• 2639
• Pare
  What's going on?

• 2640
• Vittoria
  We need a doctor right now.
  He's been badly injured...!

• 2641
• Pare
  Fortunately, the bullet passed right through.
  I sewed up the bullet wound.
  As long as he gets plenty of rest, he should be fine.

• 2642
• Vittoria
  Thank goodness...

• 2643
• Pare
  But you know, it's odd.
  He should be unconscious, yet he kept calling someone's name...

• 2644
• Vittoria
  Augustine...

• 2645
• Vittoria
  ...Player, that Augustine person now has the sword.
  How can we possibly go about finding him and getting it back...

• 2646
• How will you respond?

• 2647
• Let's ask Julien where to find him

• 2648
• Let's go after him right now

• 2649
• Vittoria
  ...Yeah.
  I guess all we can do is wait here until Julien wakes up...

• 2650
• Vittoria
  ...I'm sure he's long gone from this city by now.
  Even if we left now, we'd never find him.
  All we can do is wait here until Julien wakes up...

• 2651
• Vittoria
  ...?!
  Julien...

• 2652
• Pare
  ...You need to rest...!

• 2653
• Julien
  ...No.
  I have to get going...
  ...There is something...I have to ask Augustine...
  Ugh...

• 2654
• Vittoria
  Julien!

• 2655
• Vittoria
  ...Are you okay?

• 2656
• Julien
  Ha ha...
  I'm fine...
  Now, I must be going...

• 2657
• Vittoria
  ...Wait! Julien, we need to ask you something too...

• 2658
• Julien
  ...?

• 2659
• What question do you want to ask?

• 2660
• Who is Augustine?

• 2661
• Where is Augustine?

• 2662
• Julien
  ...
  ...You don't need to know that.
  ...This is between me and him.
  I won't get you involved...

• 2663
• Vittoria
  ...But, he has the treasured sword now.
  We have as much reason to see him as you do.

• 2664
• Julien
  ...But.

• 2665
• Vittoria
  You're in no shape to go chasing anyone by yourself.
  We'll help you.
  We have the same reasons to see him as you do.
  So...will you tell us who he is?

• 2666
• Julien
  ...
  ...Very well.

• 2667
• Julien
  Augustine...raised me.
  He pretends to be a member of the extremist Protestants, but in fact, he's the leader of a band of thieves.
  ...It goes back twenty years.
  At the time, he was working as an investigator for the Paris bishop, and he was in charge of investigating the accusatory letters incident.
  ...But as he began to find out the truth, the king suddenly ordered him to cease his investigations.
  He was swiftly replaced, and soon afterwards he was attacked by an assassin sent to kill him.

• 2668
• Vittoria
  That assassin...
  You don't mean...

• 2669
• Julien
  Yes...
  It was probably your...our father, Mauricio, who sent him.

• 2670
• Julien
  But, Augustine managed to survive, though he did lose an eye in the process.
  Then, having been deposed of any means of finding out the truth, he set out to defeat the king of France who had cast him aside.
  He joined up with other apostates and formed a band of thieves with them.
  He dragged France into a maelstrom of chaos.
  One time, he swindled the Protestants and looted the city.
  Another time, he pretended to be a Catholic and attacked the Protestants...

• 2671
• Julien
  That's about the time when I met him, when I was still a very young child.

• 2672
• What do you want to do?

• 2673
• Ask how he met him

• 2674
• Don't answer anything

• 2675
• Vittoria
  Julien...
  You were taken to a monastery, right? So how did...

• 2676
• Julien
  ...Apparently he heard the rumours.
  The rumours that the son of the viscountess executed for the accusatory letters incident was alive, and had been taken to a monastery outside of Paris--
  Once he adopted me from the monastery, he had me educated with an almost crazed enthusiasm.
  Etiquette, the military arts, a comprehensive knowledge of treasure...
  And the desire for revenge against the mastermind behind the letter incident, who I had never seen...
  Everything was done to settle the grudge held for that incident.
  I was truly raised to become his "hunting dog"...

• 2677
• Vittoria
  This can't be happening...

• 2678
• Julien
  ...Eventually, I was introduced to French society, and Augustine and I set about digging up the pasts of people who were involved with the incident, then eliminating them.
  And at last, as we got closer to the truth, he gave me orders for the final revenge.
  ...Steal the treasured sword, and destroy the Orseolo family along with all of Venice--

• 2679
• Julien
  He probably intends to destroy Venice for pulling the strings behind that incident.
  ...That's most likely why he followed me, and why he stole the sword...
  Now he is probably heading for the Indies, and the New Haven...

• 2680
• What question do you want to ask?

