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 am unfamiliar with courtly etiquette,
Ich bin mit der höfischen
Etikette nicht vertraut.
Desconozco la etiqueta apropiada
Je connais peu l’étiquette,
Non ho dimestichezza con l'etichetta di corte,
Não estou familiarizado 
com a etiqueta da corte
Дворцовый этикет мне непривычен…