“There is one other matter!” he says with a serious tone. Hurmaz had said something before his death, before he had drank the poisoned cup. Mart listens carefully. Hurmaz had said he has a copy of all their illegal dealings and hid them somewhere. Mart is suspicious about it saying if he had such a thing, he would have revealed them sooner. Perhaps he didn’t have the time. Or he had given them to Tirad. But if Tirad had them, he wouldn’t leave the Saviour Ship in the first place. He is confused and annoyed. Hurmaz didn’t trust anyone but Tirad. Could Chouman have them? Chouman seems more ignorant to the matter and if he knew anything, he wouldn’t vote for Akhgar to become the First Disciple, nor would he accept Mart joining the Circle. Could he have given them to Farnab or other younger disciples? If they had possession of such documents, they would have revealed them by now, for their own sake and progress. No one would lose such a chance, becoming the First Disciple by throwing out all the Circle members because of treason. Perhaps the documents are not factual enough. Even though, anyone who has them could use the documents as a means to blackmail Mart and the others. He still doesn’t think such documents and a person having them exist. If they did, they would have acted on them by now. Maybe it’s someone smart, keeping them for a critical time to reveal or blackmail. Akhgar doesn’t seem too involved. He asks a different question.

“Why did Tirad want to come back here from Oxan as soon as you had arrived there? What did he know?” he asks. Mart doesn’t know. Maybe he had felt something in his heart, sensed a danger and wanted to make sure everything was fine. Whether they accepted it or not, Hurmaz and Tirad had a heartily bond. But Akhgar believes he was warned that something was going on here. He even thinks Tirad knew Hurmaz’s life was in danger; otherwise, he wouldn’t go to so much trouble returning. But Mart thinks if Tirad had any idea of what was going on, he would have stayed in Oxan and tried to stop the fire.

“What about Lealy? Did she know anything?” Akhgar asks. Mart sneers. If she knew, she wouldn’t go to the harbour that night.

“Did she know about Hurmaz’s assassination?” he asks his question more precisely. Mart doesn’t think so. He brags about having done something to her from the beginning of their trip, making her so mad not to talk to anyone. Even if she knew, she hadn’t spoken to Tirad to let him know.

“I had two agents watching Lealy and Tirad at all times. I’m sure she didn’t know anything,” he says proudly. Then he remembers something.

“The night before our trip, I went to Tirad’s room to deliver a note, while he was asleep. I searched everywhere. All he had was a forbidden book. He definitely didn’t have the documents!” he explains. If Lealy had those documents, she would have used them by now to declare Tirad’s innocence and save his life. Mart tries to convince Akhgar that such papers don’t exist. Akhgar sighs and puts his hand on Tirad’s shoulder. He says they better get back to the Ship; their guests are waiting for them. He sends the guards to walk before them and clear the way. Mart walks side by side continuing his talk to Akhgar. He wants Mart to listen carefully and do as he orders. The first thing he has to do is to find those hidden documents or make sure they don’t exist. And secondly, he has to find Tirad and bring him to the Saviour Ship to be tried.