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...
It is an honor of which I am unworthy.
Einer solch großen Ehre halte
ich mich nicht für würdig.
Es un honor que no merezco.
Je ne mérite pas tant d’honneur.
È un onore che non mi merito.
É uma honra que não sou digno de ter.
А я не достоин подобных почестей…