
**[02:36] Lawrence**
No, I'd like to do it here.
**[02:37] Lawrence**
Before God, if possible.
**[02:40] Elsa**
I understand.
**[02:44] Elsa**
Let God hear your confession, for He...
**[02:53] Elsa**
is gracious to those who are honest with Him.
**[02:57] Lawrence**
I have lied.
**[02:59] Lawrence**
I have fooled another for my own gain.
**[03:02] Elsa**
Do you have the courage
to confess the truth before God?
**[03:06] Lawrence**
I do.
**[03:07] Elsa**
There is no need to be afraid.
**[03:09] Elsa**
God is merciful to those who are faithful.
**[03:13] Lawrence**
I lied today.
**[03:15] Lawrence**
I spoke falsely to trick another.
**[03:19] Elsa**
For what reason?
**[03:20] Lawrence**
There was something I needed to know.
**[03:22] Lawrence**
I lied in order to get close
to the other person.
**[03:25] Elsa**
Who did you lie to?
**[03:28] Lawrence**
You, Ms. Elsa.
**[03:30] Lawrence**
I have confessed my lies before God.
**[03:35] Lawrence**
And now, I shall speak the truth.
**[03:37] Lawrence**
I have come to ask about
the location of Diendran Abbey.
**[03:42] Lawrence**
No, I have lied again.
**[03:45] Lawrence**
I have not come to ask for the location.
**[03:47] Elsa**
Huh?
**[03:48] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa, I came to confirm that
this place is Diendran Abbey.
**[03:53] Lawrence**
And, Father Franz is also known as
the managing abbot, Louis Lana Schtinghilt.
**[03:59] Lawrence**
Am I wrong?
**[04:00] Lawrence**
You are before God.
**[04:03] Lawrence**
You must not lie before Him.
**[04:05] Lawrence**
We have come to ask about the stories
of pagan gods he had collected.
**[04:11] Lawrence**
You are worried about the town of Enberch
discovering the actions of Father Franz, right?
**[04:17] Elsa**
Wh-Who in the world are you two?!
**[04:21] Holo**
It is difficult to give you a satisfying
answer to that question.
**[04:27] Elsa**
D-Difficult?
**[04:28] Holo**
This is the reason.
**[04:35] Holo**
Do you wish to touch them?
**[04:44] Holo**
She is much more timid than I expected.
**[04:47] Lawrence**
I wonder about that.
**[04:48] Lawrence**
That letter was from a lord of another area
stating he would support this church.
**[04:54] Lawrence**
She must've been busy
every night until its arrival.
**[04:57] Lawrence**
It seems that things are a lot more
dire here than I imagined.
**[05:05] Lawrence**
Are you all right?
**[05:09] Elsa**
So, it wasn't a dream.
**[05:12] Holo**
Though it would be better
for you to think as such.
**[05:15] Elsa**
They say devils fool humans in their dreams.
**[05:20] Lawrence**
Once we finish what we came here for,
we will disappear like a dream.
**[05:25] Lawrence**
There should be records of
the stories Father Franz collected.
**[05:29] Elsa**
Why are you looking for such a thing?
**[05:31] Holo**
I wish to return home.
**[05:33] Elsa**
Home?
**[05:34] Holo**
I left my hometown ages ago.
**[05:37] Holo**
I have forgotten my way back and do not
know if my friends are still doing well.
**[05:42] Holo**
Moreover, I am not even sure
whether my hometown still exists.
**[05:46] Holo**
What would you do?
**[05:48] Holo**
If you knew there was someone
who may know about your home, long lost?
**[05:57] Elsa**
I am a servant of God.
**[06:01] Elsa**
At the same time, I am someone who
wishes to follow Father Franz's footsteps.
**[06:05] Elsa**
I do not believe you have been
possessed by the devil.
**[06:08] Elsa**
Father Franz always said there is
no such thing as being possessed by the devil.
**[06:14] Elsa**
Please follow me.
**[06:36] Lawrence**
What is this place?
**[06:38] Elsa**
Precious things are always
hidden behind the prayer room.
**[06:43] Elsa**
May God forgive us.
**[06:52] Elsa**
In his will, Father Franz wrote that the
statue could then be removed from its place...
**[06:57] Lawrence**
I understand.
**[07:00] Lawrence**
There we go.
**[07:06] Lawrence**
May we enter?
**[07:08] Elsa**
I will go first.
**[07:17] Lawrence**
Be careful.
**[07:24] Lawrence**
She's not going to set fire to
the basement, is she?
**[07:26] Holo**
You are much more suspicious than I.
**[07:34] Elsa**
Thank you for waiting.
**[07:36] Lawrence**
Not at all.
**[07:37] Lawrence**
What are those?
**[07:38] Elsa**
Letters.
**[07:40] Elsa**
To me.
**[07:41] Elsa**
There are books in the basement.
**[07:43] Elsa**
I believe they are what you are looking for.
**[07:46] Lawrence**
May we take them out and read them?
**[07:48] Elsa**
Please read them within the church.
**[07:55] Lawrence**
I know we forced you to do this.
**[07:57] Lawrence**
I'd like to thank you, as well as apologize.
**[08:00] Elsa**
Yes, you did indeed force me.
**[08:03] Elsa**
However...
**[08:05] Elsa**
I'm sure Father Franz would have been happy.
**[08:08] Elsa**
He always said that the stories
he collected were not mere fairy tales...
**[08:15] Elsa**
It's just, I did not expect so many books...
**[08:17] Elsa**
You may need to talk with the inn about
staying a few more days to read them all.
**[08:21] Lawrence**
But you might call for help in that time.
**[08:25] Elsa**
I have spent my life embracing the true faith.
**[08:28] Elsa**
I would never lay a trap for others.
**[08:30] Elsa**
Even in the prayer room, I did not lie.
**[08:34] Lawrence**
Yes, I was the one who laid a trap for you.
**[08:39] Elsa**
I'll remember that you should never
let your guard down around a merchant.
**[08:46] Holo**
Hey...
**[08:50] Holo**
May I read these here?
**[08:52] Elsa**
You may, but remember to extinguish
the candles when you're finished.
**[08:55] Elsa**
This is not a wealthy church.
**[08:58] Holo**
Very well.
**[09:04] Lawrence**
If a merchant wishes to ascend to heaven,
I heard that he needs to lighten his purse.
**[09:11] Elsa**
Thank you.
**[09:14] Elsa**
May God's blessing be with you.
**[09:18] Lawrence**
You don't need to watch over us?
**[09:20] Elsa**
As you don't plan to bring disaster upon
our village, I have no reason to make a fuss.
**[09:24] Elsa**
True, your companion is a being
that should not be in this church.
**[09:29] Elsa**
However...
**[09:30] Lawrence**
Your suspicion is completely understandable.
**[09:33] Elsa**
Huh?
**[09:34] Elsa**
Well, if you ask me whether
I have any suspicions or not, I do.
**[09:40] Elsa**
However...
**[09:41] Elsa**
I have a much bigger problem...
**[09:43] Lawrence**
While I can't take confessions,
**[09:46] Lawrence**
I can be helpful in giving advice.
**[09:50] Lawrence**
However...
**[09:52] Lawrence**
I can only give sincere advice when it
doesn't revolve around making money.
**[09:58] Elsa**
No, you're right. It may be better to
ask someone like you in this situation.
**[10:04] Elsa**
May I ask?
**[10:06] Lawrence**
Though, I'm not sure if I can
give you a satisfactory answer.
**[10:11] Elsa**
If...
**[10:13] Elsa**
If the stories collected
in that basement are true, then...
**[10:17] Lawrence**
Then?
**[10:18] Elsa**
Does that mean the God we believe in is false?
**[10:21] Elsa**
My father... Father Franz collected
stories about the northern gods.
**[10:26] Elsa**
He was suspected of heresy
more than once or twice.
**[10:31] Elsa**
Yet, he was a commendable priest
who never missed a single day of prayer.
**[10:35] Elsa**
However, if your companion is truly
a pagan god, it would mean our God is false.
**[10:43] Elsa**
I don't know.
**[10:44] Elsa**
I do not have the courage to judge you
with holy water and bible in hand.
**[10:49] Elsa**
I can't even tell if my hesitation
is good or bad thing...
**[10:52] Lawrence**
I am a mere traveling merchant,
so I'm not well versed in the teachings of God.
**[10:57] Lawrence**
I can't really tell you what's right or wrong.
**[11:02] Lawrence**
However, I don't think Father Franz was wrong.
**[11:07] Elsa**
Why...
**[11:08] Elsa**
Why do you believe that?!
**[11:12] Elsa**
That knock must be from elder Sem.
**[11:15] Elsa**
He is probably here to speak to me about you.
**[11:18] Elsa**
I will tell him that I've been asking you about
the churches in other countries and towns.
**[11:25] Elsa**
This isn't really a lie because...
**[11:27] Lawrence**
Yes, I understand.
**[11:29] Lawrence**
I would love to tell you about my experiences.
**[11:38] Holo**
You seemed quite compassionate.
**[11:39] Lawrence**
Merchants are always compassionate
to those they do business with.
**[11:44] Lawrence**
Can you hear their conversation?
**[11:46] Holo**
She is speaking with him
like she said she would.
**[11:49] Holo**
It seems the one named Sem
is just about to leave.
**[11:51] Lawrence**
Our main problem is time.
**[11:53] Lawrence**
If we take too long,
the snow will stop our travels.
**[11:57] Holo**
Yet, I do not know if we will
get through all of this.
**[11:59] Lawrence**
I'm sure we'll be able to get through them
if the two of us skim through quickly.
**[12:07] Holo**
Yes.
**[12:09] Lawrence**
What's wrong?
**[12:10] Holo**
I have told you that I am tired of being alone.
**[12:31] Elsa**
The elder has returned home.
About what we spoke of earlier...
**[12:41] Elsa**
Then, let us speak again later.
**[12:50] Lawrence**
Hey, now.
**[12:56] Lawrence**
Did someone come to the church?
