Wolf and Reckless Negotiation

Wolf and Reckless Negotiation is the ninth episode of the second season of the Spice and Wolf anime.

Official Synopsis
After Holo and Lawrence visit Rigoro's impressive estate, the little goddess admits that she fears her impending separation from the merchant. Later, Eve offers Lawrence a very surprising proposition.

Plot
With an introduction from Eve, Lawrence and Holo visit Rigoro at his home. Their conversation on the walk there shifts from philosophical musings to Holo teasing Lawrence on how easily he can be provoked to jealousy.

Arriving at Rigoro's residence, they meet his assistant Merta and are awed by the magnificent garden behind his house encased in large glass windows. Rigoro is pleased with their reaction to his prized garden and intrigued that Lawrence is seeking information on old legends rather than the tense current situation with the fur trade. He notes that the Council of Fifty has made a decision about the fur trade earlier than expected. While interested, Lawrence refrains from inquiring further. Impressed by his caution, Rigoro brings them to his archives in the cellar, where Holo picks out a few books containing old legends from the north for Lawrence to carry back.

Lawrence and Holo spend an enjoyable night together at the tavern, where Holo devours an entire roasted piglet. Back at the inn, though, Holo confesses that she is afraid of something more than being separated from Lawrence at the journey’s end. After Holo goes to sleep, Lawrence heads downstairs and chats with Eve and Aroldo. Eve reveals that she trades in stone statues with the Church and surprises him by asking whether he would like to sell Holo.