• 1817
• Juan
  ...Ah! Player, Alvero!

• 1818
• Steward
  Oh, young master!

• 1819
• Alvero
  We're all back safely.

• 1820
• Alvero
  Hayreddin got away but honestly, all having come back alive from that situation is success enough, I think.

• 1821
• Juan
  Making it back safely is what counts, certainly!

• 1822
• Alvero
  Still, if you knew everything that was going on, you could have told me...! At least some of it!

• 1823
• Steward
  My most humble apologies, young master.
  The master ordered me strictly to say nothing of it to try and guarantee success.
  It was difficult for me, too, I assure you! Knowing of your worries and yet being unable to say anything to reassure you...

• 1824
• Alvero
  ...I know, I know! Right then, Player.
  Now we have one of the co-conspirators in front of us, let's find out all we can from him!

• 1825
• Steward
  Ah! Young master, I knew you would make it back safely!

• 1826
• Juan
  I'm so glad you are all safe.
  I was so worried...!

• 1827
• Alvero
  There's still lots of stuff we don't understand.
  Let's take this chance to find out the truth.

• 1828
• Steward
  What do you want me to tell you?

• 1829
• What do you want to ask?

• 1830
• Why join with the Duke of Alba?

• 1831
• Why collude with Hayreddin?

• 1832
• Alvero
  Spain have been our rivals in attempting to reach India.
  Why did my father feel he had to join forces with the Spanish armada, then? Portugal has its own Navy, doesn't it?

• 1833
• Steward
  ...Yes, but they wouldn't be much help against Hayreddin.
  Our country is based on trade.
  Even the Navy are afraid of Hayreddin, and were even unwilling to send troops to recover one of the royal family when they were taken hostage.

• 1834
• Alvero
  So he used the pepper to get close to the Duke of Alba, commander of the greatest armada in the world...

• 1835
• Steward
  That is correct.

• 1836
• Steward
  That was to get him to drop his guard to get close to him.
  Hayreddin is highly paranoid, keeping only his best men close to him.
  For the last few years he has been intent on becoming the true emperor of North Africa.
  However, a pirate can never hope to gather the kind of manpower required to take an entire country.

• 1837
• Alvero
  ...So my father offered his support?

• 1838
• Steward
  That is correct.
  The master also said he would mediate a peace treaty between Hayreddin and the Duke of Alba.
  That was enough to even make Hayreddin trust him, and he agreed to the meeting in the Palma offing.

• 1839
• Juan
  Huh, that's all a little hard for me to understand...
  But the gist of it is that Alvero's father was working to defeat the pirates all along, right?

• 1840
• Alvero
  The pepper monopoly, giving it to the Spanish was all to create a stage to defeat Hayreddin.
  Although his methods were different from Baltazar's, my father has been continuing the fight...

• 1841
• Alvero
  ...Hey, looks like my father's back.

• 1842
• Alvero
  (Huh...? Has Baltazar left?)

• 1843
• Juan
  Looks like your father is safe too, Alvero!

• 1844
• Steward
  Ah...
  master, welcome back! Safe and sound, thank goodness.
  This is how it should be...
  your dear wife would be so happy...

• 1845
• Diego
  Player! You've helped Alvero a lot, I hear.
  Allow me to offer my own thanks, too.

• 1846
• Alvero
  That's right.
  Thanks to Player I was able to succeed in India, and kept on believing in you, father.
  I can't thank him enough.

• 1847
• Diego
  That's good to hear.
  I'm glad to see you coming into your own, too, my son.
  Knowing you have such a good friend as Player allows me to lower my burdens with an easier heart.

• 1848
• Alvero
  ...Hold on? What do you mean?

• 1849
• Steward
  ...Master, it is time.

• 1850
• Alvero
  ...No, don't tell me...?!

• 1851
• Diego
  ...I have to see the king and apologize for everything I've done.
  Whatever my purpose, I have to take responsibility for what I've done with the king.

• 1852
• Alvero
  No...
  father, wait! Hold on!

• 1853
• Alvero
  ...Hey, Player.
  I might have to quit being a sailor.

• 1854
• Juan
  No! Why?! Surely not!

• 1855
• Alvero
  Cut that out, Juan.
  My father may have to live as a criminal from now on.
  I've done whatever I wanted up until now, but that just means I have an even greater obligation to be by his side now.

• 1856
• Juan
  Alvero...

• 1857
• Juan
  Alvero...

• 1858
• Steward
  This is how it should be...
  your mother would surely be happy, too...

• 22162
• Player and the others returned to Lisbon.
  Diego told Alvero and Player to go on ahead and return to the trading hall.

• 22163
• At the trading hall, the butler was pleased to hear that everybody was okay and was choked with tears.
  Alvero asked the butler to tell him the whole story in regards to Diego's secret plans to defeat Hayreddin.

• 22164
• The reason Diego had relied on the Duke of Alba's Spanish fleet and not his own country's was because he determined that he required the strongest fleet in the world if he was to defeat Hayreddin.

• 22165
• By agreeing to divert the pepper to such illegal channels, Diego was able to secure a promise for reinforcements, allowing him to chase after Hayreddin.
  And by coming to his aid three times, he was able to gain the trust of the always cautious Hayreddin.
  It was all a plan that was designed from the beginning to focus on the end result.
  As Alvero sat their impressed with his father, Diego returned.

• 22166
• Diego expressed his gratitude for all of the assistance that Player had provided.
  Then, pleased that his son Alvero had grown into a fine young man, he said, "At last, I can let go of this heavy burden that has been weighing on my shoulders," which caught Alvero by surprise.
  Diego said, "I must meet with the King and apologise for all that I have done," and then left the hall.

• 22167
• Alvero claimed that perhaps his sailing days were over.
  As his father was destined to be looked upon as a criminal by people the world over, he wished to help him.
  There was not a single person in the room who could object to Alvero's display of quiet resolve.