**[12:59] Lawrence**
I got it. It must be Evan.
**[13:03] Holo**
I have grown hungry.
**[13:05] Lawrence**
Well, let's take a break.
**[13:09] Lawrence**
Let's keep you a secret from Evan.
**[13:12] Holo**
Though that girl may tell him.
**[13:14] Lawrence**
She tells Evan how many times
she sneezes in a day,
**[13:18] Lawrence**
but didn't tell him about
when we first visited the church.
**[13:22] Holo**
I am still uneasy.
**[13:25] Lawrence**
We've also made a donation,
I'm sure she understands what we mean.
**[13:29] Lawrence**
Most importantly, even if we
can't trust the existence of god,
**[13:31] Lawrence**
we can trust those who are faithful to him.
**[13:34] Holo**
Yet, that girl seems quite troubled.
**[13:38] Holo**
Who knows what action she will take
once she makes her decision?
**[13:42] Lawrence**
About God?
**[13:44] Holo**
Incidentally, how were you planning to reply?
**[13:47] Lawrence**
Oh...
**[13:48] Lawrence**
I think Father Franz started collecting
stories about pagan gods
**[13:52] Lawrence**
to prove the existence of God.
**[13:56] Lawrence**
He prayed day after day,
but never saw a hint of Him.
**[13:59] Lawrence**
It makes one want to question
God's existence, doesn't it?
**[14:03] Lawrence**
Isn't that why he grew interested
in the gods of others?
**[14:07] Lawrence**
If pagan gods truly exist...
**[14:09] Lawrence**
Then, there is no way God himself doesn't.
**[14:12] Holo**
God does not exist.
**[14:14] Holo**
After all, the Church believes that
**[14:16] Holo**
God created this world and that humans
are merely borrowing it, correct?
**[14:21] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[14:22] Lawrence**
Even so, I'm sure he wanted
to feel His existence.
**[14:28] Elsa**
Come, don't spill.
**[14:30] Elsa**
And tear the bread before eating it.
**[14:32] Evan**
Yeah, I know.
**[14:34] Evan**
More importantly,
please continue, Mr. Lawrence.
**[14:37] Lawrence**
Where was I?
**[14:39] Evan**
You just got on a large ship.
**[14:40] Lawrence**
Oh, that's right.
**[14:42] Lawrence**
The thing that surprised me
most on the ship was the food.
**[14:45] Evan**
The food?
**[14:46] Holo**
Oh?
**[14:47] Lawrence**
There were merchants
from many different regions.
**[14:50] Lawrence**
For instance, the bread of a merchant
from the Ebgod region was incredibly salty.
**[14:55] Evan**
Salty bread? Can you believe it?
**[14:58] Elsa**
Well...
**[14:59] Lawrence**
There was also completely flat bread.
**[15:01] Lawrence**
Flour and water were kneaded and baked before
being blessed by the bread-leaving spirits.
**[15:05] Lawrence**
This one had honey in it and was really good.
**[15:11] Evan**
There are a lot of things I don't know
about outside the village.
**[15:15] Lawrence**
Thank you very much for
preparing such a feast today.
**[15:19] Elsa**
No, you gave quite a generous donation.
This is the least I can do.
**[15:24] Lawrence**
So, after this...
**[15:26] Elsa**
You may read the books at night as well.
**[15:28] Lawrence**
Thank you.
**[15:29] Evan**
Then, Mr. Lawrence, tell me more
about the outside world later!
**[15:33] Elsa**
Evan, you need to practice writing.
**[15:35] Evan**
What?!
**[15:37] Lawrence**
Oh, that's right.
**[15:39] Lawrence**
About your question this afternoon...
**[15:40] Elsa**
I will consider the answer on my own.
**[15:42] Elsa**
Father Franz always said, think before asking.
**[15:49] Evan**
What are you talking about?
**[15:50] Elsa**
It's nothing.
**[15:51] Elsa**
Come on. Help me clean up.
**[15:54] Evan**
Sure thing.
**[15:58] Elsa**
Not just the plates. Clean up the breadcrumbs.
**[16:00] Evan**
Yeah. Yeah. I got it.
**[16:02] Elsa**
It's bad manners, so don't eat them.
**[16:04] Evan**
You don't have to tell me that.
**[16:06] Elsa**
I wonder. You always seem so hungry, Evan.
**[16:11] Lawrence**
Those two...
**[16:13] Holo**
Yes?
**[16:13] Lawrence**
They get along really well.
**[16:19] Lawrence**
Huh? Did I same something odd?
**[16:22] Holo**
Well, you know...
**[16:24] Holo**
For the most part...
**[16:28] Holo**
I know my own good and bad points.
**[16:32] Lawrence**
Y-Yeah?
**[16:33] Holo**
So, you know...
**[16:34] Lawrence**
What's the matter?
**[16:35] Holo**
I wish you would not speak
so enviously of them.
**[16:39] Holo**
I, too...
**[16:41] Holo**
No, I understand.
**[16:43] Holo**
I understand, but...
**[16:44] Holo**
We must look like quite the fools ourselves.
**[16:48] Holo**
I do not know why I feel
so embarrassed about this.
**[16:52] Holo**
But you enviously say
they get along well, yet we...
**[16:58] Lawrence**
No.
**[17:00] Lawrence**
No, well, you're right, but, I mean...
**[17:06] Lawrence**
No, I understand.
**[17:09] Lawrence**
I already knew.
**[17:11] Lawrence**
I just didn't want to put it into words.
**[17:14] Lawrence**
It's true that I'm envious,
but not about their relationship.
**[17:20] Lawrence**
Those two will continue living in this church.
**[17:25] Lawrence**
But what about us?
**[17:27] Lawrence**
You found a clue about your hometown.
**[17:29] Lawrence**
And I'm helping you follow that clue.
**[17:32] Lawrence**
However,
**[17:34] Lawrence**
I'm a traveling merchant without any roots.
**[17:37] Holo**
You...
**[17:38] Lawrence**
So...
**[17:40] Lawrence**
What will you do once you return home?
**[17:51] Holo**
I do not know.
**[17:53] Lawrence**
A quick look at your hometown
won't satisfying you, will it?
**[17:58] Lawrence**
No, let's not.
**[18:00] Lawrence**
I'm sorry.
**[18:01] Holo**
I am Wise Wolf Holo.
**[18:04] Holo**
I am Wise Wolf Holo of Yoitsu.
**[18:08] Holo**
I am Wise Wolf Holo of Yoitsu.
**[18:16] Lawrence**
What?
**[18:18] Lawrence**
Ho...
**[18:22] Holo**
Is there a problem?
**[18:24] Lawrence**
No, no problem...
**[18:32] Holo**
I shall sleep for a bit.
**[18:33] Holo**
Will you look through the books for me?
**[18:39] Lawrence**
All right.
**[18:57] Lawrence**
"I do not wish to regard the tale of this
bear god as more special than others."
**[19:01] Lawrence**
"This god seems to be
represented in various stories."
**[19:06] Franz**
* However, I believe this god is*
* the only one I have been able*
**[19:10] Franz**
*to connect with others so thoroughly.*
**[19:12] (Flashback) Franz**
Does the Pope know of this?
**[19:15] (Flashback) Franz**
If my assumptions are correct,
our God has triumphed without a fight.
**[19:21] (Flashback) Franz**
I cannot possibly remain calm if this is true.
**[19:24] (Flashback) Franz**
I could not help feeling strongly
the existence of God as I assembled this book.
**[19:30] Lawrence**
"I hope that this will not be judged by
narrow-minded worshipers of God,"
**[19:35] Lawrence**
"but those with open hearts whose love of
God is like a gentle breeze in a vast field."
**[19:49] Lawrence**
I found a book about the Moon-Hunting Bear.
**[19:53] Holo**
Did something happen?
**[19:55] Lawrence**
There's a good chance.
**[19:59] Lawrence**
I don't know what you want
to do after reading this.
**[20:03] Lawrence**
But I'd like you to be honest with me
and tell me your thoughts.
**[20:09] Holo**
I understand.
**[20:11] Holo**
I promise.
**[20:25] Lawrence**
According to the letter on your desk,
**[20:28] Lawrence**
I thought Enberch wouldn't lay
their hands on this village.
**[20:30] Elsa**
The keen eyes of a merchant
are truly impressive.
**[20:34] Elsa**
That is what I thought myself...
**[20:36] Lawrence**
I'm a traveler. I can easily fall into
danger when something happens.
**[20:41] Elsa**
I will not allow anything like that
to happen while I'm here.
**[20:44] Elsa**
Please close up the basement.
**[20:46] Elsa**
The elder will be sure to visit if this
has something to do with Enberch.
**[20:50] Lawrence**
We stayed late into the night here
after having a religious discussion.
**[20:54] Lawrence**
Since my companion is a nun,
the situation is plausible.
**[20:58] Elsa**
Take a blanket with you to the prayer room.
**[21:19] Sem**
However, as the village head...
**[21:29] Sem**
I apologize for disturbing you
so late at night.
**[21:34] Lawrence**
Did something happen?
**[21:35] Sem**
Please bear with the inconvenience for now.
**[21:40] Lawrence**
I am a part of the Rowen Merchant Association.
**[21:44] Lawrence**
Many people in the Kumerson branch
know that I am currently in this village.
**[21:49] Sem**
I understand.
**[21:51] Sem**
We have not appeared before you
because we have ill intentions.
**[22:00] Sem**
Someone in Enberch has died
eating the wheat from our village.
***SIGN*** Episode 23
***SIGN*** Orchestrated Catastrophe and
Appropriate Retribution
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: Orchestrated Catastrophe
and Appropriate Retribution
# E23 - Orchestrated Catastrophe and Appropriate Retribution
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**[00:04] Sem**
A shoemaker living in Enberch
died after eating some bread.
**[00:08] Sem**
The wheat that was used to
make that bread was from this village.
**[00:15] Lawrence**
Ridelius' Hellfire...
**[00:17] Holo**
Ride... what now?
**[00:19] Lawrence**
It's wheat that's been poisoned by disease.
