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 guess there are heated debates in every world.
In jeder Welt kommt es wohl
zu hitzigen Debatten.
Parece que hay debates 
intensos en todos los mundos.
C’est toujours pareil,
avec les débats…
Cambi mondo, ma questo tipo 
di discussioni rimane lo stesso...
Acho que vocês têm debates 
acalorados por todo o mundo.
— Дебаты бывают жаркими в любом мире…