E9 - Sweet Honey and Bitter Armor

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[00:04] Jacob
    So, why'd you visit at a time like this?
[00:08] Lawrence
    I wanted to get a certificate showing that
    I'm a member of this association.
[00:11] Jacob
    I wish you'd hurry and become a merchant
[00:13] Jacob
    that can make others flinch at your name alone.
[00:18] Jacob
    Otherwise...
[00:21] Youth
    You go!
[00:22] Jacob
    That girl will leave you at the drop of a hat.
[00:23] Youth
    No, you go!
[00:25] Lawrence
    She's an investment of sorts.
[00:28] Jacob
    What's the point of investing in a town girl?
[00:31] Lawrence
    I wouldn't invest if there
    wasn't something in it for me.
[00:35] Jacob
    Big words!
[00:37] Lawrence
    That's right. Do any merchants
    want to go to Lamtra?
[00:42] Jacob
    If you're thinking about
    the shepherd girl, don't.
[00:44] Lawrence
    Huh?
[00:45] Jacob
    There were a lot of people
    with the same idea as you.
[00:49] Jacob
    But no one wanted to hire
    that girl as a bodyguard.
[00:53] Jacob
    Do you know why?
[00:57] Lawrence
    The Church?
[01:00] Jacob
    She's the only one able to wander around
     that area without getting hurt.
[01:04] Jacob
    There's no need for me to tell you
    how the Church feels about it, is there?
[01:08] Jacob
    If you get involved with her, you'll go through
    a complicated damn mess with the Church.
[01:14] Jacob
    Though, I know a lovely fairy
    like Nora is your type of girl.
[01:24] Jacob
    So, is this certificate addressed
    to a certain trading company?
[01:28] Lawrence
    Yes, the Remerio Trading Company.
[01:30] Jacob
    Remerio, huh?
[01:32] Lawrence
    Is there a problem?
[01:33] Jacob
    Yeah, well, you'll see when you get there.
[01:39] Jacob
    Here.
[01:40] Lawrence
    Thank you very much.
[01:43] Jacob
    The Rowen Merchant Association is
    under the protection of Saint Lambardos.
[01:48] Jacob
    I wish you the best of luck.
[01:50] Lawrence
    Once I finish up this deal,
    I'll buy you some good alcohol.
[01:55] Jacob
    Shoo. Shoo.
SIGN    Spice and Wolf
SIGN    Spice and Wolf
SIGN    Spice and Wolf
SIGN    Episode 9
    Sweet Honey and Bitter Armor
[03:35] Youth
    Let's go...
[03:35] Youth
    Yeah...
[03:38] Holo
    How cute.
[03:40] Holo
    They said I was as pretty as a rose.
[03:43] Lawrence
    Don't humor them too much.
[03:45] Lawrence
    Craftsmen apprentices are like starving dogs.
    They'll end up snatching you away.
[03:51] Holo
    If they do, will you come save me again?
[03:54] Lawrence
    Yeah, I'll save you again.
[03:56] Holo
    Well, in the end,
    I was the one doing the saving.
[04:04] Holo
    I do not know what kind of return
    you are expecting,
[04:07] Holo
    but I will have you invest in me for now.
[04:09] Lawrence
    You overheard?
[04:11] Holo
    My cute ears heard every word!
[04:16] Holo
    It seems you have taken
    quite a liking to that shepherd.
[04:20] Holo
    Was it her meager appearance?
[04:22] Holo
    Or the fact that she has a hard life?
[04:26] Holo
    I, on the other hand, am a mere investment...
[04:29] Lawrence
    Hold on a second!
[04:31] Lawrence
    The things Jacob says
    is his way of greeting people!
[04:34] Lawrence
    It's not like...
[04:35] Holo
    Not like what?
[04:36] Lawrence
    I-It's true that I think Nora is a good girl,
[04:40] Lawrence
    and I didn't dislike my conversations with her.
[04:43] Lawrence
    But that doesn't mean that I like you
    any less or anything like that!
[04:52] Holo
    I was just teasing you a bit...
[04:55] Holo
    I did not think you would
    respond so sincerely.
[04:58] Holo
    That makes me so happy!
[05:02] Holo
    However...
[05:05] Holo
    Males are all the same.
[05:08] Holo
    They say whatever they want.
