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 must be suffocating, 
hearing the young knights' flattery.
Sicher erdrückt es Sie, die Schmeicheleien
der jungen Adligen zu hören.
Toutes ces mondanités
vous étouffent, n’est-ce pas ?
Immagino che ascoltare i complimenti 
dei giovani cavalieri sia asfissiante.
Deve ser sufocante ficar ouvindo esses 
jovens cavaleiros te cortejando.
От лести молодых аристократов,
наверное, не продохнуть?