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've heard many rumors about it.
Mir kamen schon viele Gerüchte
über Ihre Küche zu Ohren.
He escuchado muchos rumores sobre eso.
Vous avez bonne réputation,
vous savez.
Ho sentito molto parlare di voi.
Ouvi muitos boatos a respeito disso.
До меня доходили
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