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Raws are out:
-Thorfinn's future wife, Gudrid, finally makes her appearance. Just like Thorfinn, ever since she was little, she's been fascinated by Leif's stories about Vinland and foreign lands and likes to sneak into boats to travel with him. Though Leif has promised to take her on adventures when she grows up, she thinks it's now or never, because when a woman becomes of age she's married off to someone and can't go anywhere. Her mother also told her: "riding a boat is a man's job, and a woman's job is to wait for his return". Gudrid objects to that custom, saying "who decided that anyway?" :P The sailor feels sorry for Gudrid's father and hopes her mentality would change when she grows up.
-Some years pass and the setting shifts to Halfdan's farm. Turns out Gudrid is none other than Sigurd's betrothed and ran away when the boat landed and his men are sent out to look for her. Thorfinn and co arrive at Halfdan's farm and become awed by Halfdan's property. Leif tells them to watch out for the ice-covered pier and informs them that Sigurd is getting married. Einar laments the timing and becomes worried that they didn't bring a wedding gift.
-Thorfinn comments that for a guy he was told was scary, Halfdan's village looks quite prosperous. Leif tells him that when it comes to the rumors surrounding Halfdan, there are good ones and bad ones. Thorfinn asks what the bad ones are, and Leif aswers that he had taken farms from neighboring towns for himself. Thorfinn then asks what the good rumors are, and Leif answers that the people working for Halfdan are being fed well and live comfortably.
-Thorfinn notices the barrel that Gudrid has been hiding in and wonders if it was just his imagination that he saw it moving. Gudrid prays that Thorfinn will let it go, but her cover is blown when she sees Leif. She then starts shouting at Leif that it was his fault she's in big trouble. Leif asks her what's going on and she tells him to first ride a boat and then she'll spill the beans. When it's revealed that Gudrid is Leif's sister-in-law, Einar becomes surprised because Gudrid looks like she's still in her teens.
-Gudrid goes on that the root of her problems could be traced back to Leif not keeping his promise to take her along on adventures when she grows up. Leif counters he only said that to not give him trouble and sneak into his boat like she used to when she was a kid. He then points out what everyone has been telling her ever since she was a kid: she's a woman and a woman can't go adventuring. Gudrid then takes out a knife, cuts her hair and tells him to stop calling her a woman, because there's no woman she knows of who wears her hair short.
-When she starts running to the boat, Leif warns her about the pier, slips, hits the back of her head and loses consciousness. Sigurd who watched the scene becomes horrified when he sees the chopped braid dumped on the floor.
Wow, I'm already liking Gudrid. Wonder how Yukimura is going to depict her and Thorfinn as a couple.
