A loud knock interrupted the three maids' talking as they were brushing the young girl's hair.

"Come in." Felicitá said before a familiar figure walked in. "Nova! What is it?" The red-haired girl was surprised to see the boy in his room so early in the morning and the worried look on his face was more than unfamiliar on him. He seemed reluctant to raise his gaze to meet Felicitá's and he turned it away as soon as he had met it.

"I...have some bad news to deliver." Felicitá rose from her chair.

"Has something happened to Papá?" Her voice was alarmed.

Nova shook his head.

"No... it's Libertá." Felicitá was shocked.

"Eh...? What has happened?" Her voice wavered. Nova stared at the floor.

"We just heard from Dante this morning. He... was abducted by pirates yesterday and hasn't been seen since then."

"What? How could that happen?" Felicitá was trembling and close to tears.

"It seems that the pirates weren't after the cargo, they were after him. There was a storm that night and Libertá was too weak to fight against the pirates."

Felicitá collapsed to the chair behind her and it was clear she was too shocked to even cry.

"Felicitá, we need to go and find him. He needs our help." Nova sounded determined and it affected the young lady. She raised her head to meet his gaze with Nova's.

After just a moment of hesitation she was able to reply.

"Yeah." She said and nodded determinedly.

At the pirate ship

Libertá woke up only to be greeted by a massive headache. He massaged the back of his head and opened his eyes to see a dark room only lid by one oil lamp. He felt the room rock, so he figured he was inside a ship. But it wasn't Dante's ship. So where...? Then he remembered the pirate attack.
"No way... I was taken by them?" Libertá asked the silent room. For a second he felt a bang of betrayal and sadness in his chest but he shook it away as he knew that Dante would never give up on him so easily. Something unexpected had happened and that's why the pirates had gotten away.

Libertá got up and decided to try and escape the ship. Once he could stand without seeing the room spinning he noticed an important weight missing from his waist. His sword had been taken! Or had it fallen during the fight?

Libertá figured his escaping wasn't going to be easy and without his sword nearly impossible. He was in no condition to use his powers so the only thing he could use were his hands and feet.

But before he could even think about his escape plan a voice interrupted his thoughts.

"I see you have woken up." Libertá spun around to see a man wearing a long coat and a hat which he had often seen pirate captains wear.

Libertá took a fighting position and earned an unexpected laugh from the pirate.

"You truly are 'The Fool'. You won't stand a chance against me, yet you wish to fight me." Libertá looked at the man angrily.

"How do you know about my contract with the Tarocco?" The man was silent for a while before grinning in a scary manner.

"Oh, I know about your contract, card number #0, The Fool. Your name is Libertá and your power is Pensiero Realizzare, one of the strongest powers of the Arcana family. Anything you say can be granted to you." The man said and Libertá took a step backwards. The man knew too much about him to feel comfortable. The pirate's eyes got a strange glint in them suddenly and Libertá felt like something dangerous was approaching him.

"And soon I will have that power to my use!" The man shouted and Libertá felt the room spin again but much stronger than when he had woken up. He was too late to realize what was happening to him as he slipped into the dark abyss.

At the harbor

Felicitá and Nova ran down towards the harbor with only one thing in their mind: To find Dante before he would sail off to find Libertá.

Fortunately they were on time. Panting, they explained that they wished to accompany Dante on finding Libertá.

Dante didn't say anything at first but then he nodded.

"I understand. But if things get dangerous you have to promise that you will get away from the pirates." Nova and Felicitá nodded though in their mind they thought that if it meant that they could save Libertá they were ready to face any kind of danger.