Spice and Wolf Volume 14 by Hasekura Isuna

Author:Hasekura Isuna [Isuna, Hasekura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Economics, Drama, Middle Ages
Publisher: Drunken Wolf Translations
Published: 2013-07-22T19:56:22+00:00

In the meantime, Elsa held a threaded needle. Cole’s shirt had been removed, since he was under the blanket anyhow, and so Elsa was applying her skills to mend it. She kept eyeing it like she could salvage it - in much the same way she had eyed Cole himself earlier. She and Holo were both hoping to mend his destitute image, and Lawrence couldn’t help but imagine Cole felt quite the same way he had, when he was caught between Holo and that waitress.

“Well well, with tidy hair you are a completely different lad.”

Holo was right, it certainly was an improvement. Her proud smile was matched by her stance. And yet, Elsa wasn’t satisfied.

“It is all for naught to call something tidy when it will just be a mess again after a nap.”

Only someone who lived the life of a priest could get away with saying something like that. Elsa had just finished her own task. Despite the glower on her face, it was clear from her sigh that she was at least satisfied with her own mending job. As she handed Cole his shirt back, he fearfully put it back on.

“..”

It was dead silent in the room as Cole stared in disbelief at how nicely his shirt had turned out. Holo’s silence seemed to be born of her trying to keep her dignity.

“A torn wine skin will do nothing but leak. But it needs not be lavish, it only needs to be properly maintained.”

As he listened to Elsa, Cole seemed more like a serious apprentice than some pathetic wandering student. It didn’t matter that he still looked destitute.

“Messy hair is bad enough, but clothes make the man. And even they pale in importance to manners. Being polite and well-spoken should be everyone’s goal. Of course, strong faith is more important still, but we must all find that path on our own.”

It was like Elsa was delivering a lecture on a pulpit. She finished with a smile directed at Cole, leaving Holo too speechless to even show her displeasure. For Elsa to be preaching to Cole like that meant that Holo had probably started her fight while Lawrence was out.

Lawrence guessed that she’d probably just argued that manners were trivial. Someone like her could afford to say that, because all she needed to do was keep her fur tidy. Everything else was inconsequential. Lawrence was similar in that regard; function meant far more to him than form. That’s why he could be with Holo, after all.

Lawrence had no trouble dealing with a tarnished business image, but Cole wasn’t aiming to become a merchant, so he had little he could truly teach the boy. In this respect, Elsa was way ahead of him. She believed in helping others first, and she led by example.

Holo’s position wasn’t very good against someone like Elsa. Lawrence’s smile could only encourage her so much, so he prepared to open his mouth, but by then Cole had already turned to face her.

“I have never had my hair combed before.

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