[05:10] Holo
    So, how about showing me instead?
[05:13] Holo
    Knights leave their shields and swords in
    the hands of others to show their sincerity.
[05:19] Holo
    Since you are a merchant,
    how will you show your sincerity?
[05:26] Lawrence
    Fine...
[05:30] Lawrence
    Those honey-pickled peaches...
[05:33] Holo
    What will you buy for me?
[05:36] Lawrence
    H-Hey!
[05:37] Lawrence
    You know better than to do that!
[05:40] Holo
    You told me to ask for it cutely.
[05:43] Lawrence
    I told you to ask honestly!
[05:45] Lawrence
    I didn't tell you to use underhanded tricks!
[05:48] Holo
    But was I not cute?
[05:52] Holo
    Though, you were cuter.
[05:56] Lawrence
    Wha?!
[06:00] Holo
    Hey, do not be so angry.
[06:04] Holo
    Your words really did make me happy.
[06:07] Holo
    Are you angry with me even so?
[06:13] Lawrence
    Fine.
[06:14] Lawrence
    I'm not angry.
[06:15] Lawrence
    Are you happy now?
[06:17] Holo
    It would not be good to get separated.
[06:20] Holo
    May I hold your hand?
[06:24] Lawrence
    Yeah. It'd be troublesome if we got separated.
[06:40] Nora
    Um, Father!
[06:44] Priest
    What is the matter?
[06:45] Nora
    Um...
[06:48] Nora
    I would like to take the sheep...
[06:53] Holo
    to graze in a slightly safer area.
[06:58] Priest
    You will be fine.
[07:00] Nora
    Huh?
[07:01] Priest
    God has graced you with the power
    to keep wolves at bay.
[07:05] Priest
    Do you not trust in Him?
[07:09] Priest
    Your work was also given to you by Him.
[07:14] Priest
    Please continue to work hard.
[07:18] Nora
    Y-Yes...
[07:25] Holo
    You seem to be in a good mood.
[07:28] Lawrence
    Any merchant would be excited
    when there are profits on the horizon.
[07:32] Holo
    However, the hunter is most vulnerable
    when it is captivated by its prey.
[07:38] Lawrence
    Merchant trading isn't the same
    as hunting prey.
[07:43] Holo
    Buying on credit, was it?
[07:46] Holo
    That means you are currently
    in debt, are you not?
[07:49] Lawrence
    If you know something will sell,
    shouldn't you buy it even if you go into debt?
[07:53] Lawrence
    If I did the same thing with apples,
[07:55] Lawrence
    someone would eat them
    until I fell into the red.
[07:57] Holo
    Fool.
[07:59] Holo
    Either way, being in debt
    does not suit my nature.
[08:04] Lawrence
    Even though you're currently buried in debt?
[08:06] Holo
    If you wish for me to pay you back,
    you should ensure my happiness.
[08:11] Lawrence
    Sure, sure. I will work hard.
[08:17] Lawrence
    We just need to sell the goods we purchased
    to the trading company here.
[08:23] Lawrence
    There's nothing to worry about.
[08:30] Holo
    It is lively everywhere you look.
[08:34] Lawrence
    It's the busy season, after all.
[08:40] Holo
    I do not smell any honey-pickled peaches.
[08:43] Lawrence
    I told you it's a rare item.
[08:54] Holo
    Does a monk manage this place?
[08:57] Lawrence
    If so, we'd at least hear some praying.
[09:04] Lawrence
    Though, the crunch of eating
    that pie is so loud,
[09:06] Lawrence
    your amazing ears may have missed it.
[09:10] Holo
    What skillful sarcasm.
[09:15] Holo
    However, I can at least hear
    the sound of the people inside.
[09:18] Lawrence
    There are people inside?
[09:20] Holo
    Yes.
[09:21] Holo
    However, the atmosphere seems quite unpleasant.
[09:24] Lawrence
    Well, nothing will happen if I stand out here.
[09:27] Lawrence
    I won't make any money
    if I don't sell the product.
[09:30] Holo
    Just as I will not gain nourishment
    if I do not eat this meat pie.
[09:34] Lawrence
    That was supposed to be for my nourishment.
[09:37] Holo
    Oh? Did you wish to eat it?
[09:41] Holo
    Here you go.
[10:06] Lawrence
    It is not yet the day of rest.
