Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf, Vol. 6 by Isuna Hasekura

Author:Isuna Hasekura [Hasekura, Isuna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, Light Novel
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

“I was going to compel you into listening to me if you were ignorant religious fanatics,” Nordstone said, and Myuri smiled. “But I wouldn’t be able to face my alchemist or my late wife if I made you two tell lies.”

Col and Myuri exchanged glances when he said that, utterances that almost sounded like he was talking to himself, and Nordstone took a sip of his wine before continuing.

“I bet you showed some false evidence to the court to make them help you raise funds. You sure need a lot of courage to say that a new continent would help bring peace to the conflict between the Kingdom and the Church.”

Even though it was not much more than a tentative theory, Col felt like the idea was enticing enough to pursue it, and they surely would have made the plunge if he showed them believable evidence.

“The Kingdom and the Church are presently fighting over the limited coin that exists in the world, like the tithes. But if an entirely new land were to enter the equation, then I thought that perhaps they could set aside their current disagreements.”

“Oh-ho. I doubt neither the king nor the pope thought this dispute would drag on for as long as it has. I would imagine both of them are hoping to pull out as soon as possible, but…neither side can keep this up. It’s not a bad idea that they would gleefully leap at the notion if word of a new continent came up.”

Col understood the logic right away, perhaps because Nordstone was somewhat like Eve.

“But the way you talk about it, Lord Nordstone…,” Col began, probing.

The old, retired lord gave a dissatisfied sigh. “You’re right. There are no clear leads that decisively prove the existence of the new continent. If you went to the court with circumstantial evidence, you’d only be sullying your own reputation.”

Their efforts had been in vain.

Col tried to hide the disappointment on his face, but Nordstone instead smiled cheerfully at them, either because Col had failed at hiding how he felt, or because Nordstone had sharp eyes.

“You probably thought I had some solid basis for looking for the new continent when you heard the rumors about me, didn’t you?”

“Well…yes.”

“My alchemist was convinced, though.”

Stephan had mentioned astrology.

Though they were not heretics, the eyes of an alchemist were always focused on things beyond reality.

“It started when we realized what was hiding between the lines of stories as we collected farming techniques and grain seeds from around the world,” Nordstone began, but paused to pull a bit of grape out of his mouth that had gotten into a sip of his wine, his face as though a sour recollection had crossed his mind. “Most of the wheat cultivation methods follow the example of the ancient empire. And the empire was big enough to the point where they say that the seasons were different on the western and eastern edges. Because of that, it was generally accepted that there were still continents out there in the world yet undiscovered.

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