**[00:22] Lawrence**
You can't tell if it's poisoned a wheat field
until someone dies from eating it.
**[00:27] Sem**
An official representative will be coming soon.
**[00:30] Sem**
Enberch plans to return
all of the wheat from our village.
**[00:33] Baker**
R-Return all the wheat? That means...
**[00:36] Sem**
That's right. We have to return the money.
**[00:39] Villager A**
Village Head, what should we do?
**[00:41] Villager B**
We've already used the money
**[00:43] Villager B**
to buy pigs and chickens,
as well as mend our sickles and spades!
**[00:45] Iima**
That's not all.
**[00:47] Iima**
We had a bumper harvest this year.
**[00:50] Iima**
The quality of food and alcohol
went up at my place.
**[00:54] Iima**
Your money's been spent there, too.
**[00:57] Iima**
And there's another problem...
**[00:58] Lawrence**
The scary thing about this is that it
doesn't end with just a few deaths.
**[01:03] Lawrence**
There's no telling if other stalks
have snuck their way in,
**[01:06] Lawrence**
so the entire harvest can no longer be eaten.
**[01:10] Sem**
We have no stores of wheat in the village.
**[01:13] Baker**
What are we going to do?!
**[01:14] Villager A**
We can bear being poor, but we can't starve!
**[01:16] Sem**
Exactly, however...
**[01:19] Villager B**
These two mixed poisonous
wheat into our harvest!
**[01:22] Villager B**
I heard they brought wheat to this village!
**[01:24] Baker**
That's right!
**[01:24] Baker**
Didn't you go to the waterwheel
and grind your wheat into flour?!
**[01:27] Villager A**
You conspired with the miller
boy to destroy this village!
**[01:30] Villager B**
That's right! Where'd that liar go?!
**[01:32] Baker**
Tie them both up and make them confess
which batches of wheat they poisoned!
**[01:35] Elsa**
Please hold on!
**[01:37] Baker**
Stay out of this, woman!
**[01:39] Iima**
Excuse me?
**[01:42] Elsa**
Evan is in the church.
**[01:44] Sem**
What matters most right now
**[01:46] Sem**
is that the wheat will be returned
and how we can pay them back.
**[01:50] Baker**
We can't pay back money we don't have.
**[01:53] Baker**
We'll have to ask them
to wait until next year...
**[01:55] Sem**
I hope things will be that simple.
**[01:57] Villager A**
What do you mean?
**[01:58] Sem**
Enberch might use this as an excuse to
change our relationship back to how it was...
**[02:03] Villager B**
Wh-What are you saying?!
**[02:04] Baker**
Those guys shouldn't be able
to lay their hands on us.
**[02:06] Villager C**
Didn't Father Franz set it up that way?
**[02:09] Villager A**
It was impossible for Elsa from the start!
**[02:11] Villager A**
Of course they'd look down on her!
**[02:13] Baker**
That's right! She stays in the church all day
and never comes out to help in the fields!
**[02:17] Villager B**
The wheat harvest this year
was all thanks to Lord Truyeo!
**[02:20] Villager A**
A church girl like her is completely useless!
**[02:22] Sem**
That's enough.
**[02:24] Sem**
Every villager needs to check how much money
they have left after selling the harvest
**[02:28] Sem**
and how many provisions
they already have prepared.
**[02:30] Sem**
At the earliest, the messenger
will reach our village by daybreak.
**[02:34] Sem**
Let's disperse for now.
**[02:43] Sem**
Elsa.
**[02:45] Sem**
I'm sure this is painful for you,
but please endure it for now.
**[02:49] Sem**
Ms. Iima, please go to the church with Elsa.
**[02:52] Sem**
Some of the hot-blooded villagers
may come pounding on the door.
**[02:55] Iima**
Leave it to me.
**[02:56] Sem**
Mr. Lawrence, I'm just as suspicious
of you as the villagers are.
**[03:02] Sem**
Even so, please don't think that I'm foolish
enough to immediately believe that as truth.
**[03:06] Lawrence**
I would say the exact same thing
if I were in your place, Village Head Sem.
**[03:10] Sem**
In order to ensure your safety
and prevent further suspicion,
**[03:16] Sem**
I'd like the two of you to come to my home.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 23
Orchestrated Catastrophe
and Appropriate Retribution
**[04:54] Lawrence**
The situation seems to be
too much of a coincidence.
**[04:57] Lawrence**
The more I think about it, the more
I feel like Enberch orchestrated all of this
**[05:00] Lawrence**
in order to control Tereo.
**[05:02] Holo**
I agree.
**[05:03] Lawrence**
Even so, Elsa's backer wouldn't stay
silent if the village gets trapped like that.
**[05:08] Lawrence**
That's why they needed a scapegoat.
**[05:11] Lawrence**
Then we happened by,
giving them the perfect opportunity.
**[05:14] Lawrence**
They'll surely offer the village this deal.
**[05:17] Lawrence**
"We'll delay the return payment for
the wheat if you hand over the culprits to us."
**[05:22] Holo**
Are you going to allow that?
**[05:24] Lawrence**
Of course not.
**[05:25] Lawrence**
However...
**[05:27] Holo**
Yes. If we run, it would be like
admitting we poisoned the wheat.
**[05:30] Holo**
Your image would be posted everywhere and...
**[05:32] Lawrence**
My life as a merchant would be over.
**[05:38] Holo**
Could we seek help
from that association of yours?
**[05:41] Lawrence**
The association, huh? If only...
**[05:45] Lawrence**
Oh, that's right.
**[05:49] Lawrence**
If I rode on your back,
**[05:51] Lawrence**
we could flee to another
town faster than on horseback.
**[05:53] Holo**
Of course.
**[05:54] Lawrence**
It would be a huge problem if news got out
that a merchant poisoned some wheat.
**[05:58] Lawrence**
The association would
fervently deny such accusations.
**[06:00] Holo**
If that is the case, the ones
trying to entrap us may give up.
**[06:06] Lawrence**
But then, who would take the blame instead?
**[06:09] Lawrence**
They'd blame Evan, since he could
poison the wheat at any time
**[06:12] Lawrence**
and the villagers have
always been suspicious of him.
**[06:15] Holo**
Then, I shall carry him on my back as well.
**[06:17] Lawrence**
But then...
**[06:19] Holo**
If that girl is in danger,
I shall carry her as well.
**[06:22] Holo**
You are foolishly good-natured, after all.
**[06:25] Holo**
Goodness, how troublesome...
**[06:27] Lawrence**
I'm sorry. Thank you.
**[06:29] Sem**
Well, then.
**[06:31] Sem**
Please tell me who in the world
the two of you are.
**[06:34] Lawrence**
I have already told you.
**[06:36] Sem**
Yes, you have.
**[06:39] Sem**
And you probably speak the truth.
**[06:41] Sem**
However, the two of you were seeking
Diendran Abbey. For what reason?
**[06:47] Lawrence**
A person I met in Kumerson
introduced me to the abbot of that abbey.
**[06:51] Sem**
So, you didn't come here at
the request of the town of Enberch?
**[06:56] Lawrence**
It's true that we stopped by the town
of Enberch, but we only passed through.
**[07:00] Lawrence**
We came in search of Diendran Abbey
only for our own selves.
**[07:05] Sem**
Y-You're lying!
**[07:09] Lawrence**
We have absolutely nothing to do with
the feud between Enberch and this village.
**[07:14] Lawrence**
I only found out about the feud
after coming to this village
**[07:18] Lawrence**
and I used my own experience
to deduce the situation.
**[07:21] Sem**
You absolutely, truly,
have nothing to do with any of this?
**[07:24] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[07:25] Sem**
If that's truly the case...
**[07:28] Sem**
If that's truly the case, can you lend us
some wisdom and perhaps some money?
**[07:32] Lawrence**
I can lend you my wisdom, however...
**[07:35] Sem**
I won't ask you to lend it to us
free of charge.
**[07:37] Sem**
In exchange, I can guarantee your safety.
**[07:40] Lawrence**
Is that a threat?
**[07:42] Sem**
The only reason I did not simply
tie you up as the culprit was
**[07:45] Sem**
because you brought wheat as a gift
when you came to greet me.
**[07:50] Lawrence**
It looks like I have no choice but to agree.
**[07:54] Lawrence**
However.
**[07:55] Lawrence**
I will ask for appropriate compensation
if I'm able to turn this situation around.
**[08:01] Sem**
I understand.
**[08:04] Lawrence**
Then, let me say this first.
**[08:07] Lawrence**
This commotion was all orchestrated
by the town of Enberch itself.
**[08:11] Sem**
Please continue.
**[08:12] Lawrence**
Yes.
**[08:13] Lawrence**
This is what I expect Enberch's plan to be.
**[08:15] Lawrence**
You will not be able to pay back
the money for all the wheat.
**[08:19] Lawrence**
So, they will demand you credit them
towards the wheat you harvest next year.
**[08:25] Sem**
What does that mean?
**[08:26] Lawrence**
They will negotiate the price of next year's
wheat and buy it at that price now.
**[08:31] Lawrence**
However, since they're buying
something that doesn't exist yet,
**[08:35] Lawrence**
they'll haggle down the price.
**[08:38] Lawrence**
You'll be forced to make up the difference
with the following year's wheat.
**[08:42] Lawrence**
Repeating this cycle will become
increasingly difficult for your village.
**[08:45] Lawrence**
In the end, they will probably
take advantage of your weakness
**[08:48] Lawrence**
to end the contract made with Father Franz.
**[08:53] Sem**
We only wished to avoid
heavy taxation in our village.
**[08:56] Sem**
Thinking that, we desperately
protected what Father Franz left us.
**[09:01] Sem**
I can't believe they used
Ridelius' Hellfire against us...
**[09:04] Lawrence**
Is there really no chance the poisonous
wheat made it into your harvest?
**[09:09] Sem**
That cursed wheat is black and sticky.
**[09:13] Sem**
Everyone in the village can recognize it.
**[09:15] Sem**
It's unlikely that enough to kill someone
was carelessly mixed into our harvest.
