• 1600
• Alvero
  Player, and Juan too! What are you doing here?

• 1601
• Juan
  Uwaaah! Alvero! We've been looking for you!

• 1602
• Alvero
  Okay, okay, no need to cry.
  I'm sorry, Player, getting you to come all this way to find me.

• 1603
• What question do you want to ask?

• 1604
• Why are you here alone?

• 1605
• You were talking about rumours you don't believe?

• 1606
• Alvero
  I didn't want to get you involved any more than this, Player.
  I guess, though, now you've come this far...
  I'll tell you everything.

• 1607
• Alvero
  What...? You know about the rumours? Don't tell me...
  everyone knows?!

• 1608
• Juan
  No, Alvero, don't worry.
  I heard you muttering, that's all.

• 1609
• Alvero
  ...Phew.
  So they haven't spread out into the world yet.

• 1610
• Alvero
  ...I've heard something terrible.
  (...I don't want to attract attention.
  Come to the tavern.)

• 1611
• Alvero
  I heard it from a merchant coming back from India.
  He stopped in Las Palmas, to the south, to resupply on the way back to Lisbon.

• 1612
• Juan
  Las Palmas...
  the Spanish town?

• 1613
• Alvero
  That's right.
  South from here, a base for sailing to the Indies from the Canary islands.
  As soon as he landed he was overcome with the smell of pepper.
  Following it to the source...
  a military ship was docked, and sailors from my father's company were giving pepper to them...
  But that just shouldn't be possible...!

• 1614
• How will you respond?

• 1615
• Why?

• 1616
• That's true...

• 1617
• Alvero
  All of the pepper stored in Madeira belongs to the king.
  Before it is placed into the market it has to be taken and presented to the king.
  Directly giving it to another country is going against the king's orders, even for my father.
  Furthermore Spain remains Portugal's greatest rival concerning our arrival in India and the markets there.
  Giving the pepper to them would be like accepting that they defeated us...
  which means this could be a black market deal...

• 1618
• Juan
  Black market deal?

• 1619
• Alvero
  Yeah, the merchant said something else.
  That maybe the Sarmiento company's fixation on pepper was in order to set up this black market deal from the beginning.
  The reason for having the pepper sent to Madeira was because it would be the perfect place to sell it on to the Spanish...

• 1620
• How will you respond?

• 1621
• This must be a mistake.

• 1622
• It sounds plausible.

• 1623
• Do you have any proof?

• 1624
• Alvero
  I thought it was a mistake too, but I've been investigating various things here in Madeira...
  and I've found a suspicious ship in the port log, leaving once a month.
  Affiliation and destination are unknown, but the ship hold is full of pepper...

• 1625
• Alvero
  I've actually been investigating various things here in Madeira...
  and I've found a suspicious ship in the port log, leaving once a month.
  Affiliation and destination are unknown, but the ship hold is full of pepper...

• 1626
• Alvero
  Yes.
  I've been investigating various things here in Madeira...
  and I've found a suspicious ship in the port log, leaving once a month.
  Affiliation and destination are unknown, but the ship hold is full of pepper...

• 1627
• Juan
  Phew...
  I'm still just glad you're safe, Alvero.

• 1628
• Juan
  Don't look so upset...!

• 1629
• Alvero
  ...My father might actually be a bad guy.
  A real nasty one.
  Player, what do you think?

• 1630
• How will you respond?

• 1631
• It's got to be a mistake.

• 1632
• I don't know

• 1633
• He might be, certainly.

• 1634
• Alvero
  I want to think that, too...

• 1635
• Alvero
  I just don't know what to think any more.

• 1636
• Alvero
  That's that you think...? You might be right...

• 1637
• Alvero
  A monopoly on the pepper leading to secret trades with Spain.
  And the fact he might be linked to Hayreddin, my mother's killer, behind the scenes...
  The more I try and believe in him the worse the betrayal becomes.
  I'm starting to finally think that I was just stupid to put my trust in him...

• 1638
• Juan
  Don't give up! You have to believe in your father until we confirm the truth, Alvero!

• 1639
• Alvero
  ...Yeah.
  I didn't see this shady deal or his working with Hayreddin for myself, did I.

• 1640
• Juan
  So let's! I'll help too.

• 1641
• Alvero
  ...Okay.
  Thank you, Juan.

• 1642
• Alvero
  You're right.
  I have to believe right up until the end.

• 1643
• Juan
  Say, Player.
  Will you help out too?

• 1644
• Alvero
  Sounds good.
  Will you?

• 1645
• How will you respond?

• 1646
• Okay, I see.

• 1647
• Not right now.

• 1648
• Juan
  I see...

• 1649
• Juan
  Thank you!

• 1650
• Alvero
  Thank you.
  To get things started, then, could you find out the next date that one of the mystery ships is set to depart? I can't do it myself, there are too many who work for my father's company here in town.

• 1651
• Juan
  Okay, no problem! Let's go, Player!

• 1652
• Alvero
  Find out when the next one of these mysterious ships is going to depart.
  I'm counting on you!

• 1653
• Port Official
  You want to see the port log...? Sorry, I can't show that to outsiders.
  Is this child with you, too?

• 1654
• Juan
  Uwah...
  please...
  show me the log!

• 1655
• Port Official
  I'm telling you, no.

• 1656
• Juan
  Uwah...
  what should I do?! My father might be on one of the ships that left here!

