• 898
• Vittoria
  ...Now, where did Harun get off to...

• 899
• Julien
  Come to think of it, I haven't seen him since we entered the city gates.

• 900
• Vittoria
  Honestly.
  He must have gone off on his own again.
  Well, there's nothing we can do now.
  Come on everyone, let's split up and find him.

• 901
• Harun
  So, you're saying that my mum and dad are still alive!?

• 902
• Merchant
  That's right.
  I saw them in the Sahara desert.
  They were travelling around with a peddler and trying to find out where you were.
  Go find them and take care of them.

• 903
• Harun
  Hmph.
  It's been 10 years since we were separated in Iberia, and I haven't seen or heard from them since.
  I'm not going to start taking care of them now.
  Besides, even if we meet I can't live together with them.
  Not now that I'm working as a treasure hunter.

• 904
• Merchant
  I see.
  Well, I won't push you.

• 905
• Harun
  ......

• 906
• Merchant
  But you know, Harun.

• 907
• Merchant
  It looks like that visitor has been waiting to see you.

• 908
• Harun
  ?

• 909
• Harun
  Player...!
  Have you been here all this time? Did you overhear that?

• 910
• How do I answer

• 911
• You guessed it.

• 912
• Overhear what?

• 913
• Harun
  Please don't say anything about this to Vittoria.
  Promise me!

• 914
• Harun
  Then there's no problem.
  Come on, let's get back to the ship.

• 915
• Vittoria
  Where did you go, Harun?

• 916
• Harun
  Sorry about that! I ran into someone I knew.

• 917
• Vittoria
  Honestly...
  By the way, Player, we'll be heading back to Venice now.
  Are you going back to France?

• 918
• How will you respond?

• 919
• Yes.

• 920
• I'll come with you to Venice.

• 921
• Vittoria
  I see...
  Well, I hope you'll come see us again in Venice soon.
  We'd love to have you.

• 922
• Vittoria
  Really!? That's great!
  Then, may we ask you to take us in your ship again?

• 923
• How will you respond?

• 924
• Sure.

• 925
• Take your own ship.

• 926
• Vittoria
  Thank you.
  Okay everyone, let's all help the crew.

• 927
• Vittoria
  You're right...
  I'm sorry for making such an impudent request.

• 928
• Merchant
  Are you a friend of Harun's? Tell him to take care of his parents, would you?

• 929
• Julien
  So this is the mansion of the famous Orseolo family...
  It's very beautiful.

• 930
• Julien
  Why, if it isn't Player! Long time no see.

• 931
• Vittoria
  Player! How good to see you.
  Hey, there's something I've been wanting to ask you.
  Ever since we came back from Tunis, Harun has been acting strangely.
  He's stopped mouthing off...
  In fact, he barely says anything now.
  Player, you were the one who found him in the city, right? I was wondering if you knew anything that might explain it...

• 932
• Vittoria
  Hey, Player, ever since we came back from Tunis, Harun's been acting very quiet.
  Did something happen in Tunis?

• 933
• What do you want to do?

• 934
• Tell her what you heard

• 935
• Don't talk about anything.

• 936
• Vittoria
  I wonder what's going on...

• 937
• Vittoria
  I had no idea...
  Please, tell me more.

• 938
• Vittoria
  I see.
  His separated parents...

• 939
• Julien
  No wonder he didn't want to say anything...

• 940
• Vittoria
  I'd love to take him to his parents if only I knew where they were...

• 941
• Julien
  ...
  ...Okay, my patrone.
  As someone invited into your salon, it is my job to grant your wish.
  Although it is not quite in the realm of my treasure hunting skills, I will go and find them for you.

• 942
• Vittoria
  Really!?

• 943
• Julien
  However, I have one condition.
  It seems that Harun's parents are currently working as peddlers.
  In order to find them, I will need to travel among many different cities on the northern African coastline.
  However, in order to travel among this pirate-infested territory, I will need someone with better ship-handling skills than I.
  Player, may I ask for your help in this?