**[09:22] Sem**
I spoke with Elsa a bit, and she
immediately suspected Enberch.
**[09:30] Sem**
I am so pathetic.
**[09:32] Sem**
I thought our livelihood would be secure
as long as we had someone to buy our wheat,
**[09:35] Sem**
so I didn't consider anything else.
**[09:39] Sem**
I can't believe they'd
attack us in such a way...
**[09:42] Lawrence**
I'd like to speak with Ms. Elsa.
**[09:53] Iima**
You want to meet with Elsa?
**[09:54] Lawrence**
Village Head Sem has promised our safety
in exchange for my wisdom and money.
**[10:00] Lawrence**
I need to speak with Miss Elsa
to gain some accurate information.
**[10:05] Iima**
Elsa! Elsa!
**[10:08] Elsa**
What is it?
**[10:10] Lawrence**
I've come to talk with you.
**[10:12] Iima**
You all right?
**[10:14] Elsa**
We cannot depend on them,
but we can trust them.
**[10:17] Elsa**
At the very least, the two of them
know the proper method of prayer.
**[10:22] Iima**
Got it.
**[10:26] Elsa**
Please come in.
**[10:29] Elsa**
Please stay outside.
**[10:30] Evan**
Wh-Why?
**[10:31] Elsa**
Please.
**[10:33] Evan**
Fine...
**[10:34] Lawrence**
Evan.
**[10:37] Lawrence**
Any merchant would cry
if they dropped this purse.
**[10:42] Lawrence**
Think of it as proof that you can trust me.
**[10:52] Elsa**
I can't believe Enberch
would use such underhanded tricks...
**[10:55] Elsa**
My backer is merely supporting me
because of my father.
**[11:00] Elsa**
If I ask for much more,
I risk losing my backer completely...
**[11:03] Lawrence**
As expected...
**[11:05] Lawrence**
So, what do you think will happen
to us after this, Ms. Elsa?
**[11:10] Elsa**
You're asking me?
**[11:11] Lawrence**
I think only you, and perhaps Ms. Iima,
**[11:14] Lawrence**
are able to tell how Enberch
plans to play this out.
**[11:17] Elsa**
As well as the two of you, right?
**[11:24] Lawrence**
We are thinking of running.
**[11:26] Elsa**
I cannot believe you'd be able to escape,
even with a horse.
**[11:31] Lawrence**
That would be the case if my companion
was a mere girl like she seems.
**[11:38] Elsa**
Then, why haven't you fled?
**[11:41] Lawrence**
First, we haven't finished reading
through the books in this church.
**[11:45] Lawrence**
The next reason is that we know
who will be blamed if we disappear.
**[11:53] Elsa**
Are you confident
you'll be able to escape with Evan?
**[11:55] Lawrence**
Not just him, but you as well.
**[12:00] Elsa**
There is no reason for me to refuse
your request to read the books.
**[12:03] Elsa**
But there isn't much time...
**[12:04] Lawrence**
There is only one book
we'd like to read, no matter what.
**[12:09] Holo**
It has been hidden under the altar.
**[12:11] Holo**
As long as I can read that book...
**[12:13] Holo**
Well, considering the current
predicament, I will not wish for more.
**[12:24] Elsa**
Goodness.
**[12:26] Elsa**
There should be a book
under the alter. Go get it.
**[12:31] Evan**
Y-Yeah.
**[12:34] Elsa**
I will neither encourage
nor discourage you from escaping.
**[12:37] Elsa**
However, will you lend me your
merchant's wisdom until that time?
**[12:43] Lawrence**
I'm not sure if I can
give you a satisfactory answer.
**[12:46] Elsa**
It seems merchants really like that phrase.
**[12:49] Lawrence**
We are a cautious lot.
**[12:52] Evan**
I brought the book.
**[12:54] Evan**
But this...
**[12:56] Evan**
Isn't this one of Father Franz's
books on pagan legends?
**[12:58] Evan**
Whoa!
**[13:01] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa, please excuse me.
**[13:11] Holo**
Hey.
**[13:12] Holo**
If I tear this book apart in anger,
will you apologize on my behalf?
**[13:17] Lawrence**
I don't mind apologizing, but don't tear
the book apart just to wipe your tears.
**[13:22] Holo**
You would happily buy my tears at a high price.
**[13:27] Holo**
It would be a waste not to cry before you.
**[13:29] Lawrence**
Such expensive gems,
I'll have to make sure they're not fake.
**[13:36] Holo**
I would like to read alone.
**[13:38] Lawrence**
Tell me your thoughts after you finish.
**[13:40] Holo**
Yes...
**[13:46] Lawrence**
Oh.
**[13:57] Evan**
I'll be by your side no matter what happens...
**[13:59] Evan**
There's no need for you to worry, Elsa!
**[14:02] Elsa**
Yeah...
**[14:08] Evan**
If I shouldn't be here, I'll step out.
**[14:12] Lawrence**
So, what can my knowledge
and experience help you with?
**[14:17] Elsa**
According to Village Head Sem,
**[14:19] Elsa**
we'll be seventy Rimmer coins short
if they return all the wheat to us.
**[14:22] Lawrence**
Seventy Rimmer. That's a lot.
**[14:25] Elsa**
That's not all.
**[14:28] Elsa**
Since the wheat we stored can no longer
be used, we'll also need money for food...
**[14:33] Elsa**
I thought things wouldn't come to this
as long as we still had father's contract.
**[14:38] Lawrence**
That way of thinking isn't wrong.
**[14:40] Lawrence**
However, the villagers never understood
the greatness of that blessing.
**[14:45] Elsa**
I heard from my father that
farmers in other villages work hard
**[14:50] Elsa**
doing odd jobs throughout the winter.
**[14:52] Elsa**
They try to earn as much money as possible,
so their land isn't taken from them.
**[14:57] Elsa**
But here...
**[14:58] Lawrence**
That's right. However,
nothing will change if we just grieve.
**[15:02] Elsa**
Yes, you're right.
**[15:04] Elsa**
If I merely grieve, my father...
Father Franz will get angry with me...
**[15:09] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa!
**[15:10] Evan**
Elsa! Elsa!
**[15:11] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa!
**[15:20] Evan**
Hey, Mr. Lawrence.
**[15:21] Evan**
Everyone in the village
suspects the two of us, don't they?
**[15:24] Lawrence**
That's right.
**[15:25] Evan**
Of course they do...
**[15:27] Evan**
I eavesdropped, but... you said you can escape?
**[15:32] Lawrence**
That?
**[15:33] Lawrence**
Yeah, we can.
**[15:35] Lawrence**
I'd like to selfishly
take the two of you with me, too.
**[15:38] Evan**
That's not selfish at all.
**[15:40] Evan**
I don't want to die
in a place like this. Elsa, too.
**[15:42] Evan**
I'm sure she wants to leave this village, too.
**[15:45] Evan**
Everyone says Mr. Franz is their benefactor,
**[15:47] Evan**
but no one in the village
really appreciates it...
**[15:52] Evan**
They never listen to his teachings.
**[15:55] Evan**
They've always given
their god a ton of offerings
**[15:58] Evan**
but have never offered a single
piece of bread to the church.
**[16:00] Evan**
Without the village head or Ms. Iima, we
would have starved to death a long time ago.
**[16:05] Iima**
It's true that the outside world isn't easy,
**[16:08] Iima**
but it might be easier than this village.
**[16:10] Evan**
Ms. Iima...
**[16:11] Iima**
You're, um...
**[16:12] Lawrence**
My name is Lawrence.
**[16:14] Iima**
Mr. Lawrence, if you want to escape
with the two of them, I think you should.
**[16:21] Iima**
No, I hope you do.
**[16:23] Evan**
Yeah.
**[16:24] Evan**
Then, I'll need to convince Elsa.
**[16:31] Iima**
I know what I said, but how do
you all plan on escaping?
**[16:36] Lawrence**
If a man can come across a maiden
brewing beer in the mountains,
**[16:41] Lawrence**
it wouldn't be odd for another man
to encounter something else equally strange.
**[16:47] Iima**
Did you meet a fairy or something?
**[16:49] Lawrence**
Something like that.
**[16:59] Holo**
Have you finished talking?
**[17:01] Lawrence**
More or less.
**[17:03] Holo**
I have already accomplished my goal.
**[17:05] Lawrence**
I see.
**[17:08] Holo**
If you are curious, you should read it as well.
**[17:10] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[17:15] Lawrence**
"The gods of the land all fled in terror."
**[17:18] Lawrence**
"In the time it took for nuts
of a tree to fall,
**[17:20] Lawrence**
Yoitsu was shredded apart by the bear's claws."
**[17:25] Lawrence**
That's all there is?
**[17:32] Holo**
I sense an infuriating gaze on me.
Is it my imagination?
**[17:37] Lawrence**
I'm not...
**[17:39] Lawrence**
No, I am. You're right. I'm sorry.
**[17:42] Lawrence**
Don't get so angry.
**[17:45] Holo**
I am satisfied to hear that my old
friends seemed to have gotten away.
**[17:49] Holo**
There was nothing else.
**[17:51] Lawrence**
Nothing in the world ever goes as one wishes.
**[17:55] Holo**
I cannot agree more.
**[17:56] Holo**
So, what are we going to do?
**[17:58] Holo**
We should escape quickly,
if we plan to do so.
**[18:01] Lawrence**
Of course, we'll escape.
**[18:05] Holo**
You are taking a great loss this time.
**[18:07] Lawrence**
It can't be helped.
**[18:08] Lawrence**
We can't take the wheat with us.
**[18:11] Lawrence**
If the goods were expensive and
more portable, we'd have options.
**[18:16] Holo**
Are you speaking of the pepper
you sold once before?
**[18:18] Lawrence**
There is something more valuable
and easier to carry than spices.
**[18:23] Holo**
Oh?
**[18:25] Lawrence**
Trust.
**[18:26] Holo**
It seems I will have to sell your trust
once it grows higher in value.
