This was weird. So Thorkell has a son named Halvor, but his mother convinced him that he was a girl named Cordelia? Yeah, this was weird. I think I'll drop Vinland Saga and look for other manga to read. I doubt it can get better than when Thorfinn was a slave. That was one of the best manga arcs I've read.
It still surprises me how Thorfinn changed. From just a little innocent boy, to a cerebral fighter as a teenager to adulthood, a slave, former chieftain (now disbanded by him) and now a travelling merchant trying to go to Vinland.... what a ride.