• 944
• How will you respond?

• 945
• Okay, I see.

• 946
• No.

• 947
• Julien
  I see...
  That is unfortunate.

• 948
• Julien
  The Voyager Player--your name is now well known all over France.
  If you would accompany me, I would be enormously reassured.

• 949
• Vittoria
  In that case, I'll go with you two.

• 950
• Voice
  Mistress!

• 951
• Emaretta
  Are you planning to leave without telling Master Alvise once again?

• 952
• Vittoria
  Now, Emaretta, this isn't quite like that...

• 953
• Emaretta
  But it's not official business either, is it?

• 954
• Vittoria
  Well...

• 955
• Julien
  Ha ha.
  Please, just leave this to me and Player.
  Okay, Player, let's get going.

• 956
• Vittoria
  That's true.
  If you're with Player, I can rest easy.

• 957
• Julien
  My sailing skills are not enough to manoeuvre through the treacherous pirate-infested waters of the African coast.
  If possible, I would like your assistance, as you are a true Voyager...

• 958
• How will you respond?

• 959
• Okay, I see.

• 960
• No.

• 961
• Julien
  I see...
  That is unfortunate.

• 962
• Julien
  The Voyager Player--your name is now well known all over France.
  If you would accompany me, I would be enormously reassured.

• 963
• Vittoria
  In that case, I'll go with you two.

• 964
• Voice
  Mistress!

• 965
• Emaretta
  Are you planning to leave without telling Master Alvise once again?

• 966
• Vittoria
  Now, Emaretta, this isn't quite like that...

• 967
• Emaretta
  But it's not official business either, is it?

• 968
• Vittoria
  Well...

• 969
• Julien
  Ha ha.
  Please, just leave this to me and Player.
  Okay, Player, let's get going.

• 970
• Vittoria
  Thank you, Player.
  I'm sorry to put this all on your shoulders.

• 971
• Emaretta
  I shall protect the mistress while you are gone, so don't worry about a thing.

• 972
• Julien
  Player, let's first head back to Tunis and talk to the merchant Harun knew there.

• 973
• Merchant
  Hey, you're Harun's friend...

• 974
• What will you do?

• 975
• Ask about Harun's parents

• 976
• Don't ask

• 977
• Merchant
  What is it? Didn't you come here to ask me something?

• 978
• Merchant
  Oh ho! So he's finally agreed to see his parents, eh.

• 979
• Julien
  Well, no.
  Actually...

• 980
• Merchant
  I see...
  He does want to see them, but he refuses to admit it, eh? That's just like the little brat.
  Harun's parents' names are Hamed and Mariam.
  They're travelling merchants, or pedlars, that travel around the different countries in a desert caravan.

• 981
• Julien
  Where is that caravan now?

• 982
• Merchant
  At the beginning of this year they crossed the desert and headed to the far west of this continent.
  But lately, thanks to the nomad Bedouin, the desert has become dangerous.
  It's better to take the long way there by ship.

• 983
• Julien
  Thank you for the important warning.
  Come on, Player.

• 984
• Merchant
  Give my regards to Harun.

• 985
• Julien
  We don't have a lot of time.
  Let's start by visiting cities on the African route.

• 986
• Julien
  Once we get to the west side, we will need a port permit to enter the west African coast...
  Unfortunately, neither you nor I seem to have one.
  And if we can't get in the city, we won't be able to do anything.
  So let's go get a permit and find Harun's parents soon.

• 987
• Julien
  It looks like you successfully got a west African coast port permit.
  We don't have much time, so let's start visiting cities on the African route.

• 988
• Hamed
  This is hemp brought all the way across the desert from Maghreb.
  Very reasonably priced.

• 989
• Julien
  You must be Monsieur Hamed.

• 990
• Hamed
  ...?
  How do you know my name...?