**[18:29] Lawrence**
Do you know how paranoid of you I've
become now that you've teased me so much?
**[18:36] Holo**
Then, I'll just have to regain that trust.
**[18:39] Lawrence**
This is the very reason
I'm always suspicious of you!
**[18:42] Holo**
Lies will only lower the value of your trust.
**[18:45] Lawrence**
Well, you have never once blamed me
for the trouble we are in.
**[18:49] Lawrence**
I am honestly grateful for that.
**[18:51] Lawrence**
Huh?
**[18:52] Holo**
You would not have taken a loss
if I had not wished to come here.
**[18:56] Lawrence**
Then, it looks like we'll have to tighten your
food and drinking budget to make up for it.
**[19:00] Holo**
You have grown quite unrestrained lately.
**[19:05] Villagers**
Hand over that merchant!
**[19:07] Villagers**
This is definitely their fault!
**[19:09] Villagers**
Hand over the miller, too!
**[19:17] Iima**
Don't come over. Go deeper inside.
**[19:20] Lawrence**
But...
**[19:21] Elsa**
I'll go out and persuade them.
**[19:22] Iima**
Don't be stupid.
**[19:24] Elsa**
But...
**[19:29] Iima**
You'll just add oil to the fire.
**[19:32] Iima**
You're close with Evan.
**[19:35] Iima**
They might hand you over to Enberch
as a heretic to get on the town's good side.
**[19:40] Iima**
Listen to me.
**[19:41] Iima**
The two of you can't stay
in this village any longer.
**[19:45] Iima**
If it's hard to make a living everywhere,
**[19:47] Iima**
but it's better to look for a new life
out there with someone you trust.
**[19:53] Iima**
You might have to give up a lot of things,
**[19:55] Iima**
but there should be a lot
of things you'll gain on the way.
**[19:58] Iima**
No matter the journey,
**[20:01] Iima**
choosing your path at a fork
takes only an instant.
**[20:03] Lawrence**
I couldn't agree more.
**[20:11] Elsa**
I'd like to run.
**[20:14] Evan**
Yeah.
**[20:19] Holo**
I have one condition,
if you'd like to leave it to me.
**[20:26] Holo**
Think of everything that happens
after this as a dream before the dawn.
**[20:32] Iima**
I'm a fairy that brews beer, after all.
I'm so drunk I won't remember a thing.
**[20:37] Holo**
Then, leave it all to me.
**[20:39] Holo**
Just...
**[20:40] Holo**
I can easily jump over the crowd
with all of you on my back,
**[20:45] Holo**
but I am not sure if you can
withstand such a thing.
**[20:48] Lawrence**
Is there a back door in this church?
**[20:51] Elsa**
I heard from Father Franz that there was
an underground passage in the basement...
**[20:55] Lawrence**
Let's use that.
**[20:56] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa and Evan should prepare
to leave immediately.
**[20:59] Elsa**
Y-Yes.
**[21:01] Iima**
Well, it's lucky enough to be able to make
some preparations for your escape.
**[21:05] Holo**
It is not as though your hometown will
disappear tomorrow. Be glad it still exists.
**[21:09] Iima**
Oh? You, too, Ms. Fairy?
**[21:12] Holo**
Do not lump me together
with such weak creatures.
**[21:16] Elsa**
We will prepare immediately.
**[21:19] Iima**
All right, then. Off you go!
**[21:22] Holo**
Even I have lost to her
strong sense of presence.
**[21:27] Holo**
Do not worry.
**[21:29] Holo**
This is the only human form I can take.
**[21:32] Lawrence**
That's unfortunate.
**[21:34] Lawrence**
I prefer a woman with a more ample figure.
**[21:39] Lawrence**
Ouch!
**[21:41] Holo**
Hurry up and open the door to the basement.
**[22:04] Lawrence**
Then, are you ready?
**[22:06] Evan**
Y-Yeah.
**[22:08] Elsa**
Yes.
***SIGN*** Episode 24
***SIGN*** Path of the Snake God and Answer of the Wise Wolf
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode: Path of the Snake God
and Answer of the Wise Wolf
# E24 - Path of the Snake God and Answer of the Wise Wolf
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**[00:07] Evan**
H-Hey...
**[00:10] Evan**
Do you think the villagers will chase after us?
**[00:13] Evan**
I mean, we left the entrance
to the basement wide open...
**[00:16] Lawrence**
Ms. Iima said she would close
the entrance after us.
**[00:20] Evan**
Huh? But that means...
**[00:22] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[00:23] Lawrence**
If this leads to a dead end,
we'll be in a lot of trouble.
**[00:32] Evan**
Hey, doesn't it strangely stink in here?
**[00:36] Holo**
We are close to the outside.
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
***SIGN*** Episode 24
Path of the Snake God
and Answer of the Wise Wolf
**[02:32] Lawrence**
No way.
**[02:36] Evan**
Huh?
**[02:36] Elsa**
Th-This is...
**[02:43] Evan**
This is great.
**[02:46] Evan**
Mr. Lawrence, what do you think this hole is?
**[02:49] Lawrence**
I have no idea.
**[02:51] Evan**
This is the hole that Lord Truyeo was said
to have dug long ago in order to hibernate.
**[02:57] Elsa**
The villagers always come here to pray
when sowing seeds and harvesting.
**[03:04] Elsa**
We rarely participate ourselves, but...
**[03:08] Elsa**
Why does the church passage lead out here?
**[03:10] Lawrence**
I don't know why, but it's very clever.
**[03:13] Lawrence**
The villagers would never dare enter this cave.
**[03:19] Holo**
Come now.
**[03:19] Holo**
If we dawdle here,
we are asking for them to find us.
**[03:23] Holo**
Let us head down near the river first.
**[03:26] Evan**
R-Right.
**[03:27] Evan**
Let's go, Elsa.
**[03:29] Elsa**
Y-Yes.
**[03:34] Lawrence**
This den is real, isn't it?
**[03:37] Holo**
Yes, though I do not know how long ago it was made.
**[03:40] Lawrence**
That basement was made to intersect
with this large burrow,
**[03:43] Lawrence**
and it still keeps going deeper
in the other direction.
**[03:47] Lawrence**
I wonder if there's really a giant
snake curled up at the end.
**[03:51] Holo**
I doubt it would be able to nap peacefully
if the burrow it happened to make
**[03:54] Holo**
is constantly worshiped by humans.
**[03:57] Holo**
Well, humans are peculiar creatures
that love to worship things.
**[04:01] Holo**
Do you not wish to worship me as well?
**[04:11] Holo**
Let us go.
**[04:14] Lawrence**
H-Hey.
**[04:25] Evan**
So, how are we going to escape?
**[04:27] Holo**
We shall head towards Enberch first.
**[04:29] Evan**
Huh?
**[04:30] Holo**
We have gone through that town once before.
**[04:33] Holo**
Since we wish to escape in the shadows,
**[04:36] Holo**
it is better to have some sense
of the lay of the land.
**[04:38] Evan**
I see.
**[04:39] Holo**
Let me say one thing.
**[04:45] Holo**
If you show fear, I will devour the two of you.
**[04:50] Holo**
Turn around.
**[04:51] Elsa**
Y-Yes.
**[04:55] Holo**
Lawrence.
**[04:56] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[05:09] Elsa**
Don't.
**[05:13] Holo**
Goodness. Why is it always so chilly
in my human form?
**[05:16] Lawrence**
Just looking at you makes me cold.
**[05:33] Lawrence**
Are you hoping for a compliment?
**[06:07] Holo**
As I thought, my fur is truly the finest.
**[06:10] Lawrence**
Tell me if you ever want to sell it.
**[06:18] Holo**
I did not expect much.
**[06:21] Lawrence**
Come on.
**[06:28] Lawrence**
This is merely a dream before the dawn.
**[06:31] Lawrence**
Right?
**[06:32] Elsa**
Yes. You're right.
**[06:35] Evan**
Looks like Father Franz wasn't a liar.
**[06:40] Holo**
Get on quickly.
**[06:43] Holo**
It will be troublesome if we are found.
**[06:46] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[07:00] Holo**
If you fall off my back, I will carry you
in my jaws. Be prepared.
**[07:07] Holo**
Then, let us be off.
**[07:32] Evan**
Hold on tight!
**[07:46] Lawrence**
How far have we come?
**[07:47] Holo**
Halfway.
**[07:52] Lawrence**
Is this a small break? Or...
**[07:54] Holo**
It will be pointless if all of you die.
**[07:57] Holo**
Let us rest here until morning.
**[08:00] Holo**
Out this far, it would take horses
a long time to catch up to us.
**[08:03] Holo**
It will be safe for a while.
**[08:07] Holo**
Do not sleep there. Sleep after climbing down.
**[08:16] Holo**
I feel like I have become a mother.
**[08:24] Lawrence**
What's wrong?
**[08:30] Lawrence**
Is it safe to go take a peek?
**[09:01] Evan**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[09:05] Evan**
Are they from Enberch?
**[09:07] Lawrence**
I'm guessing so.
**[09:08] Evan**
I see...
**[09:10] Lawrence**
How is Ms. Elsa doing?
**[09:13] Evan**
Not sure. She looks a lot better,
**[09:16] Evan**
but she looks like she's been
thinking about something.
**[09:20] Evan**
There's a lot of them.
**[09:22] Lawrence**
That's because they plan
to return all the wheat.
**[09:24] Lawrence**
There are men with spears, too.
**[09:28] Evan**
Hey, Mr. Lawrence.
**[09:31] Evan**
Can't you ask your, um,
goddess that carried us here?
**[09:36] Lawrence**
Ask her what?
**[09:37] Evan**
To kill them all.
**[09:42] Lawrence**
Let's say she agreed to your request
and went to do such a thing.
**[09:45] Lawrence**
She would definitely succeed.
**[09:48] Lawrence**
After that, Enberch would definitely
send an army to Tereo.
**[09:53] Lawrence**
We cannot fight every army that comes.
**[09:55] Evan**
That makes sense...
**[09:56] Evan**
So, what are we going to do now?