• 1657
• Port Official
  So tell me the name of his ship and I'll search for it for you.

• 1658
• Juan
  Ah...! Sorry, I don't remember the name.
  But if I see the log book, I might remember something...

• 1659
• Port Official
  ...The log book? Oh, okay.
  But only this once!

• 1660
• Juan
  Great! Thank you!

• 1661
• Juan
  (Let me see...
  Wow, I can't read any of this! Here, Player, please look at this with me!)

• 1662
• Received the log book!

• 1663
• Juan
  (Look here...
  this ship is the only one without a name written by it.
  I think this might be the one! It left yesterday, too!)

• 1664
• Port Official
  ...That's enough now, come on.

• 1665
• Juan
  Oh...! Sure, I found what I wanted.
  Thank you!

• 1666
• Returned the log book!

• 1667
• Port Official
  ...?

• 1668
• Alvero
  Well...?

• 1669
• Juan
  Big trouble! One set sail last night!

• 1670
• Alvero
  What? Then we need to get after it! Player, I'm setting sail right away!

• 1671
• Juan
  Ah! Wait for me!

• 1672
• Alvero
  If that ship is indeed going to pass its cargo on to the Spanish it is probably heading to Las Palmas.

• 1673
• Alvero
  There...! That ship...
  it has the crest removed but its definitely one of my father's ships.
  So he is involved...?! We need to get to the bottom of this quickly!

• 1674
• Alvero
  (Hey! Player! Look, Juan, there...!)

• 1675
• Alvero
  (It's the guys who used to work with us!)

• 1676
• Juan
  Why are they here?!

• 1677
• Alvero
  (...Shhh! Keep it down! They'll notice us!)

• 1678
• Alvero
  (Curse their eyes...! I had hoped they would at least find honest work for my father, but now they are involved in the betrayal too...? And here...?!)

• 1679
• Juan
  (Ah! They're heading out!)

• 1680
• Alvero
  Right.
  Let's follow them.

• 1681
• Juan
  I can't...
  can't believe this...

• 1682
• Young Seafarer
  Well then...
  its almost time for the rendezvous.

• 1683
• Young Seafarer
  ...I can't believe we landed this job.
  All this hassle, just for a simple delivery...!

• 1684
• Juan
  Where are they...?

• 1685
• Alvero
  ...I can smell pepper.
  That way!

• 1686
• Juan
  (Ah! There they are!)

• 1687
• Alvero
  (It looks like they're in the middle of the deal with the Spaniards!)

• 1688
• Naval Officer
  ...That's 100 barrels of pepper.
  Good work.

• 1689
• Young Seafarer
  Thank you.

• 1690
• Juan
  (Hey, they're going to leave?! Are you sure we should just let them go?)

• 1691
• Alvero
  (...No, let them go.
  Now we know they are involved that means my father definitely is, and so I need to deal with him first.
  More important are the Spanish who took the pepper.
  If we find out where they are headed we will find out exactly who is behind this deal.)

• 1692
• Naval Officer
  Time to head back home.

• 1693
• Soldier
  ...But as soon as we arrive we have to rendezvous with the main fleet, right? A little time to rest would be nice...!

• 1694
• Naval Officer
  Enough of that.
  These orders come from higher up than you or I.
  We're loaded up and heading for Valencia, anyway.
  Just accept it and let's set sail.

• 1695
• Alvero
  Valencia, huh...

• 22139
• After returning to Madeira, Player and Juan found Alvero down by the Harbour.
  Alvero said that he had come to Madeira to investigate some incredible rumours he had heard about Diego.
  Together, the three of them headed to the tavern to avoid being noticed.

• 22140
• According to a rumour that Alvero had heard, pepper, which should be an exclusive item of the Royal Family, was being traded in Las Palmas.
  In addition, the people down there were sailors from the Sarmiento Company and Spanish sailors.
  It simply could not be possible that they would be selling pepper to their competitor Spain without going through the Royal Family in Lisbon.
  If this rumour was true, then Diego must be using his exclusive license to betray his country and make a deal with Spain.
  Alvero went to the port in Madeira and checked the port records.
  In them, he found a ship that had no affiliation or destination that seemed to be carrying pepper.

• 22141
• Alvero's suspicions about Diego began to grow and grow, with Alvero thinking that maybe his father really was a bad person.
  Juan tried to encourage him and said that they should keep searching until they found the truth.
  After hearing this, Alvero determined to see it through to the end until his doubts had been dispelled.

• 22142
• At Alvero's request, Player and Juan went to investigate a suspicious ship that was supposed to be leaving the port.

• 22143
• Although the Port Official was reluctant to show them the records log, they eventually succeeded due to Juan's cleverness.
  However, they found that the ship had already left port the previous day.

• 22144
• The three of them hurriedly set out in pursuit of the ship.

• 22145
• Alvero and the others found the sailors from the suspicious ship in a tavern in Las Palmas.
  However, they were none other than the friends that they had once did business with.

• 22146
• Alvero was astonished to see that they had been working under Diego while having a hand in such backroom dealings.
  The three friends secretly followed after the group of sailors to see where they went.

• 22147
• As usual, their former friends were down at the port trading pepper with Spanish sailors.
  Alvero was determined to find out where the pepper had gone and went down to try and overhear the conversation of the remaining sailors.
  From them, he learned that they were returning to Valencia.
  Alvero, who seemed exhausted, could only mutter, "Valencia, eh..."