Chapter 3 second act

A downpour fell from the sky.Not long after noon, the two of Lawrence were overtaken by the heavy rain.They spotted a church in sight blurred by the heavy rain, and hurried into it.The church is different from the monastery. It will provide accommodation for traveling merchants, travelers or pilgrims like Lawrence, or pray for the safety of travelers, and rely on the donations of travelers. Therefore, for the sudden arrival of the two Lawrence Not only did the people in the church not refuse, but they welcomed them happily. However, no matter how well-intentioned the church is, it is impossible for a girl with wolf ears and a tail to come in and out swaggeringly.So Lawrence improvised a lie. He asked Holo to put on a thin coat, and then declared to the church people that Holo was his wife. Because her face was burned by the fire, she was unwilling to take off her hat in front of outsiders.

Although Holo hid under her coat and sniggered, she seemed to understand her relationship with the church, so she still cooperated with Lawrence in acting.Holo had said that the Church had made her suffer a lot, and that must be true. Even if Holo wasn't a demon possessed, but a wolf incarnate, that wasn't the point for the Church.Because the church believes that except for the gods it worships, the rest of the gods belong to paganism and are subordinate to the devil. The two of Lawrence walked through the church gate and successfully borrowed a room.When Lawrence packed his rain-soaked luggage and returned to the room, he found Holo twisting her hair with her upper body naked, water dripping from Holo's beautiful long brown hair.Lawrence thought that even if the wooden floor full of holes got wet, the people in the church would not complain.Rather than worrying about this problem, Lawrence was more troubled by not knowing where to put his gaze.

"Heh, the icy rain can just cool our burns." Holo said with a cheerful smile, regardless of Lawrence's inner torment.Lawrence couldn't see that the lie amused her.Still unhappy.Holo pushed back the hair sticking to her face, and then raised her bangs with a very heroic movement. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Holo's bravery was like a wolf, and it was wet and disheveled by the rain. The hair also looks a bit like the strong hair of a wolf. "The mink fur should be fine! Those mink fur are fine. Maybe there are wolves like us in the mountains where the mink grow up."

"Can it be sold for a good price?" "We don't know that, we are not fur merchants." Lawrence nodded, the answer sounded very reasonable.Then he took off his wet clothes and wrung them dry. [Ah, yes!What to do with the wheat? " Lawrence—as he spoke—wrung out his jacket, and when he was about to wring out his trousers, he remembered Holo's presence, so he stopped and looked in Holo's direction.Unexpectedly, Holo had already stripped naked and twisted her clothes as if Lawrence didn't exist. Lawrence, not to be outdone, took off her clothes boldly.

"How do you mean?" "I mean it's better to remove the husks. It's better to keep the status quo. But, to talk about this, you have to really live in those wheat." Lawrence deliberately said in a teasing tone.Holo didn't fight back after hearing this, but the corners of her mouth raised slightly. "As long as we are alive, the wheat will not rot or wither. However, if the wheat is eaten, burned, or ground and mixed into the soil, we may disappear. If you feel that it takes up space , you can husk the wheat for preservation. Well, it might be better to do so.”

"I see. Then I'll hustle the wheat later. Then put the grains in a bag. You probably want to take them with you, right?" "Well, it would be better if you could hang it around your neck." Hearing Holo's answer, Lawrence accidentally moved his eyes to her neck, and then looked away again. "However, can you save some wheat for me to sell elsewhere?" Lawrence calmed down and asked, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a crackling sound.Turning around, it turned out that Holo was wagging her tail vigorously.The hair on the tail is thick and smooth, and it shakes the water vigorously.Lawrence frowned as he watched the splash of water, but Holo didn't care at all.

"Most of the crops grow abundantly because they grow on the land that belongs to them. Those wheat will wither immediately, and it's useless to go." Holo was lost in thought as she looked at the freshly wrung clothes, but since she had nothing else to wear, she had to put on the wrinkled eyelets again.Unlike the cheap stuff Lawrence was wearing, Holo's suit was of good quality and dried quickly.Although Lawrence felt a little aggrieved in his heart, he put on his own clothes that had also been wrung out, and nodded to Holo. "We went to the hall to dry clothes. It's raining so hard, so many people should come here to take shelter. I think the stove is on.] "Well, that's a good idea."

