# E4 - Romantic Merchant and Moonlit Farewell
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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...
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** Wolf Incarnate and Obedient Lamb
**[23:45] Holo**
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