Spice & Wolf VI by Hasekura Isuna

Author:Hasekura Isuna
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Economics, Drama, Middle Ages
Publisher: Drunken Wolf Translations
Published: 2013-07-22T21:31:29+00:00

Chapter 4

It was awful walking along the riverbank. But despite traveling by horse-drawn cart for a long time, Lawrence didn’t find himself growing tired. However, he found Cole’s pace difficult to keep up with.. how could those little legs move so quickly?

When he was younger Lawrence admired merchants who traveled by horse and cart. They inspired him to walk twice as quickly to get to that stage himself. He found himself nostalgic thinking about those days.

“There’s no reason to run there.”

“Right.”

Lawrence had carelessly blurted out his words half-sarcastically, but Cole simply heard him and obeyed.

Lacoza’s boat was now light enough to float well ahead of them. It soon disappeared, taking Holo with it. The other boats, being too large to risk going ahead, had remained at the bridge. The river was now incredibly calm.

The water’s surface glistened like the trail left behind a slug. It was a strangely amusing thing to consider. Lawrence might even compare it to a pane of glass lying on the ground.. but perhaps that was going too far.

Just then a fish jumped out of the water, shattering the glassy illusion.

“Um.. master?”

It seemed the little fish to his other side was also splashing.

“About the Ainee coins..”

“Are you going to ask if there’s any profit to be had?”

Lawrence was probably too used to being with Holo – his attitude was a lot like hers. Cole winced slightly, but nodded. The boy seemed ashamed of wanting to earn money. Lawrence stared ahead of them and breathed in.

“Likely not.”

“Is.. that so?”

Wearing Holo’s robes made Cole resemble her quite a bit, even if he seemed dejected. Lawrence was surprised to find himself reaching his hand out to the boy, as was Cole. But he still let Lawrence rub the top of his head.

“You know, money really shouldn’t be an issue for you.”

As Lawrence removed his hand he noticed the boy’s head didn’t feel much different from Holo’s.. other than the ears. Perhaps he only looked different in the robes because he wasn’t hiding a tail underneath.

“What do you mean?”

“Just what I said. The clever wandering students I’ve seen had a surprising number of possessions. They seemed well off enough to get drunk every night.”

He was exaggerating a bit, but there were students wealthy enough to afford taking ten classes with different teachers. Cole hadn’t thought he could afford even one, so he was swindled by the book scheme.

“Ah, yeah.. there are.”

“Have you stopped to consider how they get that money?”

“I think they rob others.”

To him, having seen other students with such unimaginable fortune must have made him conclude they were resorting to crime. He had concluded that they must be resorting to means vastly different than he was willing to use. He wasn’t winning any points with Lawrence this time.

“They may not have done all that differently from you.”

“What?”

The boy stared at him, clearly wondering how that was possible. Lawrence was wearing the same expression he’d use after cleverly countering Holo.. she wasn’t here, so he was acting a bit proud.

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