# 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.
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