Spice and Wolf Volume 07 by Hasekura Isuna

Author:Hasekura Isuna [Isuna, Hasekura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Economics, Drama, Middle Ages
Publisher: Drunken Wolf Translations
Published: 2013-07-22T21:54:05+00:00

Red Apple and Blue Sky

Lawrence looked up, having suddenly noticed how quiet the room had become. But the warm sunlight and lively sounds of the city were still creeping into the room through the open window, so he looked around for another reason. And there, upon the bed and picking her teeth, was his next suspect.

“Are you still at it? How many have you eaten?”

It was a girl with flaxen hair worthy of the envy of nobles. This girl, named Holo, adjusted her inhuman ears and counted on her fingers.

“Ten. No, wait, seven.. make that nine.”

“And how many are left?”

Her tail, worthy of the envy of merchants, was swishing about. But her face now looked like a dog being scolded by its master.

“Eight.. eight..”

“Eight?”

“Eighty.. one.”

Lawrence sighed. Her expression then soured and she glared at him.

“Are you suggesting that I cannot finish them?”

“I haven’t even said anything.”

“And just what were you going to say after sighing so?”

After a pause, he replied.

“So you’re at your limit, then?”

He avoided her stare as he spoke, and turned away to tie a string around a piece of parchment. Alas, that only served to remind him that his left hand was still incapacitated. He had been injured during an altercation several days ago, though it was due to his own misjudgment.

And yet, because of that altercation he and Holo were now tied together. One couldn’t put a price on such bonds. In fact, as he rose to his feet Lawrence now found himself thinking that his injury was a small price to pay.

In one corner of the room were four crates of apples. According to the bill that accompanied those crates, they contained a total of one hundred and twenty apples. To date, Holo had consumed thirty-nine of them. Despite her love for the things, at this rate they would spoil before she could finish them.

“You just seem awfully vexed.”

“I am not.”

“Is that so?”

That giant wolf in a girl’s body, who had watched over fields of wheat for so many lifetimes, now turned away like a child at his persistent questioning. A moment later her ears also drooped down.

“It is so.. that I am getting sick of them.”

He knew better than to laugh and earn her wrath, so he simply agreed.

“Right, even if they’re your favorite that’s bound to happen.”

“Even so.”

“Hmm?”

“I will finish them all.”

She spoke with determination as she stared at him with eyes unusually bereft of anger. He was confused by her sudden mood shift, but only for a moment. True, she had purchased one hundred and twenty apples on his dime and without his permission. It wasn’t a trivial amount, nor did they come cheaply, but she hadn’t just ordered them on a whim.

It was a bit twisted, but she had to rely his money to achieve any kind of comfort on their trip. She had originally tired of her life as a harvest deity, and so she asked him to take her home. Their journey had started with that, but this world’s stories needed more than an initial push to keep going.

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