Spice and Wolf, Vol. 15: The Coin of the Sun I by Isuna Hasekura & Jyuu Ayakura

Author:Isuna Hasekura & Jyuu Ayakura
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2017-05-23T04:00:00+00:00

Even if one concealed that they were waging war, they could not conceal the effects when a person made purchases to prepare for war.

To say nothing of the chaos that resulted in town when the coin they were using at the time can no longer be used as a result of war.

That was why, given they were using trenni silver pieces and lumione gold pieces, Lawrence could picture them opposing the northlands with such confidence. Currency showed the foundation of one’s rule, which was why currencies bore the faces of kings and rulers on them; at the very least, coins circulated to the same extent as the lands one ruled. In other words, one could not use the currencies of the northlands when picking a fight with them.

In spite of that, there had been no sense of accumulating supplies for a war at the coin market.

“Indeed. ’Tis a strange tale if your explanation holds true. So what has made your eyes so bloodshot? Did you notice something about that company?”

“No, that’s not it.”

Holo stared blankly.

No doubt she could not fathom a different reason for Lawrence to be so unsettled in that time and place.

“You see…”

Lawrence opened his mouth.

“There’s no guarantee coins will hold the same value everywhere and no guarantee someone will accept it. The currencies reissued only a few times maintaining a stable value are few and far between. If word spread that the lumione gold piece, said to be the world’s mightiest coin, was being traded at unheard-of low prices, there’d be a huge uproar.”

“But none seems especially concerned about it,” Holo said with an innocent, maidenly face.

Lawrence had braced himself as he explained, but Holo having a reaction like that threw him off nonetheless. “N-not everyone in this world is a merchant, you know!”

At his curt reply, Holo dandled like a little girl, smiling as she spoke. “Oh my, I have upset you. And? I want to know more about this, too.”

Even though her words were transparent, her saying she wanted to know more about how he made a living did not feel bad at all. Holo made him realize how truly simple he was when standing before her.

“…Well, even if the merchants realize it at the town’s markets, there’s no gain in making a fuss about it. It’s better to not tell a soul and quietly try to work out how to profit from it yourself.”

There were no secrets at the coin market; the facts were there for the whole world to see. The only ones who profited greatly there were those with exceptional powers of observation and the lucky.

“And? How does one profit from this?”

Holo spoke to Lawrence as she glanced from one roadside stall to another. It seemed like Holo might be speaking to Lawrence purely to humor him, but there was no harm in thinking of a good way.

“There are two ways to profit from it.”

“Really.”

“The first is to buy goods in this town.”

“…Goods?”

Around the time Holo asked back, the two of them had meandered their way to the marketplace.

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