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...
None of them is likely to 
be stronger than you.
perciò non credo ci sia qualcuno più forte di voi.
Nenhum deles parece ser
 mais forte do que você.