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 cannot leave her side.
kann ich nicht von ihrer Seite weichen.
no podré apartarme de su lado.
de ma dette envers elle.
dovrò restare al suo fianco.
não poderei sair de seu lado.
не посмею сделать и шага от неё.