• 991
• What do you want to do?

• 992
• Talk about Harun

• 993
• Don't talk about anything.

• 994
• Hamed
  Well, never mind.
  If you're not going to buy anything, then don't interfere with my business.

• 995
• Hamed
  You're kidding...
  Ever since we got separated from him we have searched far and wide.
  I never would have thought he had ended up in a place like that...
  That boy is the only one to whom we can entrust our business.
  I would like to see him once again...
  Please, could you give him this letter?

• 996
• Julien
  Of course.

• 997
• Julien
  Now we can finally go back to Venice.

• 998
• Hamed
  Thank you...
  I'm just happy to know that he's safe and sound.

• 999
• Vittoria
  Player, Julien.
  Good to see you're back.

• 1000
• Julien
  Player, thanks to you I was able to come back safely.
  I appreciate it.

• 1001
• Emaretta
  Good work, Player.

• 1002
• Vittoria
  Player, Julien, good work.
  Please accept this on my behalf.

• 1003
• Vittoria
  So...did you find Harun's parents?

• 1004
• You handed over the letter to Harun!

• 1005
• Vittoria
  I see...
  They want him to come back...

• 1006
• Harun
  Look, Vittoria!

• 1007
• Harun
  I found a new ancient document in the city's library! With this, we can...
  Hey, what's with the long faces, you guys?

• 1008
• Vittoria
  It's a letter from your parents.
  Player and Julien brought it back with them.

• 1009
• Harun
  ...I can't believe it...
  ...
  My dad wants me to be a pedlar with him!
  That's ridiculous.
  I'm a part of Vittoria's salon now.
  I have a contract and everything.

• 1010
• Vittoria
  I'll annul your contract.
  Remember, it said that if you had shown no results before the limit expired, your assistance would be cut off.

• 1011
• Harun
  ...H-hold on.
  What about this ancient docume...

• 1012
• Vittoria
  No.
  A promise is a promise.
  Emaretta, arrange an official ship for Harun, please.

• 1013
• Emaretta
  Understood, Mistress.

• 1014
• Harun
  ......

• 1015
• Julien
  I can't believe you went so far as to fire him.
  But after all, a patrone has no business paying money to useless people, does she?

• 1016
• Vittoria
  ...That's not it.
  Harun may seem wild and untamed, but his words when he was robbing excavation sites were backed up with real experiences.
  He was important to all of us at the salon.
  But if I hadn't said that, he would have been torn as to whether or not to go see his parents or to protect our contract,
  and he would have never been able to go home...

• 1017
• Julien
  Ha ha...
  So that's why you acted like that.

• 1018
• Vittoria
  That's right.
  Parents are irreplaceable...
  My own parents were dead before I can remember.
  I know what that's like, and I know Harun really wants to live with his parents now that he knows they're alive.
  Even if it's painful, it's my duty to give him the push he needs to go to them.

• 1019
• Julien
  ...
  If that's what they both want...eh.

• 1020
• Vittoria
  The boat should be ready to leave soon.
  Let's go, Player, Julien.

• 1021
• Julien
  If that's what they both want...
  Ha ha...
  What a happy thing.
  Okay, Player, let's be on our way to the harbour.

• 1022
• Julien
  ......

• 1023
• Harun
  Hmph.
  What do you want?
  First you kick me out, now you're here to see me off?

• 1024
• Vittoria
  Harun...

• 1025
• Harun
  ...Hey, what's with the teary eyes?

• 1026
• Harun
  ...
  I knew you did that for me.
  You know Player, Julien, it was none of your business doing that...
  *sniff* *sniff* Vittoriaaaaa!

• 1027
• Vittoria
  ...Come now, don't cry.

• 1028
• Harun
  *sob*

• 1029
• Vittoria
  It's not like we'll never get to see each other again.

• 1030
• Harun
  ...Will you hire me again someday?

