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...
Neither of us has a real idea as 
to what the other is capable of...
Beide Seiten wissen nicht,
wozu die andere fähig ist.
Ninguno sabe bien lo que 
el otro es capaz de hacer.
Le rapport de forces
Nessuno di noi ha idea 
di cosa l'altro sia capace di fare...
Nenhum dos lados tem ideia 
do que o outro lado é capaz.
Наверное, из-за того…