Spice and Wolf Volume 15 by Hasekura Isuna

Author:Hasekura Isuna [Isuna, Hasekura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Economics, Drama, Middle Ages
Publisher: Drunken Wolf Translations
Published: 2013-07-23T18:16:27+00:00

Chapter 4

“Oh, you walked around town? Did you see anything interesting?”

Myuri was being quite respectful around Holo.

“Oh, indeed.”

Their cutlery was made of silver. They even had those rare trident-like utensils that southern nobles were said to use.

“We have our suppliers, but calling them merchants might be a bit of a stretch. Take Moid here.. a good planner, but hardly one for business.”

“Coins are too small for my hands.”

“That’s why I ask. For some reason we rarely get to have friendly chats with merchants.”

Mercenary groups like theirs were often painted in legends like swarms of locusts stripping the land bare. Of course it would be rare for them to share a meal and chat with someone like Lawrence; they should find it odd. After all, their “chats” with merchants generally amounted to threatening them or letting them choose the way they wanted to die.

Well, that might be exaggerating a bit. But it certainly was a rare opportunity for them to chat with a merchant who wasn’t normally associated with mercenaries, like Flynn or Delink company. They had to keep their reputation as fearful as possible, after all, or they would be taken lightly by their enemies. It was quite a conundrum.

“Well, I highly doubt I’ll have anything to say that’s worth your while.”

Lawrence smiled as he replied, setting down the loaf of bread he had just broken.

“I mean, the things that catch my eye are just buildings being sold cheaply and the like.”

“Ah, yes. One of my reports said that Mr. Lawrence and Ms.. Miss Holo were staring at a shop that’s for sale..”

Holo smiled and stared at Myuri. She knew he was struggling to figure out how to refer to her.

“Oh, you guys saw that? I must have looked pretty pathetic.”

“Don’t say that. There are those even among us who spend the later part of our lives working. We share the same dream, after all, of earning enough to live comfortably in a town somewhere.”

Myuri was trying to give the impression he wasn’t spying on them. He motioned with his eyes to Moid, who carved the meat. In a flash, Holo’s plate was empty no longer.

“But is it really that cheap?”

It seemed that Myuri’s talents weren’t limited to the killing arts.

“Oh my, yes. And that’s on top of there being no troublemaking companies or guilds here.”

“Right.. some of my men are even thinking of settling down here. Not all of them are young and free of scars.”

Myuri’s eyes surveyed the room like a king staring at his subjects from his castle. His band did have a long history, so it made sense for them to have warriors of age and experience. They weren’t a new band with a single conflict under their belt. With a history like theirs, of course some of their members would settle down in towns. The band could benefit from having old members supporting them in many places.

“And no one here cares about their past, which is even better.”

No disputing companies, no guilds, little regulation.. this was hardly a place that could be called a proper “town.

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