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...
No, I am a barbarian who knows only war.
Nein, ich bin ein Grobian,
der nur das Schlachtfeld kennt.
No, soy un salvaje que solo conoce la guerra.
Je ne suis qu’un rustre
qui ne connaît que la guerre.
No, io sono un barbaro 
che conosce solo la battaglia.
Não, sou um bárbaro que
 só entende de guerra.
Что вы…