• 205
• Steward
  This is the Sarmiento Company House.
  If you have no business here, please leave.

• 206
• Port Official
  Let's see...
  Player, isn't it.
  You don't have a port permit for the Caribbean coastline yet, do you.
  In which case, go see the master at the market.
  He'll be able to tell you how to obtain one.

• 207
• Market Keeper
  Hey! Today is the deadline on our deal, and yet you don't have a single barrel of the goods! What's the meaning of this?

• 208
• Merchant
  I didn't expect to meet with pirates either.
  But we just need to go buy the same stock again, right?

• 209
• Market Keeper
  That's hardly the issue here!

• 210
• Important Looking Gentleman
  It looks like they are arguing over a deal...

• 211
• Merchant
  Please, listen to me.
  We are talking about pirates here.
  They would have taken my life if I hadn't given them my cargo!

• 212
• Market Keeper
  You idiot! A chandler knows never to let anyone lay hands upon their goods, even if it costs them their lives!

• 213
• Important Looking Gentleman
  ...Just what is going on here?

• 214
• Market Keeper
  Ah! Master Sarmiento!

• 215
• Merchant
  ...What? Sarmiento himself?!

• 216
• Market Keeper
  Master Sarmiento, this imbecile handed over 100 rolls of Flanders' made woollen cloth to the Barbary pirates! The client is coming to collect this very day.
  I have no idea what to do...!

• 217
• Diego
  ...I understand.
  My company can loan you some of our own fabric stock, if you wish.

• 218
• Merchant
  Really? Are you sure, master?

• 219
• Diego
  It's nothing more than surplus with no fixed buyer.
  No need for thanks.

• 220
• Market Keeper
  Not at all, master...
  thank you!

• 221
• Market Keeper
  Phew...
  I think my neck is safe.
  Sorry for keeping you waiting.

• 222
• What do you want to do?

• 223
• Ask about the permit

• 224
• Ask about the gentleman

• 225
• Leave

• 226
• Market Keeper
  Ah, I thought you might be here about that.
  You need to see Duke Braganza in the palace.

• 227
• Market Keeper
  That was Mr.
  Diego Sarmiento.
  He's the owner of the famous Sarmiento company.

• 228
• How will you respond?

• 229
• The Sarmiento company?

• 230
• I see.

• 231
• Market Keeper
  If it wasn't for him I don't know what would have happened with my deal today.

• 232
• Market Keeper
  Your Portuguese, aren't you? So you don't know? There's a big flashy house in front of the palace, right? That's the Company House of the Sarmiento company.
  Even the richest noble would have trouble comparing to the fortune amassed by that company.
  As someone in the same business I can't help but admire them.

• 233
• Market Keeper
  Anything else you want to know?

• 234
• Guard
  If you're making a request for a port permit, you must have a reference letter from someone?

• 235
• How will you respond?

• 236
• A reference letter?

• 237
• I don't have one.

• 238
• Guard
  Port permits protect the markets of the Caribbean from unruly types.
  To apply for one you therefore need a reference letter from someone of good standing.

• 239
• Guard
  Port permits protect the markets of the Caribbean from unruly types.
  Without a reference letter from someone of good standing you can't apply for one.

• 240
• Alvero
  Well well, if it isn't Player!

• 241
• Juan
  Ah! Hello!

• 242
• Alvero
  Hey...
  did I see the Guard in front of the palace getting a little prickly with you just now?

• 243
• What do you want to do?

• 244
• Talk about the permit issue.

• 245
• Don't talk about anything.

• 246
• Alvero
  Oh...? Sorry, I just happened to overhear.

• 247
• Alvero
  I see.
  You need a reference letter from someone important before you can get a port permit? Interesting.
  I didn't need anything like that...

• 248
• Juan
  That'll be because of your father Alvero, surely.

• 249
• Alvero
  Watch it...
  I've told you to keep that quiet!

• 250
• Juan
  Ah! Sorry! But seeing as you're back home, and it has been a while, how about getting your father to write a reference?

• 251
• Alvero
  ...I guess we do still owe them one...
  I guess I can ask my father for this, then.
  Player, come with me to the Sarmiento Company House.

• 252
• Juan
  This is Alvero's house.
  Pretty big, huh?