After Holo finished speaking, she pulled her coat over her head and giggled again. "what's so funny?" "Hehe, I got burnt so I have to cover my face. We would never have thought of that." "Really? Then, what do you think?" Holo tipped her coat up to reveal her face, and said proudly, "If there's a burn on your eyelid, it's ours too. Like our ears and tail, it's a unique proof." Lawrence thought, this statement really fits Holo's style very well.But on the other hand, it is also believed that it is because Holo was not really burned that she was able to act so easily.

At this time, Holo's voice interrupted Lawrence Sa's thoughts. "We know what you're thinking." Under the coat, Holo smiled maliciously, and the right side of the upturned mouth showed fangs. "Would you like to try to hurt us?" Seeing Holo's provocative expression, although Lawrence wanted to face her, he felt that if he pulled out his dagger now in a willful way.Things are really going to get tough. It is very likely that what Holofer just said was sincere, but this deliberately provocative attitude should be caused by her natural love of pranks. "I'm a man, how could I scratch such a beautiful face."

Hearing what Lawrence said, Holo smiled as if receiving a long-awaited gift, and deliberately moved closer.A sweet smell wafted along with Holo, stimulating Lawrence's body, making him almost reach out to hug Holo. Unexpectedly, Holo didn't care about Lawrence's reaction at all. She sniffed Lawrence with her nose, then moved away a little and said, "You've been drenched in the rain, and you still smell so bad. Our wolf is like that." I said it, I can’t be wrong.” Lawrence swung his fist half-seriously, but Holo easily dodged and threw his fist in vain.Holo sneered, tilting her head slightly and continued, "Even a wolf can groom itself. You look pretty good, but at least you need to groom yourself."

Although he didn't know if Holo was joking or serious, Lawrence couldn't help agreeing when a girl like her said it.For a long time, Lawrence only paid attention to whether grooming was helpful for business negotiations, and never thought that grooming could please girls. If the business partner is a woman, Lawrence may still have the idea of ​​cleaning up.Unfortunately, however, he has never met a female businessman. Lawrence didn't know how to answer, so he turned his face away and remained silent. "We think your beard looks pretty." Lawrence has always been well-regarded for his modest chin beard.Lawrence accepted Holo's compliment frankly, and turned to Holo with some pride. "However, we would prefer a longer beard." After hearing this, Lawrence thought reflexively that businessmen never liked growing beards."Like this, wolf-like beard," Holo said, running the index fingers of both hands from the delineated line of the nose to the cheek. Now Lawrence finally realized that he was being tricked.Although he felt that it was a bit immeasurable to do so, Lawrence decided to ignore Holo and walked towards the door. Holo smiled happily and followed Lawrence. In truth, Lawrence doesn't dislike interacting with Holo. "There are other people at the stove, so don't give it away." "We are Holo the Wise Wolf. Besides, we have not yet arrived at Paslow Village. We also traveled all the way here in the form of a human. Don't worry!] Lawrence looked back and found that Holo had hidden her head in the Under the coat, fully into the situation. For businessmen, churches or inns located in the vast distance between towns and towns are important information stations, especially in churches where they can meet all kinds of people.Usually only experienced merchants, or poor travelers are seen in inns, but churches are different.The church housed boarders of all stripes, from the city brewer to the wealthy. The church where Lawrence and Holo came in to take shelter from the rain was followed by twelve guests.Several of them appeared to be businessmen.Others are like people of different professions. [Well, so you came from Yolian's side? ] [yes.I bought the salt from Yolian, and immediately sent the salt to the guest, and received the mink from the guest. ] Everyone in the hall is sitting on the floor, some are busy picking fleas from their clothes, some are eating.Among them, only the couple sat on the chairs and occupied the position directly in front of the fireplace.Although it is a hall, the space here is not large.Twelve rich people are crowded in this space, as long as the stove is full of firewood, it is not difficult