**[09:59] Lawrence**
If we get to the town of Kumerson,
we will be able to protect our lives.
**[10:03] Lawrence**
We'll figure out the future after that.
**[10:06] Evan**
I see...
**[10:07] Lawrence**
Let me know if there's
something you want to do.
**[10:09] Lawrence**
Fate brought us together.
I'll do what I can to help.
**[10:12] Evan**
Thanks.
**[10:14] Evan**
What's that?
**[10:18] Lawrence**
That's the carriage of
a high-ranking member of the Church.
**[10:21] Evan**
Why is a member of the Church with them?
**[10:23] Lawrence**
To label the village pagan.
**[10:25] Evan**
P-Pagan?
**[10:27] Lawrence**
Someone died because Ridelius' Hellfire
was mixed in the wheat from Tereo,
**[10:31] Lawrence**
but no one in Tereo was harmed.
**[10:33] Evan**
Of course there weren't any deaths!
**[10:35] Evan**
There was no
Ridelius' Hellfire to begin with!
**[10:37] Lawrence**
But I'm sure the Church will claim
**[10:39] Lawrence**
that the villagers of Tereo are safe because
they're being protected by the devil.
**[10:43] Lawrence**
That Tereo is a pagan village.
**[10:47] Lawrence**
Let's go back.
**[10:54] Lawrence**
Let's go a bit farther and stop for breakfast.
**[11:27] Evan**
Elsa?
**[11:31] Elsa**
Holo...
**[11:34] Elsa**
Are you truly... a god?
**[11:44] Holo**
I am Wise Wolf Holo of Yoitsu.
**[11:47] Holo**
Though, I have been called
a god for a long time.
**[11:52] Holo**
I live within the wheat and can turn
into both a wolf and human form.
**[11:57] Holo**
Humans have worshiped me
as a god of bountiful harvests,
**[12:00] Holo**
and I responded to their prayers.
**[12:03] Elsa**
Bountiful harvests? Then, are you Truyeo...
**[12:07] Holo**
You already know that answer, do you not?
**[12:18] Elsa**
Truyeo is Truyeo.
**[12:20] Elsa**
You are you.
**[12:30] Elsa**
Then—
**[12:31] Holo**
That question...
**[12:39] Holo**
is not one you should ask me.
**[12:46] Evan**
Elsa!
**[12:51] Elsa**
I'm fine.
**[12:59] Elsa**
I will carry on the legacy of Father Franz.
**[13:02] Elsa**
Now, I can say that with certainty.
**[13:07] Holo**
Is that so?
**[13:12] Elsa**
I will return to the village.
**[13:15] Evan**
What?!
**[13:19] Elsa**
Mr. Lawrence, I'm sorry.
**[13:24] Evan**
What's the point of returning to the village?
**[13:26] Evan**
Even if you do, that village is already...
**[13:28] Elsa**
Even so, I must return.
**[13:30] Evan**
Why?!
**[13:35] Elsa**
I am responsible for the village church.
**[13:38] Elsa**
And...
**[13:39] Elsa**
I cannot abandon the villagers.
**[13:43] Elsa**
Evan, I hope you become a fine merchant.
**[13:51] Evan**
M-Mr. Lawrence!
**[13:56] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa wants you to become a fine merchant.
**[14:00] Lawrence**
A merchant must be able to weigh
the gains and losses in a calm manner.
**[14:04] Lawrence**
Can you do that?
**[14:11] Lawrence**
No matter how strong-minded she may be
and no matter how firm her resolve,
**[14:16] Lawrence**
it doesn't mean she's without worry.
**[14:20] Lawrence**
A merchant must be able
to weigh the gains and losses.
**[14:23] Lawrence**
How do the gains and losses
weigh on your scale?
**[14:40] Lawrence**
So, what should we—
**[14:47] Holo**
Was I wrong?
**[14:51] Holo**
Was I wrong?
**[14:53] Lawrence**
S-Something like that...
**[14:55] Lawrence**
Who can truly be the judge?
**[14:58] Holo**
I cannot.
**[15:00] Holo**
However, I... I...
**[15:03] Lawrence**
To fight for your hometown,
even against hopeless odds...
**[15:12] Lawrence**
At the very least,
you'll be left with no regrets.
**[15:26] Holo**
My claws can crush stone.
I can defeat any number of humans.
**[15:31] Lawrence**
I know that well.
**[15:32] Holo**
No one could beat me in Yoitsu.
No human. No wolf. No deer nor boar.
**[15:40] Holo**
So, what about a bear?
**[15:43] Holo**
Could I have beaten the Moon-Hunting Bear?!
**[15:46] Lawrence**
I don't think so.
**[15:51] Lawrence**
But if you fought to the death,
**[15:54] Lawrence**
I'm sure you would have filled
at least three pages of that book.
**[16:02] Lawrence**
I can't tell you if that would be
a good or bad thing,
**[16:04] Lawrence**
but this is all hypothetical. Am I wrong?
**[16:09] Holo**
You are not wrong.
**[16:11] Lawrence**
If you heard that the Moon-Hunting Bear
attacked soon after you left Yoitsu,
**[16:17] Lawrence**
I'm sure you would have rushed back.
**[16:19] Lawrence**
But that's not what happened.
**[16:22] Lawrence**
Disaster came while you were
completely unaware.
**[16:26] Lawrence**
You understand how foolish
you're acting right now, don't you?
**[16:30] Holo**
Something like that!
**[16:33] Holo**
That, I know well...
**[16:48] Lawrence**
What excuse were you going to use
if Elsa and Evan came back?
**[16:52] Holo**
Excuse for what?
**[16:54] Lawrence**
Killing me.
**[16:55] Holo**
In a situation like this,
if I were a human female,
**[16:59] Holo**
you would have no right to complain
about getting murdered.
**[17:01] Lawrence**
The murdered don't have
the ability to voice a complaint.
**[17:04] Lawrence**
So, what do you want to do?
**[17:07] Holo**
I should be the one asking *you* that.
**[17:16] Lawrence**
Just you wait.
**[17:21] Holo**
Can we not do something for them?
**[17:23] Holo**
It is too late for Yoitsu, but there is
yet a chance for their village.
**[17:29] Lawrence**
I'm just a traveling merchant, you know.
**[17:31] Holo**
Yet, I am not a mere wolf.
**[17:34] Holo**
Poisonous wheat, was it not?
**[17:36] Holo**
I would easily be able
to discern the difference.
**[17:39] Lawrence**
I already thought of that possibility,
but I don't think that will help.
**[17:43] Holo**
There is no way to make them believe us...
**[17:45] Lawrence**
Yeah, unless a miracle happens...
**[17:49] Lawrence**
A miracle?
**[17:50] Holo**
I have shown such miracles
to humans for fun in the past!
**[17:57] Lawrence**
You said you've performed
miracles for humans before.
**[18:00] Holo**
I have said such.
Will that help us in some way?
**[18:04] Lawrence**
Yeah.
**[18:05] Lawrence**
There have been cases in the past
**[18:07] Lawrence**
where claims of heresy were
retracted because of a miracle.
**[18:10] Lawrence**
However, the Church is the one who decides
if a miracle is indeed a miracle.
**[18:13] Lawrence**
They won't accept a minor event as a miracle.
**[18:15] Holo**
So, it must be a miracle that happens
before their very eyes.
**[18:20] Lawrence**
Can you do something like that?
**[18:21] Holo**
You, where is my wheat?
**[18:25] Lawrence**
There it is.
**[18:26] Holo**
Bring it to me.
**[18:34] Holo**
Watch closely.
**[18:43] Lawrence**
What?!
**[18:46] Holo**
This should be sufficient.
**[18:49] Lawrence**
That's amazing...
**[18:50] Lawrence**
It's truly a miracle.
**[18:54] Holo**
So, what do you think?
**[18:56] Holo**
The only other thing that can easily be seen
with the eyes would be my form as a wolf.
**[19:00] Lawrence**
No, this is more than enough.
**[19:07] Lawrence**
The only question now is
if Elsa will accept this method.
**[19:10] Lawrence**
And...
**[19:11] Holo**
There is still more?
**[19:13] Lawrence**
Even if we are able to tip
the scales in our favor,
**[19:15] Lawrence**
I don't think Enberch will buy back the wheat.
**[19:17] Lawrence**
We'll have to turn
the returned wheat into money.
**[19:22] Holo**
Yes.
**[19:23] Lawrence**
Well, that's where I'll be able to
show my skills as a merchant.
**[19:27] Lawrence**
I'm sure things will work out.
**[19:30] Lawrence**
Let's go back.
**[19:31] Holo**
Yes. It is much too chilly.
**[19:42] Holo**
You look disappointed.
**[19:45] Lawrence**
And you look amused.
**[19:57] Lawrence**
I have a suggestion.
**[20:08] Lawrence**
That's the miracle Holo can perform.
**[20:11] Lawrence**
Now we just need to figure out how exactly
to show this miracle to the others.
**[20:14] Elsa**
Do you have any ideas?
**[20:16] Lawrence**
I have an idea on the best timing.
**[20:17] Elsa**
Timing?
**[20:18] Lawrence**
Yes. Any product should be purchased
**[20:20] Lawrence**
when the price is the lowest
to obtain the greatest profit.
**[20:23] Elsa**
Are you talking about when the village
head and the others are cornered?
**[20:27] Lawrence**
Exactly.
**[20:28] Evan**
I'm sure we don't need to wait long.
**[20:30] Evan**
Bishop Mendez is heading
to the village as well.
**[20:32] Elsa**
The priest...
**[20:35] Elsa**
I will gratefully follow your suggestion.
**[20:38] Elsa**
Thank you for all of your help.
**[20:40] Elsa**
Yet, even if I show them a miracle,
I doubt the villagers will abandon Truyeo.
**[20:46] Lawrence**
That's true...
**[20:47] Elsa**
I have an idea on how to show
this miracle to the others.
**[20:53] Lawrence**
I see.
**[20:55] Lawrence**
That's a clever idea.
