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...
If the two of us were to take tea together,
Wenn wir beide zusammen Tee trinken,
gäbe uns das eine Ausrede,
Si los dos tomáramos el té juntos,
Si je dis que j’étais avec vous,
Se prendessimo un tè insieme,
Se nós dois tomarmos chá juntos,
Однако, если мы будем пить чай вместе…