to dry clothes no matter where they are.However, the couple's clothes don't seem to have been wet by the rain. From this point of view, they should have donated a large sum of money to the church, so they admit that they are rich people who go in and out of the church generously. Lawrence guessed so.He pricked up his ears to the couple's easily interrupted conversation and waited for an opportunity to join them without a hitch. The wife may have been silent because of the fatigue of the journey, so the slightly older husband asked Lawrence to join their conversation.Naturally, he showed a welcoming attitude, "However, isn't it too much trouble to go back to Yolian from here?" [This depends on the wisdom of the businessman. " "Oh? Interesting, how about listening to it?" "When I bought salt in Yolian, I didn't pay on the spot. I sold the same amount of wheat to the branch of the salt selling company in another town. At that time, I didn't collect payment for the wheat from the branch. But there was no payment for the salt either. In other words, I completed two transactions without any cash exchange.” This is the exchange system invented by the commercial countries of the South a hundred years ago.Lawrence was deeply moved by the existence of this system when he learned about it from his master, a relative of the traveling merchant.However, it took two weeks of hard thinking for Lawrence to understand the mystery.The elderly man in front of him only listened to it once, but he also seemed unable to understand it. "This...: It's really amazing." The man nodded frequently after speaking. "I live in a town called Perenzo. My vineyard has never used such a wonderful way to buy and sell grapes. I don't know if this will be a problem?" [This transaction system is called exchange, which is a system invented by merchants for the convenience of doing business with people from different places.If you are a lord who owns a vineyard.Just be careful not to be maliciously devalued by vintners.However, Jun can buy it cheaply. " "Well, we argue with the vintner about this every year." Although the man said this with a smile, in fact, the accountants invited by the lord must have red faces and argue with the old and cunning vintners. Most of the people who own the vineyards are of noble origin, but almost none of the nobles will personally cultivate them. or negotiate money.So the Earl of Arrondo, who ruled over the village of Parslow and the vicinity thereabouts, was a most eccentric man. "Say you are Mr. Lawrence! The next time you have the opportunity to come to Perenzo, you are welcome to visit the humble house." "Okay, thank you.] Men don't mention their names, which is a unique habit of nobles. They think that even if they don't say their names, they should know them, so they think it's out of style for them to say their names . I believe that when it comes to Perenzo, as long as the lord of the vineyard is mentioned, it must be this man.If in Perenzo's town.Lawrence and others may not be able to talk to this man at all, so the church is the most suitable place to establish such contacts. "Then, since my wife is a little tired, we are excused first." "I hope God can guide us to meet again." This is a sentence that everyone will say in church.The man stood up from the chair.After lightly nodding goodbye with his wife, he walked out of the hall.Lawrence stood up from the chair the man had invited him to sit with.Put the two chairs that the husband and wife just sat on back in the corner of the hall. In the hall, only nobles, rich people, and knights are eligible to sit on chairs, and these three are all identities that will cause people to hate them. "Hey, I said boss, you are really an amazing person!" When Lawrence packed up his chair and returned to Holo who was sitting in the middle of the hall, a man approached him. Judging from the man's attire and behavior, he should be a colleague. The man's face covered by a beard looked very young. , seems to be a businessman who has just been on the road not long ago. "I'm nothing more than a traveling merchant who can be found everywhere." Lawrence replied coldly, and Holo, who was sitting on the other side of Lawrence, sat up straight.At this moment, the tip of Holo's coat that was on her head moved slightly.However, only Lawrence should have noticed that it was Holo moving her ears. "You're being polite. I just wanted to join that couple's conversation just now, but I couldn't find the opportunity, but you did it easily, boss. Thinking