• 1031
• Vittoria
  Of course I will.
  After all those adventures together, you're practically my little brother now.
  ...A really bratty and troublesome younger brother.

• 1032
• Harun
  ...Heh.
  Ha ha.
  Well, yeah.

• 1033
• Vittoria
  Bye bye, Harun.
  Give my regards to your family!

• 1034
• Harun
  B-bye, everyone!

• 1035
• Julien
  Family--
  ...You know, I'm actually looking for my mother.
  That's the reason I came to Venice in the first place.

• 1036
• Vittoria
  ...Then, she's somewhere here?

• 1037
• Julien
  ...No.
  She too died before I could remember.
  I've never even seen her face.
  All I've heard is that a single picture of her is still here somewhere.

• 1038
• Vittoria
  Let me help you find it.

• 1039
• Julien
  Thank you very much.

• 1040
• Vittoria
  Oh...? What is it?

• 1041
• Emaretta
  Mistress, Master Alvise has requested that you hurry back to the mansion, and bring Master Player and Master Julien with you as well.

• 1042
• Vittoria
  Let's go.

• 1043
• Alvise
  So you're back, Vittoria?

• 1044
• Vittoria
  What's going on, Alvise?

• 1045
• Julien
  How good to see you again, Master Alvise.

• 1046
• Alvise
  Julien, you said your name was? I was concerned about your history, so I took the liberty of researching you.

• 1047
• Julien
  ......

• 1048
• Alvise
  And a truly interesting history it is.
  In Paris, you were lionized as a skilled treasure hunter, known as the Court Favourite, and had affairs with countless noble women.

• 1049
• Julien
  ...Those are nothing but rumours.
  I did nothing but my job for them.

• 1050
• Alvise
  Is that true?
  In Paris, the Marquis Ercelak's daughter; in Marseilles, Countess De Broglie.
  Of your female clients, two of them have been prosecuted for treason to the Varoff Royal Family, and have even been arrested.
  There are rumours that you were directly involved in both of those incidents as well.

• 1051
• Julien
  ...Ha ha.
  Is that it?
  The High Court of Justice has proven that I had no connection to those incidents whatsoever.
  I'd thank you to stop ruining one's reputation baselessly.

• 1052
• Vittoria
  That's right, Alvise.
  Julien worked with Player to help me find Harun's parents.
  There's no way he could be a bad person.

• 1053
• Alvise
  Hmph.
  You think I'm going to fall for that?
  Julien.
  Why did you approach my sister?

• 1054
• Julien
  ......

• 1055
• Alvise
  Player, you were a witness at Countess De Broglie's trial.
  Do you know anything about this man's true nature?

• 1056
• What do you want to do?

• 1057
• Tell him what you know.

• 1058
• Don't answer.

• 1059
• Alvise
  ...What is it, Player?

• 1060
• Alvise
  ...Aha.
  You do know something...

• 1061
• Messenger
  Master Alvise!

• 1062
• Messenger
  I have an urgent report from our secret messenger in Istanbul.
  Apparently Turkey has invited the pirate chief Barbary and is showing signs of readying a full galleon and preparing a full-scale assault on our country.
  The Decemviri has asked you to come meet with them to discuss this.

• 1063
• Alvise
  Are you serious!?

• 1064
• Julien
  I see...
  This is truly a dangerous situation...

• 1065
• Messenger
  We maintained an advantage over Turkey because we knew we had superior naval power.
  But if Barbary is helping them...

• 1066
• Alvise
  Vittoria.
  I must take my leave of the mansion for a while.
  Take care of things while I'm gone.

• 1067
• Vittoria
  ...Yes, Alvise.

• 1068
• Alvise
  Player.
  If you see Julien doing anything suspicious, let me know of it at once.

• 1069
• Julien
  ......

• 1070
• Vittoria
  Come now, Alvise, there's no need for that...

• 1071
• Julien
  Hmph.
  It looks like I'm truly disliked around here.
  Okay then, I must prepare for the next excavation, so I will take my leave now.