• 2681
• What's the New Haven?

• 2682
• Don't ask anything

• 2683
• Vittoria
  The New Haven...?

• 2684
• Julien
  It's a fortress Augustine built on a continent far off past the western seas.
  There he takes in Protestants that have been banished from this country.
  Eventually, he will use them as personal soldiers to wage war on his other target for revenge, the king of France...
  ...I will take you there.
  Come with me.

• 2685
• Pare
  ...Hey! You're not supposed to be moving after that big an operation!

• 2686
• Julien
  ...If I don't go now, it will all be too late.
  Come on, Vittoria, Player.

• 2687
• Vittoria
  Player, if Julien pushes himself too hard...

• 2688
• How will you respond?

• 2689
• Even so, we need him to take us there.

• 2690
• Yeah, it may be dangerous...

• 2691
• Vittoria
  Yeah...
  And if his wound gets worse...

• 2692
• Vittoria
  But if we go out on a ship now...

• 2693
• Pare
  If you're worried, take this.
  It's medicine I prepared myself.

• 2694
• Pare
  ...But it looks like you can't carry anymore.

• 2695
• Will you reduce your inventory in order to accept "Medicinal bath of Asclepius × 10"?

• 2696
• What do you want to do?

• 2697
• Yes

• 2698
• No

• 2699
• Pare
  Very well.
  Then please go and discard unnecessary items.

• 2700
• Pare
  I see.
  So you don't need them.
  ...Well, just keep in mind that if he strains himself too much, I can't guarantee the patient's life.
  Be extra careful.

• 2701
• Vittoria
  Thank you, doctor.

• 2702
• Pare
  Whatever happens, if you give him this, he won't die easily.
  ...But if he strains himself too much, I can't guarantee his life.

• 2703
• Pare
  Whatever happens, if you give him this, he won't die easily.
  ...But if he strains himself too much, I can't guarantee his life.

• 2704
• Vittoria
  Thank you, doctor.

• 2705
• Julien
  ...Okay then, let's head for the Indies.

• 2706
• Julien
  ...Unfortunately, Player, it looks like you don't have the right port permit.
  It can't be helped...
  We don't have much time to spare, but we'll need to go get that first.

• 2707
• Julien
  Please head almost due west from Sierra Leone on the west African coast.
  There should be some land called Cayenne.
  That is where Augustine's fortress is.

• 2708
• Julien
  ...It looks like you got the port permit for the Indies.
  Okay then, let's head out.
  Go almost due west from Sierra Leone on the west African coast, please.
  There should be some land called Cayenne.
  That is where Augustine's fortress is.

• 2709
• Julien
  ...We're here.
  Vittoria, you hide out here in the ship.
  Player and I will go and track down Augustine's location.

• 2710
• Vittoria
  But, what about your wound...?

• 2711
• Julien
  Ha ha...
  It's gotten better during this long voyage.

• 2712
• Voice
  ...Long time no see.

• 2713
• Soldier
  ...Oh! If it isn't Julien.
  I didn't know you were here at New Haven too.

• 2714
• Julien
  Ha ha...
  There were circumstances beyond my control in my home country.
  So I decided to come stay here until things died down.

• 2715
• Soldier
  ...Oh ho, I see.
  By the way, who's the new guy?

• 2716
• Julien
  ...This is Player, a fellow Protestant and Voyager driven out from his country.
  He says he'll help us.

• 2717
• Soldier
  ...Ha ha.
  I see.
  So you're a new recruit to the Organization, eh?

• 2718
• Julien
  ...By the way, where is Father Augustine?

• 2719
• Soldier
  Oh, Father hasn't returned since he left for France.
  Right now he's probably attacking that export fleet.

• 2720
• What question do you want to ask?

• 2721
• What export fleet?

• 2722
• Don't ask anything.

• 2723
• Soldier
  ...Nothing a new guy like yourself needs to worry about.

• 2724
• Julien
  ...Except, I too have never heard a word about that...

• 2725
• Julien
  ...The export fleet?

• 2726
• Soldier
  ...Oh, so you haven't heard about Father's secret plan? Okay, I'll tell you.
  We heard that there will be a Spanish export fleet travelling close to the coast of Santo Domingo.
  Father is planning to sink it while displaying the French naval flag.

• 2727
• Julien
  Ha ha...
  I see now.
  He plans to have the French royal family become even more ostracized from diplomatic affairs by worsening their relationship with France.
  That's Father for you.
  It's a wonderful plan.
  I think I'll go over there and help him with it.

• 2728
• Soldier
  Yeah, you should.