of competing with an opponent like the boss in the future makes people feel determined depressed." The man smiled and said the lack of a front tooth made his expression look cute.Maybe he pulled out his front teeth on purpose so that his slightly awkward smile could tell everyone that he was still a novice.If you are a businessman, you must know what kind of impression your face will make on the other party. This man can't be underestimated. However, Lawrence remembered that when he was still a novice, he had the same thought as the man.So he agreed and said: "It's nothing. When I first stepped into this line, all traveling merchants were monsters in my eyes."Up to now, I still think that more than half of the people are monsters. Even so, I can still eat with mixed bowls. Everything depends on hard work. ] [hey-hey!Hearing you say that, the little one feels much more at ease.what!The younger one's name is Jie Lian. I think you should have noticed that the younger one is a traveling businessman who has just entered the industry. Please take care of me. ] "I'm Lawrence." Lawrence recalled that when he first stepped into this industry, in order to get to know more traveling merchants, he also approached people like this everywhere. At that time, he was angry because everyone was so indifferent. However, now he has become approached by a novice After the target, it can be understood that everyone threatened him and treated him coldly. Traveling merchants who are new to the industry can only blindly seek information from others, but they have no information to give to others. [Uh... ah, is that your companion? ] I don’t know if it’s because Jie Lian didn’t have any information to provide, or he committed a common problem for novices—the problem of trying his best to get more information without providing any information—he asked, if It was a conversation between two experienced traveling merchants. It is believed that they had exchanged several trade information against each other long ago. "My wife Holo.] Although Lawrence hesitated whether to use a pseudonym, but after thinking about it, he didn't think it was necessary. So he replied. As soon as Lawrence mentioned Holo's name, she greeted Jelian with a slight nod. [Oh, the couple are doing business together? ] "The wife is eccentric and thinks it is better to stay at home than to stay in the carriage." "However, Boss, you are really protecting your wife by putting on a coat like this." Perhaps Jie Lian used to be a rogue in the city, and Lawrence admired his eloquence.However, relatives of the traveling merchant had warned Lawrence that it was best not to speak like him. "Hey, it's a man's nature that the more he can't see it, the more he wants to see it. We can meet here, it's God's guidance. Can you just let the little one meet your wife for this sake?" What an audacity!Even though Holo wasn't really Lawrence's wife, Lawrence couldn't help thinking about it. However, just when Lawrence was about to blame, Holo herself said, "Travel is the happiest before departure, dogs are the scariest when they bark, and women are the most beautiful when they are seen from behind. Show your face casually, It will destroy people's dreams, we can't do this kind of thing." After Holo finished speaking, she smiled softly under her coat.When Holo said that, Jie Lian could only smile awkwardly.Even Lawrence admired Holo's quips. "Hehe... Ma'am is really amazing." "It's enough for me to not be trampled under my feet." More than half of these words came from Lawrence's sincerity. "Little one thinks that it must be God's guidance to meet you two. I wonder if you two are interested in hearing what little one has to say?" At the moment when silence fell, Jelian showed a smiling face with missing front teeth, and approached Lawrence and said. Churches are different from ordinary hotels. Although they will provide rooms, they will not prepare meals for the lodgers.Pots are available for donations, though.Lawrence donated money to borrow the pot, and put five potatoes into the pot filled with water.Of course, the firewood needed to start the fire had to be paid for separately. While waiting for the potatoes to be cooked, Lawrence casually husked the wheat that Holo had lodged in it, then found an unused skin bag, and put the husked wheat into it.Lawrence remembered that Holo had said she wanted to hang it around her neck, and returned to the pot with a leather cord.Potatoes, firewood, skin bags and leather ropes all add up to a