• 1072
• Voice
  Ha ha...Player.

• 1073
• Julien
  You witnessed the entire Countess affair with your very own eyes.
  No doubt you have good reasons to suspect me.
  However...
  Please believe me when I tell you that I am only working for the Orseolos as an honest man.
  Please do not forget that.
  Unnecessary suspicions will only bring about unpleasant consequences for both of us.

• 24066
• As she was boarding the ship to return to Venice, Vittoria noticed that Harun was nowhere to be found.
  And so, Player and her split up in order to find him.

• 24067
• Player found Harun standing around talking with a merchant in a rest area in town.
  Harun seemed disturbed talking about his lifelong separation from his parents and was looking for them.
  Noticing that Player was by his side, he checked to make sure nothing was overheard and then returned to the ship.

• 24068
• Harun returned and then Vittoria and the others finally set out to return to Venice.

• 24069
• After returning from Tunis, Vittoria noticed that Harun was acting strangely.
  She asked Player if there was something wrong with him.
  Player replied that Harun had learned just before coming to work for Vittoria that his parents were still alive, but because he worked for her, he was unable to look for them.
  In response, Julien proposed to go and look for Harun's parents, and asked Player to help him.

• 24070
• First, they returned to Tunis in order to speak with the merchant that was talking to Harun.

• 24071
• According to the merchant, Harun's parents sold their wares in the Sahara desert and were currently journeying through western Africa.
  Due to fears of being attacked by nomads in the desert, the two of them decided to go by sea and work their way around.

• 24072
• Before long, Player and Julien came across Harun's father, Hamed.
  He was surprised to learn that Harun was still alive and said that he wished they could be a family again.
  Player and Julien received a letter from him and returned to Venice.

• 24073
• Vittoria took the letter from Harun's father.
  Just then, Harun himself entered the room.
  Upon learning that his father wished for them to be together, he refused on the basis that he was working for Vittoria's Salon.
  However, Vittoria coldly stated that the contract had expired and ordered Harun to board the ship.

• 24074
• Even though Vittoria valued Harun's talent, she also knew that he was hiding his real desire to go and be with his parents.
  She also had lost her parents at a young age, and due to that experience, decided to push Harun like she did.
  "If that's what they both want...eh," sighed Julien.

• 24075
• Player and the others saw off Harun as he left.
  Sensing Vittoria's true intentions, Harun began to cry and found it difficult to leave.
  To him, she was not only his patrone, but also served as a kind of older sister, to which he promised to return one day.
  He then set out for Africa, where his parents were waiting.

• 24076
• Family, muttered Julien suddenly after Harun had left.
  The reason he had come to Venice was in order to find a portrait of the mother he had never known.
  Vittoria promised to help him find the picture.
  However, just then, there was an urgent message from Alvise.

• 24077
• As they entered the room, Alvise looked at Julien suspiciously.

• 24078
• Having looked into his background, he found some strange entries in his past.
  In Paris, he was known as the ^Court Favourite^, and had enjoyed the company of numerous noblewomen, two of whom had been convicted of treason against the French Royal Family.
  There were also whispers that Julien had also directly participated in the treason as well.
  In response, Julien claimed that they were all mere rumours.
  However, Alvise refused to trust him and decided to ask about the details to Player, who had been involved in the incident with the Countess De Broglie.
  The air was growing tense until suddenly, a messenger burst into the room.
  Turkey was creating a massive fleet of Galleys in Istanbul and planned to officially declare war on Venice.

• 24079
• Alvise asked Player to report to him directly if Julien did anything suspicious.
  Determined to discuss the plan, they hurried on to the mansion.

• 24080
• Having left the Orseolo's mansion, Player came across Julien, who said he was simply working for the Orseolo family in order to earn a living.
  And then, he commented that suspecting each other would only make things difficult for the both of them and he left.