**[20:56] Lawrence**
What do you think?
**[20:58] Elsa**
This method will place
the pagan gods under our God.
**[21:04] Elsa**
Even so, will you still help us?
**[21:07] Holo**
Though I am unquestionably more amazing,
**[21:10] Holo**
a truly great wolf does not take
such things as one's position to heart.
**[21:16] Holo**
If it is necessary for your schemes,
**[21:18] Holo**
I can act the part of a fool
with a gracious heart.
**[21:23] Elsa**
Thank you very much.
**[21:26] Elsa**
Will you be all right, Evan?
**[21:28] Evan**
No problem. If I get poisoned...
**[21:31] Evan**
Just kill me before I realize
I'm going to die from the poison.
**[21:36] Holo**
Yes.
**[21:37] Holo**
If that happens,
I will easily swallow you whole.
**[21:40] Holo**
There will be no pain.
**[21:45] Elsa**
Then, I will leave the monetary negotiations
after the miracle to you, Mr. Lawrence.
**[21:49] Lawrence**
Leave it to me.
**[21:54] Holo**
They're here.
**[22:11] Elsa**
May God's grace be with us.
***SIGN*** Episode 25
***SIGN*** Miracle's Path and Journey's Continuation
**[23:45] Holo**
Next Episode:
Miracle's Path and Journey's Continuation
# E25 - Miracle's Path and Journey's Continuation
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**[00:10] Lawrence**
Thank goodness she didn't lock the base.
**[00:12] Lawrence**
Do you sense anyone nearby?
**[00:13] Holo**
No. There is no one.
**[00:16] Elsa**
I will go search for the items we need.
**[00:23] Lawrence**
As long as everything goes well,
you'll be able to take your time reading.
**[00:27] Holo**
You are right...
***SIGN*** Spice and Wolf
**[02:01] Evan**
Mr. Lawrence!
***SIGN*** Episode 25
Miracle's Path and
Journey's Continuation
**[02:04] Evan**
Here!
**[02:04] Lawrence**
Now we just need to find the right time.
**[02:09] Lawrence**
How are things going?
**[02:11] Lawrence**
Can you tell what they're saying?
**[02:15] Holo**
They are demanding money.
**[02:17] Lawrence**
Oh...
**[02:20] Lawrence**
He's the one who planned to trap us.
**[02:23] Baker**
Hey! What the hell're you doing?!
**[02:25] Lawrence**
That's...
**[02:27] Evan**
The bread baker. He complains to me the most.
**[02:33] Holo**
It is over.
**[02:35] Holo**
They have received their final ultimatum.
**[02:48] Holo**
"All will be fine if you light this on fire
and accept the true teachings."
**[02:52] Holo**
"Otherwise, we shall declare
your village pagan."
**[02:56] Holo**
Humans always depend
on others when they are in trouble.
**[03:00] Holo**
Yet, there have been times when
I have depended on humans as well.
**[03:03] Holo**
What shall we do?
**[03:08] Elsa**
As a servant of the true faith,
**[03:10] Elsa**
I cannot abandon my village.
**[03:17] Elsa**
So, let us go forth.
**[03:32] Iima**
Elsa!
**[03:34] Iima**
Elsa! Why?!
**[03:36] Elsa**
I'm sorry, Ms. Iima.
**[03:38] Mendez**
Well, well.
**[03:40] Mendez**
If it isn't Ms. Elsa,
the successor of Father Franz.
**[03:42] Elsa**
It has been a long time, Bishop Mendez.
**[03:45] Mendez**
I was told that you ran away.
**[03:47] Mendez**
Was your guilt too heavy
to bear on your conscience?
**[03:50] Elsa**
God is always forgiving to those
who have committed sins.
**[03:55] Mendez**
The people of Enberch, who follow the true
faith, have been suffering under this curse,
**[03:59] Mendez**
while the people of Tereo are unaffected.
**[04:05] Mendez**
They are obviously under the
protection of an evil pagan god.
**[04:10] Mendez**
We will rebuild a new and proper
holy church of the true faith here.
**[04:15] Mendez**
The false servant of God is a poisonous
evil snake in sheep's clothing
**[04:23] Mendez**
that will face the judgment
of our most righteous God.
**[04:27] Elsa**
That is not necessary.
**[04:29] Elsa**
It is true that my faith has wavered at times.
**[04:32] Elsa**
However, God has graciously
shown me the true path.
**[04:37] Elsa**
I have met one of His divine messengers!
**[04:46] Mendez**
The fact that you claim to have met a divine
messenger so easily is proof of your heresy!
**[04:50] Mendez**
If I am wrong, bring proof before me!
**[04:55] Elsa**
Allow me to show you if you have doubts!
**[05:03] Mendez**
Let them through.
**[05:05] Mendez**
Father Franz was a talented man.
**[05:08] Mendez**
He was an admirable servant of God.
**[05:12] Mendez**
However, he should have acted
in accordance with the will of the Church.
**[05:16] Mendez**
It also seems like he failed
to raise a proper successor.
**[05:20] Elsa**
The worship of the serpent god,
Truyeo, is indeed a mistake.
**[05:25] Elsa**
However, the mistake itself
is not completely off the mark.
**[05:31] Elsa**
I believe that Truyeo itself
**[05:36] Elsa**
is one of God's miracles.
**[05:40] Lawrence**
She neither confirmed nor
denied Truyeo. A clever move.
**[05:45] Mendez**
The words of men easily stray from the truth.
**[05:49] Mendez**
How can you be sure that they
were not the whispers of the devil?
**[05:52] Elsa**
The divine messenger promised to reveal a sign,
**[05:55] Elsa**
to guide the lost lambs of God
onto the true path.
**[06:01] Mendez**
That God would show
his power to someone like...
**[06:04] Villagers**
Th-The wheat!
**[06:34] Soldiers**
God! It's a miracle of God!
**[06:37] Soldiers**
God!
**[06:40] Soldiers**
Th-That's...
**[06:42] Soldiers**
Look! The wheat on that carriage!
**[06:45] Soldiers**
Only the wheat there grew no ears!
**[06:57] Elsa**
God has shown us the true path.
**[07:00] Mendez**
I-Impossible. This...
**[07:03] Elsa**
Bishop Mendez, I would like you to confirm
that this is not an act of the devil.
**[07:09] Mendez**
H-How?
**[07:13] Elsa**
With this.
**[07:14] Elsa**
Please bless this chalice.
**[07:17] Elsa**
Once you have done so,
Evan, who mills the wheat of this village,
**[07:21] Elsa**
will prove God's righteousness
with his own body.
**[07:23] Mendez**
Wh-What exactly do you plan
to prove with this?
**[07:26] Elsa**
Even the poor may be baptized in God's name.
**[07:30] Elsa**
Please cleanse this chalice
with your own hands.
**[07:39] Elsa**
Please.
**[07:49] Elsa**
Water poured by the bishop is holy
and this chalice has been blessed.
**[07:54] Elsa**
Take this chalice to him there.
**[08:00] Elsa**
Please watch closely.
**[08:24] Elsa**
With this, except for one,
he has collected flour from every cart.
**[08:44] Elsa**
This is the truth of God's miracle that
the divine messenger has revealed to us.
**[08:52] Elsa**
If this miracle is false, you should surely
be able to demonstrate a true one.
**[08:58] Elsa**
Bishop Mendez.
If we are wrong, you must correct us.
**[09:06] Elsa**
Will you drink this water?
**[09:13] Mendez**
V-Very well. This is a miracle. A true miracle.
**[09:17] Elsa**
Then, the church of this village?
**[09:22] Mendez**
Legitimate. It is a legitimate church.
**[09:25] Elsa**
Then, please put that in writing.
**[09:46] Elsa**
Father...
**[09:48] Elsa**
Thank you.
**[09:52] Holo**
You look envious.
**[09:54] Lawrence**
Yeah, I am.
**[09:56] Lawrence**
This time, we only worked behind the scenes.
**[10:01] Holo**
However, the issue of money still has
not been resolved. Is that not your job?
**[10:06] Lawrence**
You're right.
**[10:07] Lawrence**
But I can't believe how completely
the tables have turned...
**[10:17] Lawrence**
Yes, I think I can make things work.
**[10:22] Lawrence**
What is it?
**[10:23] Holo**
Are you sure you are
not actually a wolf yourself?
**[10:32] Lawrence**
Mr. Riendott.
**[10:34] Lawrence**
Please wait a moment.
**[10:39] Lawrence**
While they settle the matters of religion,
**[10:43] Lawrence**
we still need to settle matters of money.
**[10:49] Lawrence**
So, Mr. Riendott.
**[10:51] Riendott**
Y-Yes!
**[10:53] Lawrence**
I've been asked to handle
all the negotiations of coin.
**[10:56] Lawrence**
I am sure the villagers have no objections?
**[11:00] Villager A**
We can't go against the village head...
**[11:03] Lawrence**
That's how it is.
**[11:05] Lawrence**
Then, let's start with the greatest demand.
**[11:09] Lawrence**
We'd like you to keep the wheat.
**[11:15] Riendott**
Th-That's impossible!
**[11:16] Lawrence**
Why?
**[11:17] Riendott**
Wh-Why? There's been a death!
**[11:21] Riendott**
My shop's reputation has already been damaged!
**[11:24] Riendott**
Besides! Besides!
**[11:25] Riendott**
Our contract with Father Franz states that
**[11:29] Riendott**
the wheat can all be returned
if Ridelius' Hellfire is found in it.
**[11:33] Lawrence**
I understand.
**[11:34] Lawrence**
Then, what's the price for
accepting the returned wheat?
**[11:40] Riendott**
T-Two hundred Ri...
**[11:41] Baker**
Don't be ridiculous!
**[11:44] Baker**
That's the exact same price you bought it at!
**[11:47] Riendott**
Th-Th-Th-Then, one hundred and ninety-five...
**[11:51] Baker**
You're still talking nonsense!
**[11:53] Lawrence**
Now, now.
**[11:54] Lawrence**
Mr. Riendott.