small amount of money. Lawrence walked back to the room with boiled potatoes while he was thinking about how much he would charge Herro. Lawrence couldn't knock on the door because his hands were full, but Holo, who had wolf ears, seemed to be able to tell who was coming by the sound of footsteps.Even so, when Lawrence entered the room, Holo sat on the bed without looking back, combing her tail leisurely. "Huh? It smells so good." Holo looked up and said that her nose seemed as sensitive as her ears. Potatoes topped with a little goat's milk cheese.Lawrence never enjoyed it so much when he was in business alone, but today it was two of them, so he decided to be generous with the cheese.Seeing Holo's happy reaction made it worthwhile. Lawrence put the potatoes on the table beside the bed, and Holo immediately reached out from the bed for the potatoes.Just as Holo's hand was about to catch the potato, Lawrence threw her the skin bag full of grains. "Wow. Huh? It's wheat." "There is also a leather rope, you can find a way to hang it around your neck." "Well, thank you, but let's eat first!" Holo casually put the leather bag and leather rope aside, and Lawrence was taken aback by the haste of that action.Holo reached out to the potato with a drooling expression.It seemed that eating was more important to Holo than anything else. Holo took a large potato and quickly robbed it in half.Seeing the heat immediately coming out of the potatoes, Holo had a happy smile on her face.Holo's tail was flicking back and forth like a puppy. Although Lawrence thought it was funny, he knew that if he said it, it would definitely make Holo angry, so he gave up. "Wolf also thinks potato is delicious?" "Well, we wolves don't eat meat all year round. We eat shoots on trees and fish. Vegetables grown by humans are even more delicious than shoots. Also, we like that humans think of meat or The idea of ​​the vegetables being burnt over fire.” I heard that cats are afraid of burning their tongues, but wolves don't seem to have such troubles.Holo took the steaming half of a potato, and only blew on it two or three times before letting the whole thing into her mouth. Only then did she feel that Holo ate too much, and sure enough, she was choked.Lawrence threw the waterskin pouch to Holo, freeing her. "Phew, I'm scared. Human throats are still too narrow, it's really inconvenient." "Wolf, of course it devoured it." "Well. You see, that's because wolves don't have this thing, so they can't chew slowly." Holo hooked the corner of her mouth with her finger and pulled it out, she must be pointing at the cheek. "However, we've choked on potatoes before." "Oh." "Perhaps we are born at odds with Ma Qianshu." Lawrence thought: It's just that you eat too fast!But did not say it. "Speak." Lawrence said, "Didn't you say that you can see through lies?" Hearing Lawrence's question, Holo turned her head while biting the cheese. Holo was about to speak, but the next moment she suddenly shifted her gaze to another place, paused for half a second, and then stretched out her hand. Before Lawrence could ask "what's the matter", Holo's hand stopped in mid-air as if grabbing something. [There are even fleas.」 "Your hair is so well-groomed, of course it is the best breeding ground for fleas." When transporting woolen fabrics or long-haired furs, sometimes a large number of fleas would emerge due to different seasons, and they had to be wiped out by fumigation; Lawrence said this because he remembered such an experience, but Holo Hearing this, he first showed a surprised expression, then immediately puffed up his chest, and said proudly: "You also know that our tail is beautiful, and we have a good eye." Seeing Holo smug like a child, Lawrence decided not to say what he thought of. "You say you can tell if someone is lying, is that true?" "Huh? Oh, more or less." After Holo wiped her flea-killed fingers clean, she started eating potatoes again. "How much can you tell?" [Well, we know that when you mentioned our tail just now, you didn't mean to praise it. " Lawrence was startled, and was speechless for a while, while Holo smiled happily. "It's not perfect. As for whether you believe it or not, that's up to you." Holo licked the cheese on her finger, and said with a mischievous smile, she looked like a goblin or imp in a fantasy world. Lawrence was indeed intimidated by Holo, but if he overreacted at this time, he didn't know what Holo would reveal.Lawrence cheered up and continued the previous topic: "Then, I want to