# E7 - Scale of God and Sorcerer of the Grasslands
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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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