    What is going on here?
[10:11] Servant A
    Well, it's just...
[10:15] Servant A
    Did you just arrive in town today?
[10:17] Lawrence
    No, I arrived a few days ago.
[10:20] Lawrence
    Well, I'm not in any particular rush.
[10:23] Lawrence
    I will visit another day.
[10:33] Servant A
    Are you Mr. Lawrence?
[10:37] Servant A
    You must be.
[10:38] Servant A
    You were planning to sell armor that you
    bought from Latparron Trading, correct?
[10:43] Lawrence
    How did you know that?
[10:44] Servant A
    The Latparron Trading Company
    came by yesterday evening
[10:46] Servant A
    to tell us your debt was transferred to us.
[10:53] Holo
    What is going on?
[10:55] Servant A
    It seems you are unaware of the recent
    drastic drop of prices in armor.
[11:00] Servant A
    Now that the northern expedition
    has been canceled,
[11:03] Servant A
    armor has become practically worthless.
[11:06] Servant A
    In other words,
[11:08] Servant A
    your companion now owes
    our trading company a lot of money.
[11:13] Servant A
    To put it simply, he's gone bankrupt.
[11:17] Holo
    What did you say?!
[11:19] Lawrence
    I've been set up!
[11:36] Remerio
    We both live based on such arrangements.
[11:39] Remerio
    You understand, don't you?
[11:41] Lawrence
    Of course, Mr. Remerio.
[11:43] Lawrence
    I am also a merchant.
[11:45] Remerio
    Mr. Lawrence, you were loaned forty-seven
    and three-fourths Lumione coins
[11:49] Remerio
    with a payment deadline when making your
    purchase at the Latparron Trading Company.
[11:55] Remerio
    This is what we wish for you to pay.
[11:57] Remerio
    If not,
[11:59] Remerio
    we will ask the Rowen Merchant Association
    to assume the debt on your behalf.
[12:04] Lawrence
    Yes.
[12:07] Remerio
    Well, the deadline is the day after tomorrow,
[12:11] Remerio
    so we can wait the full two days.
[12:13] Remerio
    What do you want to do with the armor you have?
[12:18] Remerio
    It won't be worth much
    no matter where you go...
[12:20] Lawrence
    No, I'll be sure to sell it at a high price.
[12:22] Lawrence
    We will settle the debt in two days.
[12:24] Lawrence
    Is that acceptable?
[12:26] Remerio
    Yes, we'll be waiting for you.
[12:34] Lawrence
    Sorry for making you wait.
[12:39] Lawrence
    Let's go.
[12:49] Holo
    S-So, what has happened?
[12:58] Lawrence
    The goods in our carriage have become trash.
[13:01] Holo
    I see.
[13:04] Holo
    Will you run?
[13:05] Lawrence
    No, the information network of merchants
    is practically the same as the eyes of God.
[13:10] Lawrence
    No matter where we go,
[13:11] Lawrence
    we'll be found immediately
    if we do any kind of business.
[13:13] Lawrence
    I wouldn't be able to live
    as a merchant after that.
[13:16] Holo
    However, everyone knows that an injured
    animal will be eaten to the bone.
[13:22] Holo
    Will you let that happen?
[13:24] Lawrence
    Of course not!
[13:26] Lawrence
    I just need to make enough money
    in two days to pay the debt!
[13:28] Lawrence
    It's possible to make a fresh start.
[13:31] Holo
    I am the Wise Wolf Holo. I am sure
    to be of some help to you.
[13:36] Lawrence
    Yeah, just saving on your food costs
    would help me out a lot!
[13:40] Holo
    I told you I will earn what I eat.
[13:43] Lawrence
    I'm kidding.
[13:45] Holo
    Your expression has improved.
[13:49] Holo
    If necessary, on my honor,
    I will make sure you escape.
[13:53] Holo
    Even if I must use the power of this wheat.
[13:56] Holo
    You promised me that you would
    take me to the northern forests.
[14:01] Holo
    I cannot have you falter here.
[14:04] Lawrence
    Yeah, I'll be sure to keep my promise.
[14:06] Lawrence
    And...
[14:10] Lawrence
    If it really comes to that,
    I might ask you to save me.
[14:13] Holo
    Leave it to me.
[14:16] Holo
    So, what will you do now?
