Shiroe, Crusty, and Michitaka are invited to the palace by the Free Cities of Eastel.  The nobles of the land invite the three of them to various meetings and seem to be trying to find out more about Akihabara and the Round Table.  Crusty is attracted to the daughter of Duke Cowen, who is noble, beautiful, but seems somehow lazy...
I thought you'd find such things tedious.
Ich dachte, Sie fänden solche
Veranstaltungen langweilig.
Pensé que le parecerían 
aburridas esas cosas.
Je pensais
que vous trouviez ça ennuyeux.
Pensavo che avreste trovato noioso 
questo genere di attività.
Achei que você ficasse 
entendiado com estas coisas.
Мне казалось,
что вам подобное будет в тягость.