• 253
• Alvero
  I'm home!

• 254
• Steward
  Ah, young master! So good to have you back safe and sound.
  We are all always so worried about you...!

• 255
• Alvero
  I know, I know.
  Sorry for just going off to sea without saying anything.
  Anyway...
  where is he?

• 256
• Steward
  The master is currently meeting with a messenger from the palace...

• 257
• Steward
  Ah, it looks like they have finished.

• 258
• Diego
  Please leave procurement of the funds for importing iron to our company.

• 259
• Aristocrat
  After everything you have done, all the works with the permits, his highness is very happy with your work, Mr.
  Diego.
  Please keep it up!

• 260
• Diego
  Hah hah hah, no need to worry.
  This is all born from my loyalty to the court!

• 261
• Alvero
  ...Hey, father...
  It's...
  been a while.

• 262
• Steward
  Master! Look, the young master has returned, with a friend.

• 263
• Diego
  Ah...
  you're the sailor from the market.

• 264
• Alvero
  ...You two already know each other? That makes things easier, then.
  Player really helped me out with a thief.

• 265
• Diego
  Is that right, Player? It sounds like you have really helped my son.
  But Alvero, it's rare for you to come home like this! And with a friend, too.
  What's going on?

• 266
• Alvero
  ...Ah, well, This one here doesn't have a port permit yet, so I was hoping you would write a reference letter.

• 267
• Diego
  Heh...
  I might, on the condition that you stop playing around, finally settle down, and promise to help with the business!

• 268
• Alvero
  I'm not...
  not playing around, okay?

• 269
• Diego
  Out with it! If you've got something you want to say, speak up!

• 270
• Alvero
  ...I'm not playing around when I go out to sea.
  I'm working to set myself up in business on my own! Just like you did.

• 271
• Diego
  ...Very well.
  I will write the letter.

• 272
• Alvero
  You will?!

• 273
• Diego
  This doesn't mean I've forgiven your thoughtlessness, whatever your final intentions may be.
  I've just taken a liking to Player here.

• 274
• Alvero
  Bah...
  very well then.

• 275
• Diego
  Here is a reference letter from me.
  Please, accept it.

• 276
• Diego
  Hold on...? Wherever has Alvero gone?

• 277
• Steward
  ...Oh! I took my eyes off him for a moment...

• 278
• Diego
  Hummm...
  I may have spoiled him too much, being my only son.
  Player, as you can see, he isn't the easiest fellow to get along with, but I hope you and he can become good friends.

• 279
• Steward
  I would also request that you look out for the young master, Player.

• 280
• Diego
  Player, as you can see, he isn't the easiest fellow to get along with, but I hope you and he can become good friends.

• 22005
• Several days later, Player was told by an official to learn how to apply for a Port Permit and was sent to the market.

• 22006
• At the market, the merchants were arguing amongst themselves.
  The shopkeepers were furious that their precious cargo had been stolen by the Barbary pirates.
  However, an important-looking man standing nearby offered to help them, upon which the crowd settled down.

• 22007
• The man's name was Diego.
  He was the president of Portugal's largest trading company, the Sarmiento Company.
  Player learned that the government official Duke Braganza was responsible for the application of Port Permits and headed for the Royal Palace.

• 22008
• However, due to not having a letter of reference, the guards at the gate refused entry into the palace.

• 22009
• Just then, the young boy from the other day, Alvero, and his friend Juan, passed by.
  After hearing the situation, Juan proposed that Alvero's father write a letter of recommendation on Player's behalf.
  Even though Alvero did not like to depend on his father's influence, he invited Player to his home as a way to repay the favour from the other day.

• 22010
• After finishing his business discussions, Alvero's father emerged from his office.
  He was the gentleman from the market the other day, Diego Sarmiento.
  Alvero asked Diego if he would write the letter of recommendation.
  Diego agreed to do so, on the condition that Alvero would quit playing around and promise to help with the company.

• 22011
• Alvero tried to explain that his daily trades were not "playing" and that he was simply trying to become a great man of trade and commerce like his father.
  Diego could not hide his amazement at his son's attitude, and said, "I've just taken a liking to Player here," as he issued the letter of introduction.