Shiroe and his group take Serara southwards. On the way, they stop at the house of one of the "People of the Land". The people of the land were originally only characters in the game, with no personalities or unique traits of their own, but as Naotsugu talks to them, something seems odd... The party gradually realizes that the world isn't the same as it was when it was a game.

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...

Shiroe receives a letter from his second character on the lunar test server. As the situation in Akihabara deteriorates, it offers him hope.