[14:19] Lawrence
    For now, I'm going back
    to the Rowen Merchant Association.
[14:21] Holo
    Yes, your fellow countrymen
    may be of help to you.
[14:25] Lawrence
    That's why you should wait at the inn...
[14:28] Holo
    Do you see me as the type of wolf
[14:32] Holo
    that can groom herself quietly in an inn
    while her traveling companion is in trouble?
[14:36] Lawrence
    No, but...
[14:37] Holo
    Do you?
[14:40] Lawrence
    No, but that's not the issue here.
[14:42] Holo
    Then, what is the issue?
[14:44] Lawrence
    The merchant association
    is a merchant's hometown.
[14:48] Lawrence
    You understand what it means
    to take a woman there, don't you?
[14:51] Holo
    Just explain it to them.
[14:52] Lawrence
    How am I supposed to explain?
[14:55] Holo
    Just tell them that we are lovers!
[15:01] Lawrence
    Fine, please come with me.
[15:04] Holo
    Of course.
[15:07] Lawrence
    I will tell them you are my business partner.
[15:11] Lawrence
    Don't say anything unnecessary.
[15:13] Holo
    Yes.
[15:19] Jacob
    So, what should I ask about first?
[15:23] Jacob
    First and foremost,
    who is this beautiful woman with you?
[15:29] Lawrence
    Due to some dealings,
    we've become business partners.
[15:33] Jacob
    Business?
[15:35] Lawrence
    At the Pazzio branch
    of the Milone Trading Company,
[15:38] Lawrence
    she was able to sell the furs assessed at
    140 Trenni silver for 210 Trenni silver.
[15:46] Lawrence
    I told you I'd never invest if there
    wasn't something in it for me.
[15:52] Jacob
    If you were husband and wife,
[15:54] Jacob
    I was thinking of convincing
    the two of you to get a divorce.
[15:59] Jacob
    But there are guys like you
    every once in a while.
[16:03] Lawrence
    Huh?
[16:04] Jacob
    One day, they have an unimaginable beauty
    with them and seem to... get along.
[16:09] Jacob
    Yet, they never talk about the woman,
    and I never ask about them.
[16:15] Jacob
    Well, the scriptures say it isn't good
    to carelessly open a mysterious box.
[16:21] Holo
    A wise decision.
[16:27] Jacob
    Now, let's get straight to the point.
[16:32] Jacob
    Let me get this right.
[16:34] Jacob
    You bought armor at Latparron Trading.
[16:37] Jacob
    You were loaned forty-seven and
    three-fourth Lumione coins in the process
[16:42] Jacob
    and that debt was transferred
    to Remerio Trading.
[16:48] Jacob
    Is that right?
[16:51] Jacob
    Even though it looks like Latparron
    Trading pulled the rug from under you,
[16:55] Jacob
    I won't show you any pity.
[16:57] Jacob
    You got greedy and made a mistake. Am I right?
[17:01] Lawrence
    It's exactly as you say...
[17:03] Jacob
    Robbery. Sickness. Injury.
[17:07] Jacob
    The merchant association doesn't mind
[17:10] Jacob
    doing everything in their power to
    help you in those kinds of situations.
[17:14] Jacob
    But that's not the case here.
[17:18] Jacob
    In other words, you have to return
    what you owe yourself.
[17:23] Lawrence
    Yes...
[17:28] Jacob
    Unfortunately, I can't play favorites with you.
[17:33] Jacob
    Rather, keeping a firm attitude is
    precisely the reason I am in this position.
[17:38] Lawrence
    Of course.
[17:40] Lawrence
    I would also be angry if you had
    treated someone differently from the others.
[17:44] Jacob
    On top of that, members in the association
    may not lend money to another member.
[17:49] Jacob
    Of course, the association itself
    can't lend you any either.
[17:53] Jacob
    It wouldn't be a good example for the others.
[17:56] Lawrence
    I know.
[17:57] Jacob
    The deadline is two days from now.
[17:59] Jacob
    Remerio Trading is feeling the pressure after
    failing in their own investment in armor,
[18:04] Jacob
    so I'm sure they'll want
    to collect it as soon as possible.
[18:07] Jacob
    In other words, your failure
     will become public
[18:10] Jacob
    the day after tomorrow,
    and I'll have to detain you.
