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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