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...
But what does Duke Cowen intend 
to do with the adventurers?
Aber was gedenkt Fürst Cowen
mit den Abenteurern zu tun?
Pero ¿qué piensa hacer el duque 
Corwen con los aventureros?
Je me demande ce que le duc Corwen
compte faire avec ces aventuriers…
Ma cos'ha intenzione di fare 
il duca Cowen con gli avventurieri?
Mas o que o Duque Cowen pretende 
fazer com os Aventureiros?
Однако ж!