Spice and Wolf Volume 09 by Hasekura Isuna

Author:Hasekura Isuna [Isuna, Hasekura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Economics, Drama, Middle Ages
Publisher: Drunken Wolf Translations
Published: 2013-07-22T23:04:13+00:00

Chapter 8

The path to finding Eve was as open-ended as the path to the summit of a hill. But Lawrence suspected he would find her at the first inn they had stayed at, where Holo had become drunk and had that long discussion with him and Cole. The ground floor was empty, but the owner had no reason to be concerned – someone from the north had rented the entire inn. All the hotels on the delta would be booked like this today.

Lawrence handed the innkeeper a weathered coin with the profile of a certain financially-troubled king on it. In return the innkeeper set an empty beer glass down on the counter in front of Lawrence, and pointed him in the direction of the stairs.

“I appreciate you taking care of this for me.”

Clearly Lawrence was being instructed to take the glass with him upstairs, so he did so. There he saw a merchant speaking with someone on the far end of the hallway. Lawrence would have ignored him, if not for that useful merchant’s talent to never forget a face. The man had put on a false beard and stuffed his clothing to alter his figure, but he was clearly one of Eve’s lookouts. As Lawrence turned to face him again, he was met with a sharp gaze.

“How’s business?”

Lawrence overcame his initial hesitation and walked up to the man fearlessly. The stranger he was speaking with opened his mouth, and Lawrence realized that they were expecting some sort of secret pass-phrase. The reason for the empty beer glass became apparent; Lawrence turned that empty glass over and spoke.

“My business is so bad lately that I can’t even afford a beer.”

A smile appeared on the stranger’s face, and he pointed at the door behind him. All of the nails on his hands were misshapen – clearly he wasn’t someone meant for physical labor. Lawrence returned a warm smile and knocked on the door, pushing it open and entering when he heard a response.Upon stepping in he was struck by the smell of ink, and something else pungent enough to make him frown; an old man in one corner of the room was silently melting wax for stamps.

“Have you any idea how disappointing it is to see you here?”

Being physically and mentally tired were two different things. The exhaustion of reading was written plainly on Eve’s face, and both of her hands were busy keeping her head from falling into the stack of letters and books on the desk. Lawrence replied.

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