• 2729
• Julien
  Ha ha...
  In the end, it seems my only real talent is deceiving others.
  ...Ugh!

• 2730
• Vittoria
  ...Are you okay? Julien...

• 2731
• Julien
  ...Ha ha.
  This is nothing...
  The fact that he's not back here means that Augustine no doubt still has the treasured sword...
  Let's leave immediately for Santo Domingo.

• 2732
• Pirate
  We are the Royal French Navy! If you don't surrender now, we will attack your ship!

• 2733
• Julien
  This is Julien Clarence.
  I request an audience with Father Augustine!

• 2734
• Augustine
  ...What's going on.
  ...Julien!? You...you're alive...

• 2735
• Julien
  ...Augustine.
  I believe you know what I'm here for.

• 2736
• Augustine
  ...Ha ha.
  It's sad to see how far you have fallen...
  ...All hands to battle stations! Set your sights on the fore civilian ship!

• 2737
• Augustine
  ...Curse you, dog!

• 2738
• Vittoria
  The boat is running away to the city!

• 2739
• Julien
  Chase after it

• 2740
• Julien
  ...There's a trail of blood.
  It must be Augustine's.

• 2741
• Julien
  So where is his body...

• 2742
• Voice
  ...!

• 2743
• Augustine
  Ha ha...
  It seems the tables have turned.

• 2744
• Julien
  Augustine...!

• 2745
• Augustine
  Julien...
  I taught you this long ago.
  It is when the enemy is cornered that you are most likely to let down your guard...

• 2746
• Vittoria
  Player, Julien...! Don't worry about me, just get the sword...!

• 2747
• Augustine
  Be quiet, girl!

• 2748
• Augustine
  ...Now, if you value this girl's life, you will take me to your ship.

• 2749
• What do you want to do?

• 2750
• Let him pass

• 2751
• Stand in his way

• 2752
• Julien
  Player...
  You don't have to do that.

• 2753
• Augustine
  ...Oh ho.
  So you don't mind if this girl you share blood with dies...?

• 2754
• Julien
  That's right...
  You don't need to let him pass.

• 2755
• Augustine
  ...Oh ho.
  So you don't mind if this girl you share blood with dies...?

• 2756
• Julien
  ...Father Augustine, there is just one thing I wish to ask of you.

• 2757
• Augustine
  Ha ha...
  What are you up to now?

• 2758
• Julien
  ...When you shot me, you called me a...
  "hunting dog"...

• 2759
• Augustine
  ...Indeed I did.

• 2760
• Julien
  ...Until that day, I had always admired you, both as my teacher and as my father.
  You took me in when I was an orphan, and showed me boundless kindness...
  ...And yet, it turns out that I was really nothing more than a tool for you to satisfy your thirst for revenge.
  ...Is that what you're saying...?

• 2761
• Vittoria
  Julien...

• 2762
• Augustine
  ...Ha ha.
  Now what are you on about?

• 2763
• Julien
  Father, please answer me...!

• 2764
• Augustine
  ...What a foolish question.
  From the moment I took you in, you were my "hunting dog" whose only purpose was to follow my orders.
  The only reason I showed any kindness to you, who carries the blood of the accursed Orseolos, was because you had those fangs.
  ...But, now that you have lost those fangs, you no longer have any worth, even as a hunting dog...

• 2765
• Augustine
  No...worth...

• 2766
• Julien
  "...When you have a blade pointed at you, catch your enemy off guard and let loose a pistol in their chest"--
  You yourself taught me that.
  Au revoir, Mon pere Augustine.
  If...If you had said one word, just one word, that showed you loved me as your son...
  I'm sure I could never have pulled the trigger--

• 2767
• Julien
  ......

• 2768
• Vittoria
  Julien...

• 2769
• Julien
  ...Here is the sword, safe and sound.
  Now we need to bring this to Master Alvise...

• 2770
• Julien
  ...Very well then, Vittoria, I shall see your battle through to the end.

• 2771
• Vittoria
  Wait! Where are you going?

• 2772
• Julien
  I still don't know what to do.
  Do I follow the destiny of my blood, or do I...

• 2773
• Vittoria
  Julien...!

• 2774
• Vittoria
  I don't see Julien's ship...
  Where could he have gone in his condition...

• 2775
• How will you respond?

• 2776
• Never mind that.
  We need to deliver this sword.

• 2777
• Let's look for him.

• 2778
• Vittoria
  ...But, Julien said he still didn't know what to do.
  I think it'd be pointless if we looked for him and tried to bring him back to Alvise now.

• 2779
• Vittoria
  ...Yeah.
  Besides, Julien said he still didn't know what to do.