ask you, do you think what that little brat just said is credible?" "Little hairy head?" "The guy who talked to us in the lobby." "Oh. Hehe, little boy." "What's so strange?" "To us, both are little boys." Lawrence thought that if he didn't answer well, he would probably be teased again, so he swallowed the words stuck in his throat. "Oh, it seems that you are more mature than him. When you talk about that little brat, we think he is lying." Hearing Holo's words, Lawrence immediately regained his composure, and murmured in his heart, "That's right". Talking to Lawrence in the hall, a young traveling businessman named Jie Lian proposed a chance to make a fortune. That is a certain silver coin currently issued, and a new silver coin with a higher silver content will be issued in the near future.If this information is correct, the old silver coins, though of inferior quality to the new ones, can still have a value equal to the new ones.However, newer silver coins with higher silver content outperformed older silver coins when compared to other currencies.In other words, if you know in advance which currency will issue new silver coins, as long as you collect a large number of old silver coins and exchange them for new silver coins, you can make a fortune by making the difference.Jie Lian told Lawrence that he could provide information on which currency among the various currencies circulating in the world could use this difference to make money.But relatively, Lawrence had to give him a share of the profits he earned.Of course, Lawrence couldn't believe what Jie Lian said. He knew that Jie Lian must have said the same thing to other businessmen. Holo looked into the distance, recalling the conversation she overheard at that time, then put the potato cube in her mouth into her mouth, swallowed it and said, "We don't know which part is a lie, and we don't know the details. content of the conversation." Lawrence nodded and began to think. He didn't expect Holo to be able to tell which part was a lie. As long as the currency transaction itself is not a fiction, it can be inferred that Gelian lied about the silver coin. "Speculation in currencies is nothing unusual, but..." "You don't understand why he's lying, do you?" Holo removed the potato sprouts first, then put the potatoes in her mouth.Lawrence sighed. Perhaps Holo had already trampled on Lawrence. "When you lie, it's not about what you're lying about, it's about why you're lying." "How many years do you think it took me to understand this truth?" "Really? Although you just said that the man named Jie Lian is a little boy, but from our point of view, you are just a joke." Holo said with a smug smile.Lawrence was the only time when he couldn't help wishing that Holo wasn't human.It would be too embarrassing to say that Holo, who looked young on the outside, already knew some truths that Lawrence had worked so hard to learn. Just when Lawrence was thinking, he heard Holo's unexpected speech. "How would you judge if we weren't here?" "Well... I will not judge whether it is a lie or the truth, and pretend to accept Jie Lian's proposal." "Why do you want to do this?" "If it's the truth, you can make money as long as you follow the development of the situation; if it's a lie, it means that someone is plotting something. In this case, as long as you are careful not to be deceived, generally speaking, you can still Get rich." "En. So, since we're here, tell you that's a lie, will you?" "Huh?] Lawrence noticed that Holo seemed to have something to say, and finally he did. "……what." "Heh, you don't have to worry about that in the first place. You'll pretend to accept the offer anyway, won't you?" Seeing Holo's evil smile, Lawrence couldn't find any words to refute. "The last potato is ours." Holo reached out from the bed and picked up the potato on the table, happily splitting the potato in half. The annoyed Lawrence was not in the mood to even open the second potato in his hand. "We are the wise wolf Holo, you think we live dozens of times longer than you." Hearing that Holo said this intentionally because he was concerned about Lawrence's feelings, Lawrence's mood became even more depressed.He grabbed the potato and took a big bite. Lawrence couldn't help but think of the feeling of being an apprentice when he first learned from his relatives of traveling merchants. The next day, the sky was bright and beautiful, and the autumn air was crisp.The church morning came earlier than the merchants, and when Lawrence awoke, the