[18:13] Jacob
    Do you know what happens after that?
[18:16] Lawrence
    If I don't prepare the forty-seven Lumione
    coins and pay them back in two days,
[18:22] Lawrence
    I will not have a tomorrow.
[18:24] Jacob
    No.
[18:26] Jacob
    You will have a tomorrow.
[18:29] Jacob
    It'll just be dark, painful, and heavy.
[18:35] Jacob
    You'd be able to pay back forty-seven Lumione
[18:37] Jacob
    by rowing a long-distance boat for ten years.
[18:41] Jacob
    You could also dig holes in a mine.
[18:44] Jacob
    But to do so without injury or sickness...
[18:48] Jacob
    It's not that I want you to die.
[18:52] Jacob
    Please understand that.
[18:55] Jacob
    Sins must be punished.
    I'm just carrying out common practice.
[19:03] Lawrence
    Yes...
[19:05] Jacob
    If there is something
    I can help you with, I will.
[19:10] Jacob
    I trust you, so I won't detain you immediately.
[19:13] Jacob
    Do whatever you can until then.
[19:16] Lawrence
    Thank you very much for your consideration.
[19:18] Jacob
    Businesses always have surprising loopholes.
[19:21] Jacob
    Sometimes you can only see them
    when you're in a pinch.
[19:24] Jacob
    Go and fight until the very end.
[19:29] Lawrence
    I'll make sure to pay back the money.
[19:40] Holo
    What will you do now?
[19:42] Lawrence
    I've gotten two days’ worth of freedom.
[19:46] Lawrence
    There's something I'd like to try first.
[19:50] Lawrence
    Paying a debt with another debt.
[19:52] Random Merchant
    Oh, it's been a while, Mr. Lawrence.
[19:55] Random Merchant
    Do you have some new ways to make money today?
[19:58] Lawrence
    I'm embarrassed to ask,
    but I'd like to borrow some money.
[20:02] Random Merchant
    Oh, is that the case?
[20:05] Random Merchant
    I'm sorry to say that money
    has been pretty tight lately...
[20:09] Lawrence
    I see.
[20:11] Lawrence
    I'm sorry for asking so much.
[20:19] Lawrence
    There are still others.
[20:40] Holo
    How was it?
[20:44] Lawrence
    There are others.
[20:54] Lawrence
    Maybe over there...
[21:16] Lawrence
    Shit.
[21:26] ---
    Here you go.
[21:29] Lawrence
    Next.
[21:34] Holo
    H-Hey...
[21:37] Lawrence
    What is it?!
[21:41] Holo
    I am sorry, I cannot walk
    as I like in this form.
[21:47] Lawrence
    No.
[21:48] Lawrence
    I'm sorry.
[21:52] Lawrence
    Excuse me.
[21:55] Master
    Oh, it's been a while, Mr. Lawrence.
[21:58] Lawrence
    It has been a while.
[22:00] Lawrence
    I'm sorry for bothering you
    after the market has closed...
[22:02] Master
    I heard from others...
[22:05] Master
    You've been asking for loans
    all over the place.
[22:08] Master
    A very large loan at that. Was it because
    of the crash in the armor market?
[22:12] Lawrence
    Yes, I lacked proper vision...
[22:16] Master
    Only God could predict
     a market collapse.
[22:20] Master
    It would be harsh to blame someone for that.
[22:25] Master
    I live according to His word
[22:28] Master
    and believe in showing others
    the same sincerity I was shown.
[22:34] Master
    I wanted to be of some help
    to you, Mr. Lawrence.
[22:40] Master
    However, you're walking
    around with a woman
[22:43] Master
    while depending on the mercy
    of others for money?!
[22:46] Master
    How dare you mock others like this?!
[22:57] Holo
    Hey.
[23:06] Holo
    Are you all right?
[23:08] Holo
    You face is so pale! Let us go to the inn...
[23:12] Lawrence
    If it weren't for you!
[23:20] Lawrence
    I-I'm sorry...
[23:27] Holo
    I will return to the inn.
[23:35] Lawrence
    Damn...
[23:37] Lawrence
    Damn.
SIGN    Episode 10
SIGN    Wisdom of a Wolf and
    Smooth Talk of a Merchant
[23:45] Holo
    Next Episode: Wisdom of a Wolf
    and Smooth Talk of a Merchant