• 2780
• Vittoria
  Come on, Player, let's head to Jaffa, where Alvise is fighting.

• 23196
• Fortunately, there was the mansion of the famous doctor Pare.
  Thanks to Pare's skills as a surgeon, he was able to save Julien's life.
  In response to have the treasured sword that Augustino had taken returned, Vittoria said that she would wait until Julien recovered and then would only ask him where it was.
  Just then, a sound came from the room in the back.
  Everybody rushed to the room, where they saw a supposedly resting Julien sitting up.

• 23197
• Julien headed to Augustino's location alone.
  Player and Vittoria asked what kind of person Augustino was.
  However, Julien remained quiet.
  Vittoria explained that their purpose was also to meet with Augustino.
  Julien finally broke his silence and spoke about their past together.
  Augustino had raised him when he was a child, and although an extremist Protestant, he was actually the leader of a band of thieves.
  20 years ago, as an investigator for the High Court of Justice, he was in charge of the "Accusatory Letter Incident".
  However, due to a cover-up by someone, he was taken off of the investigation and replaced by someone else.
  Shortly thereafter, he was attacked by an assassin.
  Somehow, he managed to survive, and he formed a band of thieves in order to seek vengeance against the French Royal Family that had abandoned him.
  Recruiting Protestant extremists, he attacked various Catholic towns, inciting a kind of religious opposition with his actions.
  Amidst this, Augustino heard a rumour that the son of the Viscountess that had died as the perpetrator of the "Accusatory Letter Incident" was still alive.
  He took Julien from the monastery and educated him and raised him as a soldier in order to teach him the truth about what happened with the Accusatory Letter Incident.
  He sent him into the French aristocratic world, and he found each person involved with the incident and dealt with them.
  Finally, upon learning that the mastermind behind the incident was a member of the Orseolo family, he had ordered Julien to seek his revenge against them.

• 23198
• After finishing his story, Julien volunteered to lead them to Augustino despite his injuries.
  Augustino was headed for a fortress that he had built in the Indies.
  There, he had taken in religious followers who had lost their own countries due to opposition and had been organising a private army in order to one day go to war with the King of France.

• 23199
• The group set out for the fortress in the land known as Cayenne.

• 23200
• Once the group had arrived at Cayenne, Julien brought Player along with him and went to search for Augustino's location.
  By asking the men at the fortress, they learned that on the way back from France, he had disguised his fleet as the French Navy to attack a Spanish transport fleet in the seas of Santo Domingo.
  It was a plan to isolate the French royal family diplomatically.

• 23201
• Aboard Player's ship, the group set sail for the seas of Santo Domingo, where they found Augustino leading a fleet disguised to look like the French.
  Knowing that Julien was alive, Augustino ordered the attack.

• 23202
• However, thanks to the efforts of Player, they were able to successfully repel the attack.
  Escaping on a small boat, Augustino fled to the Santo Domingo port.

• 23203
• The group found bloodstains throughout the town, and followed them to forest along the outskirts.

• 23204
• However, upon setting foot in the forest, Augustino leaped out from his hiding spot and took Vittoria hostage.
  ^I taught you this long ago.
  It is when the enemy is cornered that you are most likely to let down your guard...^ Augustino ordered them to lead him to the ship.
  However, Julien stood before them all and brought up that he was called a ^hunting dog^ and that he was only a tool for Augustino to realise his own ambitions.
  He asked, ^...Until that day, I had always admired you, both as my teacher and as my father.
  You took me in when I was an orphan, and showed me boundless kindness...
  And yet, it turns out that I was really nothing more than a tool for you to satisfy your thirst for revenge.
  ...Is that what you're saying...?^ However, Augustino smiled coldly and replied, ^...What a foolish question.
  From the moment I took you in, you were my ^hunting dog^ whose only purpose was to follow my orders.
  The only reason I showed any kindness to you, who carries the blood of the accursed Orseolos, was because you had those fangs.^ Now with those fangs gone, there was no reason left to keep him alive.
  Just as Augustino was ridiculing him, a sudden gunshot rang out.
  Julien had seized an opportunity and fired a pistol from his pocket.
  It was in fact something that Augustino himself had given to him in order to kill people.
  Shot through the chest, Augustino's body lay silent.
  His eyes full of sadness, Julien softly said, ^...If you had said one word, just one word, that showed you loved me as your son...
  I'm sure I could never have pulled the trigger...^

• 23205
• Player and Vittoria received the treasured sword from Julien, who said he was looking forward to seeing them in battle and that he would be taking his leave now.
  Vittoria tried to stop him from leaving, but Julien said he was being led by destiny and then left.