morning service was over.Lawrence was quite familiar with the routine of the church, so he wasn't surprised.However, when he went to the well outside to wash his face, he was surprised to see Holo, who was supposed to go to the toilet instead of the room, coming out of the church together with the church members.Although Holo walked with her coat over her head and bowed her head, she talked intimately with the believers from time to time. For believers who do not recognize the existence of the God of Harvest, although it is interesting to have an intimate conversation with the God of Harvest, it is a pity that Lawrence does not have the guts to enjoy such fun. Holo bid farewell to the believers, walked quietly to the stunned Lawrence standing by the well, then folded her small hands on her chest, and whispered, "I hope our husband can be more courageous. " Lawrence poured the cold autumn well water over his head resolutely, pretending not to hear Holo's giggles. Just as Holo flicked her tail to dry the water yesterday, Lawrence shook her hair vigorously, however.Holo, who was at the side, said indifferently: "We found that the status of the church has really improved a lot." "The status of the church has been very high in the past." "That's not the case. When we first came here from the north, it wasn't like it is now. At that time, people in the church exaggerated that the only God and twelve angels created the world, and humans borrowed that world. It’s not something anyone can create, and we thought when did people in the church learn how to tell jokes.” These words sounded a bit like criticisms of the church that naturalists sometimes made, but Lawrence found it more interesting to say it from the mouth of Holo, who had been the god of harvest for hundreds of years and claimed to be a wise wolf.Lawrence dried himself and put on his clothes, not forgetting to put the money into the donation box next to the well.Church people check the donation box every time someone has used the well.If they find that there is no money in the donation box, they will say inauspicious words, which will disturb the people who use it.For Lawrence, who is constantly traveling, he does not want to hear ominous announcements. However, the coins that Lawrence put in the donation box were the least valuable, black and badly worn low-quality copper coins in the wallet. [This can be regarded as the change of the times, it seems that it should have changed a lot. " Holo might be referring to her hometown, she looked a little lonely under her coat. Lawrence tapped Holo's head lightly and said, "Have you changed yourself?" […] Holo shook her head in a silent, childish-looking gesture. "Since you haven't changed, so must your hometown." Although he is still young, Lawrence believes that he has gone through a lot of hardships.It is precisely because Lawrence has traveled all over the place, met various people, and accumulated various experiences along the way, so he is qualified to say such words to Holo. As long as it is a traveling merchant, even if it is a traveling merchant who has run away from home and left his hometown angrily, he will naturally value his hometown.The only people who can rely on peace of mind in a foreign country are people from the same country. So, whenever a traveling merchant meets someone who hasn't been back to his hometown for years.will say so. Holo nodded, poked her face out from under her coat and said, "It would be a disservice to our good wolf reputation if you were comforted by you." After Holo finished speaking with a smile, she turned and walked towards the room.When Holo turned around, her eyes seemed to thank Lauren. If Holo's attitude was that of an extremely intelligent, aged sage, Lawrence could still handle it. However, Holo's sometimes childish behavior always confuses Lawrence. If Lawrence, who was twenty-five years old, was an ordinary person, he would have already married a wife and had children, and attended church with his wife and children.For Lawrence, who had already passed more than half of his life, Holo's behavior always broke into his single and lonely heart unceremoniously. "Hey, come quickly! What are you in a daze for?" Holo was not far away, turning her head to call Lawrence. Even though it had only been two days since I met Holo, it didn't feel like this. After all, Lawrence expressed to Gerlian that he was willing to accept his proposal. However, it is impossible for Jie Lian to tell Lawrence all the information based on a verbal