**[11:55] Lawrence**
Won't it be bad for you if
another miracle were to happen?
**[12:00] Riendott**
Wha?!
**[12:01] Lawrence**
The story of poisonous wheat is actually—
**[12:04] Riendott**
No! No! I understand! I understand!
**[12:07] Riendott**
One hundred and six...
**[12:10] Riendott**
No, fif... f-forty...
**[12:20] Lawrence**
Then, let's go with that.
**[12:22] Lawrence**
Everyone here is bearing witness.
**[12:27] Lawrence**
By the way, Mr. Riendott.
**[12:29] Lawrence**
Would you like to buy back
the wheat you've returned?
**[12:34] Lawrence**
I understand.
**[12:35] Lawrence**
However, the people of this village don't have
**[12:38] Lawrence**
enough cash on hand to pay
for the returned wheat.
**[12:40] Lawrence**
Even with the lowered cost,
they still lack the funds.
**[12:43] Lawrence**
So, I have a proposal.
**[12:46] Lawrence**
It's a simple one.
**[12:48] Lawrence**
I'd like you to persuade the bishop to allow
the village to sell wheat under his name.
**[12:54] Riendott**
Huh?
**[12:55] Riendott**
If you plan to sell this wheat to other
businesses, I think you should give up...
**[13:01] Lawrence**
I am fully aware of that.
**[13:03] Lawrence**
So, can you do this favor for us?
**[13:06] Riendott**
I th-think I can...
**[13:08] Lawrence**
Then, one more thing.
**[13:09] Lawrence**
It's possible that the people of Enberch
will cause trouble in my business.
**[13:15] Lawrence**
I'd like you to be my ally in that case.
**[13:20] Riendott**
You can't possibly be thinking of making bread?
**[13:22] Lawrence**
No, the bakers would definitely
not allow such a thing. Don't worry.
**[13:26] Riendott**
Wh-What in the world...
**[13:28] Lawrence**
Now, now. We'll return the money
once that business goes well.
**[13:33] Riendott**
No, I can't accept such a condition...
**[13:35] Lawrence**
Of course, I'm not saying you wait for free.
**[13:38] Lawrence**
I'm adding on an extremely
attractive condition.
**[13:43] Lawrence**
Why don't we dissolve the contract
created by Father Franz?
**[13:48] Villager B**
Hey! You can't decide that on your own!
**[13:50] Villager C**
Even if the village head
left the negotiations to you!
**[13:52] Lawrence**
But, as long as the contract exists,
**[13:54] Lawrence**
the town of Enberch
will continue to resent you.
**[14:00] Lawrence**
Am I right?
**[14:02] Lawrence**
This contract was abnormal from to begin with.
**[14:06] Lawrence**
Contracts should be made to benefit both sides.
**[14:08] Lawrence**
That's business.
**[14:12] Lawrence**
What do you think? Will you do as I request?
**[14:15] Villager A**
Hey!
**[14:16] Villager B**
But...
**[14:17] Lawrence**
If Mr. Riendott and Bishop Mendez
are willing to be on our side,
**[14:21] Lawrence**
I can suggest a wonderful
business idea to this village.
**[14:28] Riendott**
What are you...
**[14:30] Lawrence**
Though, we'll need some
cooperation from the baker.
**[14:35] Lawrence**
Also, can you prepare some eggs and butter?
**[14:38] Lawrence**
Honey, too, if possible.
**[14:41] Holo**
It seems this proposal
will result in something delicious.
**[14:52] Lawrence**
Don't eat while you're reading.
**[14:56] Elsa**
Don't scatter crumbs everywhere.
**[14:58] Evan**
Sure, sure. I got it.
**[15:05] Holo**
These "biscuit" things are delicious.
**[15:09] Elsa**
They are selling well in Enberch
as a Tereo specialty.
**[15:13] Elsa**
At this rate, not only will we be able to return the money, but turn a profit as well.
**[15:20] Evan**
Who would have guessed that the flat bread
you talked about would be this delicious.
**[15:24] Lawrence**
Yeah. They're common in the south
but unknown around here,
**[15:27] Lawrence**
so I thought it would be good business.
**[15:31] Lawrence**
Even though wheat is used,
**[15:33] Lawrence**
it's baked before the blessing
of the bread-leavening spirits.
**[15:36] Lawrence**
It looks nothing like bread, so the bread
bakers have no reason to complain.
**[15:40] Lawrence**
Well, even if something happens,
**[15:42] Lawrence**
we've made a profit-sharing contract
with Riendott and Bishop Mendez.
**[15:46] Lawrence**
I'm sure they'll handle it.
**[15:48] Holo**
Though, it was difficult to go through
**[15:50] Holo**
all the bags of wheat
to confirm the lack of poison...
**[15:54] Lawrence**
Well, we should go soon.
**[15:56] Evan**
Huh? Already?
**[16:01] Holo**
Well, I guess we should.
**[16:09] Elsa**
Please come visit again whenever
you wish to read the books.
**[16:12] Holo**
Then, make sure...
**[16:16] Holo**
to have plenty of biscuits prepared when I do.
**[16:19] Elsa**
Of course.
**[16:20] Evan**
I'll mill a mountain of flour for you!
**[16:22] Lawrence**
I see. Then I'll make sure
to turn a huge profit
**[16:25] Lawrence**
with that flour the next time we visit.
**[16:30] Evan**
That's right.
**[16:31] Evan**
The attitude of the villagers
has changed since then.
**[16:35] Evan**
I've been chosen to take care
of our negotiations with Enberch.
**[16:39] Lawrence**
Oh? That's amazing.
**[16:42] Elsa**
Lately, there have been more
people stopping by the church.
**[16:46] Evan**
Even so, Lord Truyeo is still way more popular.
**[16:51] Elsa**
True. But...
**[16:53] Elsa**
I want to continue my duty
as a servant of God here in this village.
**[17:00] Lawrence**
Ms. Elsa, you asked me a question once before.
**[17:03] Lawrence**
Have you found your answer?
**[17:06] Elsa**
Yes.
**[17:07] Elsa**
You told me that my father was not wrong.
**[17:12] Elsa**
I thought over it for a long time.
**[17:15] Elsa**
Why did my father collect stories
about pagan gods?
**[17:20] Elsa**
I believe that he wanted to confirm
the existence of pagan gods
**[17:27] Elsa**
to confirm the existence of God.
**[17:29] Lawrence**
Yes. I agree.
**[17:32] Elsa**
That is the very reason that I believe
it isn't good for the church of Enberch
**[17:37] Elsa**
to refute the existence of Truyeo.
**[17:40] Holo**
Well, all of this was
thanks to the miracle I created.
**[17:44] Elsa**
If a creature like you
can create such a grand miracle,
**[17:50] Elsa**
it is clear that our God could easily
create all living things in this world.
**[17:59] Elsa**
And, if Truyeo can create
miracles as grand as yours...
**[18:04] Elsa**
Well, the people of this village
have a good eye...
**[18:09] Elsa**
That's all there is to it.
**[18:26] Sem**
Mr. Lawrence.
**[18:34] Sem**
Are you continuing your travels?
**[18:36] Iima**
You should have said something.
**[18:39] Lawrence**
Thank you for taking care of us until now.
**[18:41] Sem**
Not at all.
**[18:43] Sem**
Our village was saved thanks to your help.
**[18:46] Iima**
Elsa and Evan, too.
**[18:55] Villagers**
Thank you!
**[18:59] Lawrence**
Then, farewell.
**[19:17] Lawrence**
Travelers don't leave behind regrets
in a village, but good memories.
**[19:41] Lawrence**
Farewell!
**[19:56] Elsa**
May you be blessed by God's grace.
**[20:01] Lawrence**
Just like the apples, should we have
all your meals be biscuits?
**[20:05] Holo**
Who was the one that sniffed out
the poison and created a miracle?
**[20:08] Holo**
Without me, you would have been
stripped naked and burned at the stake.
**[20:12] Lawrence**
That's that. This is this.
**[20:15] Holo**
Even so, we truly faced calamity this time.
**[20:18] Lawrence**
Well, we were able to sell our wheat
at a decent price. We still made a profit.
**[20:22] Holo**
That is all you ever care about.
**[20:25] Holo**
My hopes were not fully met
this time, but I gained enough.
**[20:31] Holo**
I believe it was worth the effort.
**[20:36] Holo**
So, where are we going next?
**[20:39] Lawrence**
Lenos. The town
you personally left a legend in.
**[20:43] Holo**
Oh, is that right?
**[20:49] Holo**
Do not make such a greedy face.
**[20:52] Lawrence**
I've already eaten plenty!
**[20:56] Holo**
Yet, you still have a greedy look to you.
**[21:05] Lawrence**
Wh-What?
**[21:06] Holo**
It is nothing.
**[21:11] Lawrence**
Hey.
**[21:12] Holo**
Hm?
**[21:14] Lawrence**
I heard of a good business deal...
**[21:16] Holo**
Oh?
**[21:18] Lawrence**
But...
**[21:21] Lawrence**
it's a bit out of the way.
**[21:25] Holo**
Then, my travels with you
will grow ever longer.
**[21:28] Holo**
It cannot be helped.
I suppose I can accompany you.
**[21:33] Holo**
So?
**[21:40] Holo**
What business is to be had?
**[23:07] Holo**
Well, that is enough for today.
**[23:10] Myuri**
What?!
**[23:11] Holo**
It is late.
**[23:12] Holo**
Time for you to sleep.
**[23:14] Myuri**
But I still want to hear more!
**[23:17] Myuri**
There's more, isn't there?
**[23:19] Holo**
The secret to a good journey
is to take your time and enjoy it.
**[23:24] Myuri**
But...
**[23:26] Myuri**
He's home!
**[23:29] Holo**
Hey, you little fool! Where are you going?
**[23:32] Myuri**
I have to welcome him home!
**[23:34] Myuri**
Tell me more tomorrow! It's a promise!
**[23:39] Holo**
Fine, fine.
**[23:42] Holo**
Of course, the story is far from finished...