Wolf and Endless Tears

Wolf and Endless Tears is the twelfth episode of the second season of the Spice and Wolf anime.

Official Synopsis
After Lawrence leaves Holo with the traders, he's forced to consider backing out of the plans he's made with Eve. When his decision leads to a violent confrontation, Lawrence finds his future with Holo on the line.

Plot
Lenos is gripped by an armed uprising. Even in the chaos caused by the coup, Lawrence and Eve decide to continue with the plan. Lawrence leaves Holo with the Delink Company and receives the gold, while Eve hires a ship. However, when Lawrence and Eve meet up back at Aroldo's inn, Lawrence decides to pull out of the deal, telling Eve that he knows she has hidden risk from him.

Drawing a blade, Eve threatens his life and shows her true motives: vengeance. She reveals that her statuette business with the Church was a ploy for smuggling rock salt, but the Church abandoned this enterprise when it became too profitable and attracted suspicion from the local populace. Colluding with the bishop of the Lenos diocese, she next masterminded the Council of Fifty's unpopular decision to only allow fur sales with cash so that the Church, with large amounts of cash on hand, could monopolize the fur trade. The Church attempted to cut her out of the deal, so she struck an alliance with Lawrence for safety from assassination and to increase her capital, enabling her to buy the furs first, make a massive profit, and have her vengeance on the Church while it is distracted by the coup.

Lawrence disarms Eve. Realizing that she values profit over her own life, he asks her for her motivation. Eve seizes the opening and knocks out Lawrence, though not before giving a cryptic answer to his question. Upon awakening, Lawrence finds that Eve has taken the cash but left him the deed to Aroldo's inn. He uses the deed to buy back Holo.

Holo is furious at Lawrence, who calmly explains that he has decided to forgo his dream and continue his journey with her. Crying, Holo demands that Lawrence take responsibility for whatever happens next and hints that she has fallen in love with him. Hand in hand, they make their way to the docks, ready to start the next part of their journey.