agreement with Lawrence; it is also impossible for Lawrence to pay a deposit to Jie Lian in advance.In any case, Lawrence had to sell the mink to get cash, so the two finally decided to meet in the estuary town of Pazio to sign a formal contract in the presence of a notary. "Then, the little one will go first. After you get settled in Pazzioche, please go to a bar called Urando; you can contact the little one there." "Yurando? Understood." Jie Lian showed his cute smiling face and said goodbye, then picked up the sack full of dried fruits and walked forward. In addition to business, the first thing a traveling businessman who is just getting started is to go to various places to familiarize himself with the local people and things, and at the same time let the other party remember himself.The most suitable products to take away at this time are dried fruits or dried meat that have a long shelf life and can be sold in churches or hotels as a topic of conversation. Lawrence recalled the journey before he owned this car, and couldn't help feeling nostalgic looking at Jie Lian's back. "Aren't we going with him?" When Jelian's figure was almost invisible, Holo suddenly asked.As for what Holo was busy with during this time, she looked around and brushed her tail generously. Perhaps it was because she had to put on a coat to hide her ears, but Holo didn't care about her long chestnut hair at all, she just tied it up with a twine so it wouldn't get messy.As much as Lawrence would have liked to suggest that Holo at least comb her hair, Lawrence didn't have one.Lawrence thought to himself: When we get to Pazio, I'll buy a comb and a hat for Holo. [It rained all day yesterday, so the road became muddy, walking is definitely faster than taking a carriage, there is no need for him to walk slowly with the carriage. ] "That's right, businessmen care about time the most." "time is money." "Hehe, very interesting words. Time is money." "As long as you have time, you can make more money, right?" "Well, that's true. However, we didn't have such an idea. As soon as Holo finished speaking, she turned her gaze back to her tail. It was a beautiful tail long enough to exceed the back of the knee after hanging down naturally.The hair on the tail is thick, if the hair is shaved and sold, I believe it can be sold at a good price. 「你守护了好几百年的农夫们，应该也对时间很在意吧。」 罗伦斯把话说完后，才发现不该提这个话题。赫萝看了罗伦斯一眼，彷佛在说「你欠我一次了」似地不怀好意笑着。 「哼。汝的眼睛到底长在哪里？那些家伙不是对时间在意，而是对空气在意，」 「……不懂。」 「听好，那些家伙是因为清晨的空气醒来、因为早晨的空气耕作、因为午后的空气拔草、因为雨天的空气搓绳子、因为风儿的空气担心农作物、因为春天的空气促使发芽而欢喜、因为夏天的空气促使生长而喜悦、因为秋天的空气促使收割而开心、因为冬天的空气而等待春天到来。那些家伙根本就不在意时间，他们的注意力都在空气上，咱也一样。」 罗伦斯虽然无法完全理解赫萝说的话，不过却也觉得有些地方她讲得有道理。看到罗伦斯表示钦佩地点点头，赫萝一脸得意地挺起胸，用鼻子发出哼声。 这只自称是贤狼的狼，似乎一点也没有隐者或贤人般表现谦虚的想法。 就在这时，道路的另一头走来外表看似旅行商人的路人。 赫萝虽然套上外套，但是却没有藏超尾巴的意思。 就这样擦身而过的旅行商人只是一直盯着赫萝的尾巴看。并没有说话。 他们应该不会认为那是赫萝的尾巴。如果换成是罗伦斯。也顶多只会猜测那是什么皮草，又值多少钱罢了。 然而，论到能不能毫不在乎地做到这件事，则又另当别论了·「汝的脑筋虽然转得快，但经验还是不够。」 可能是已经梳理好尾巴了，赫萝放开手中的尾巴，并把尾巴收在腰巾里头后，从外套底下拾头看着罗伦斯说道。外套底下的脸孔是年约十五岁上下的女孩，有时候看起来甚至更年幼。 然而，这样的女孩所说的话，却跟阅历丰富的老江湖没两样。 「但是反过来说，只要经过岁月的累积就可以变成有智慧的人。」 「你是说几百年后吗？」 罗伦斯知道赫萝想要捉弄他，于是趁机反击。 赫萝先足露出吃惊的表情，随后又大声笑了出来。 「哈哈哈哈哈，汝的脑筋转得真快。」 「应该只是你的脑袋用了太久，变得老旧不堪用吧。」 「呵呵呵呵。汝知道狼为什么要在山里头袭击人类吗？」 赫萝突然转变话题，罗伦斯一时无法跟上，只能毫无防备地回答说：「不知道。」 「那是因为狼想吃人类的脑袋，好得到人类的智慧。」 赫萝奸笑着说道，嘴里露出两根闪亮的尖牙。 就算赫萝是在开玩笑，仍然让罗伦斯感到毛骨悚然。倒抽了一口气。 过了几秒钟，罗伦斯知道自己输了。 「汝还太嫩了，根本不是咱的对手。」 赫萝轻轻叹了口气，丢下这句话。罗伦斯握紧手中的缰绳，控制自己不露出悔恨的表情。 「话说，汝曾经在山里头被狼袭击过吗？」 被有着狼耳朵、尾巴及尖牙的赫萝这么一问。让罗伦斯觉得十分不可思议。既蛮横又恐怖的深山野狼，就在他的身边跟他说话。 「有·嗯……八次左右吧·」 「很难对付是吧？」 「是啊，如果是野狗群还好，狼群就难对付了。」 「那是因为狼想尽量多吃点人类，好得到……」 「我认错，别再说了。」 罗伦斯第三次遭狼袭击，是在组成商队的时候。 商队里的两名成员终究无法下山，那时的哀号声至今仍在罗伦斯的耳中盘旋着。 罗伦斯脸上不自觉地变得毫无表情。 "what……" 聪明的贤狼似乎察觉到异状了。 「抱歉……」 一脸歉意的赫萝垂下肩膀，缩着身体小声地说。 然而，罗伦斯根本没有心情回答赫萝。因为他有过太多次遭到狼群袭击的恐怖经验。而那些记忆接二连三地在他的脑海里浮现。 啪滋，啪滋，马儿定在泥泞上的脚步声持续了好一段时间。 「……生气了？」 开口说话的是聪明的贤狼。她一定知道只要这么问，罗伦斯就无法真的回答自己在生气。 于是罗伦斯故意回答说：「是在生气没错。」 赫萝沉默地抬头看着罗伦斯。罗伦斯斜眼看了赫萝一眼。发现赫萝微微嘟着嘴，那可爱的模样让罗伦斯差点原谅了她。 「我真的在生气，不准再开这样的玩笑了。」 最后，罗伦斯只好别过头去，对赫萝说道。 赫萝诚恳地点点头看向前方，她在这方面似乎挺坦率的。 过了一会儿后，赫萝终于打破沉默开口说：「狼群只会在森林里生活，而狗儿曾经被人类饲养过。这就是狼跟狗攻击性不同的地方。」 虽然罗伦斯可以不理会赫萝的发言，可是接下来恐怕就很难再找话题继续谈下去。于是罗伦斯梢梢把脸转向赫萝，摆出洗耳恭听的姿态说：「……恩？」 「狼只知道人类会狩猎，人类是恐怖的存在。所以咱们狼时时刻刻都在思考，当人类进入森林时，咱们要采取什么样的行动。」 赫萝的眼神直直看着前方，罗伦斯第一次看到她这么认真说话。 罗伦斯不觉得赫萝是临时编造这番话，于是态度带点保留地缓缓点头。 然而，有件事情令罗伦斯觉得在意。 「你也吃过……」 罗伦斯的话还没说完，赫萝就拉住他的衣服。 「就算是咱，也有不能回答的事，」 "Well……" 罗伦斯在心里一边责备自己没经过思考就乱说话。一边说出“抱歉”两字。 这时赫萝的脸上突然露出笑容说：「这样就算扯平了吧。」 贤狼果然不是只活了二十五年的人可以对付。 在这之后，两人没有再开口说话，但也不觉得尴尬。马车平稳地朝目的地前进，过了中午之后，转眼间就到了日落时分。 旅行商人在下过雨后的隔天，只要天色一暗，就绝对不会继续赶路·因为他们知道就算马车上的货物再少，一旦马车的车轮陷入泥泞里，十次里有七次抬不起来。 想靠行商稳稳赚钱的不二法门，就是尽量减少损失。对旅行商人们来说，雨天过后的路面可谓危机四伏，「汝跟咱活着的世界大不相同呐。」 在诉说着明天也是晴朗好天气的星空下，窝在绍皮堆里的赫萝突然说出这句话。 第二幕完