# E16 - Night of the Festival and Misaligned Gear
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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**
Next Episode: Traveling Merchant's Shallow
Thinking and Town Merchant's Signboard