A new life has opened up for you since your father became a sailor. Your family's financial affairs improved and you even became closer to your father. Holland, where you came from, was flourishing, your family had risen from poverty to become quite noble and influential. It was a really wonderful feeling.

Your father was about to embark on another voyage on his merchant ship. and even though some believed that the girl on the box was in trouble, this path turned out to be extremely easy and quick. Yes, your father and his crew sailed to Japan to buy various products to sell later in England and America.

Yes, Japan was closed for many years, avoiding the plague and then colonization, but Japan had products to export, and other countries had other goods to import into Japan.

so now you were standing on the shore of a new country for you. it was really exciting. The traders and the ship's crew were not allowed to leave a certain area of land. This was the treaty by which Japan agreed to trade with Holland. Now before your eyes was a new country, a new culture, new values, new people.

your gaze swept over the people around you. some were Europeans, typical European, Dutch backgammon, which was very familiar to you. The Japanese were dressed completely differently. The men, I think they were called samurai, were dressed in beautiful and majestic armor.The Japanese women who were there for the pleasure of the sailors were dressed in beautiful long dresses - kimonos and had white faces, obviously with some kind of traditional makeup.

by chance your gaze slid a little further than the pier. You noticed a young man, about 26 years old. He was in a cage, but there were no guards nearby. although the young man looked extremely exhausted and worn out. His lips were dry and cracked, his eyes were closed, as if he had been dozing while standing. His black hair is disheveled and he is wearing some old, dirty clothes. on his hands but handles, although his fingers were clearly already numb.