The name I render "Tarta" is an obvious reference to tartar (sauce), but isn't spelled the way it ought to be in Japanese (タルタル). As for the chapter name, tartar sauce is often served with fried seafood, and while I don't eat frog (frog legs?), I suppose it could be considered a sort of seafood. As an extra side note, tartar sauce uses mayonnaise as a base and may have vinegar added for flavor, and for all I know they might mix it with soy sauce in Japan too (I'll have to remember to research that later...). Refer to the names of Magus's minions if these references don't mean anything to you.

Remember that house from before? The scared boy from the mountain entrance is there now.

Tarta: I, I'm sorry....
This Hero Badge, the truth is,
a seriously drunk frog man
dropped it when he left the bar.
Then when I went to the city thinking
I could sell it for a lot, everyone made
a big fuss calling me the Hero, so I
was in too deep to back out....
But it's too much for me after all.
Legendary hero, as if....
I've learned my lesson now.
I'll give you guys this badge!

TATA: I...I'm sorry everyone.
Some frog guy dropped this in a
cafe.
I thought I'd sell it, but then
everyone started calling me a
"Hero."
I couldn't bear to get rid of it!
I just can't fake it any longer.
I'm no Hero...! I'm so ashamed!
Here.
Please take this!

Tarta's father, standing nearby, hears all this and freaks out.

Tarta's Father: Jeez, I thought it might
be something like this....
Your father's ashamed to the
point of tears!

TATA'S FATHER: Scoundrel!
I knew this was all a sham!

Tarta: This even though YOU'RE the
one who was all boasting about,
"I'm the dad who raised the hero"...!

Well, we only know of one frog man... time to return that badge.

Frog is still standing silently in the corner.

Frog: You've come again...?
Mh, that badge....
I see....
So you met that runt....
But, I can't do a thing against
Magus anymore....
The legendary sword Grandleon,
essential to fighting Magus, is....
And besides, I'm not even qualified
to hold the Grandleon.
Won't you leave me alone
already...?

Frog: Thee hath returned?
Th, the Hero Medal!
Aye...
Then thou hast seen the lad.
Yet there's nary a thing I canst do
against Magus.
The legendary Masamune is
required to fight Magus.
And I've no right to wield it.
Please leave now...

Have I mentioned that the fake early English in the NA version sometimes makes me cringe in agony? Seeing "Thee hath returned" is one of those times. It should be "Thou hast returned" is he's talking just to Crono, or "You have returned" if to all of them. "Thee hath"...? That's using an object as a subject and a third-person verb with a second-person pronoun. Geh.

Frog finally moves, revealing something shiny... a sword hilt.

Lucca: A broken sword....
It's a piece of the Grandleon!

Lucca: A broken sword...
It's part of the Masamune!

Robo: A sword that has been broken....
It IS a piece of the Grandleon!

Robo: A broken sword...
A part of the Masamune!

Robo: Something IS WRITTEN in
an ancient era's hieroglyphs.
I SHALL try decoding it....
............
...h... c... s... o... b...?
Hcsob...??
OH, it IS inverted!
"Bosch" is inscribed.

Robo: Something is written in
archaic script.
I will translate...
.......
R...o...i...h...c...l...e...m?
Roihclem?
System error!
I reversed it!
It says "Melchior!"

Lucca: Something's engraved in symbols
from an ancient era. I think I can
manage this much, anyway.
U... mm....
...b... o... s... c... h...?

Lucca: It's engraved with archaic
letters.
I think I can read it.
Um...mm...
...M...e...l...c...h...i...o...r!

Marle: "Bosch", that Bosch?
Medina Village's...?
W, what's going on, Crono?

Marle: Melchior?
That guy in Medina Village?
What does this mean, Crono?

Lucca: You said "Bosch"!?
It can't be.... Medina Village's...?

Lucca: "Melchior?!"
That guy in Medina village?

Frog: There isn't a person in this
world anymore who can
fix the Grandleon....

Frog: Nary a soul remains to
mend'eth the Masamune.

That's "remaineth to mend", and there's no apostrophe in "mendeth" anyway....

That's not going to stop Crono from trying.... Let's see if Bosch knows anything.

Bosch is here, selling weapons, as always.

Bosch: Hey, it's you guys.
Come again for my collec...!!
Th, this sword is definitely the
Grandleon! Where did you...?

MELCHIOR: You're back again?
Come to see my collection?
Th, this sword...it's the
Masamune!
How did you get it?

Lucca: I wonder why your name's
carved on this sword?

Lucca: Why would your name be
engraved on the sword?

Marle: Why's your name on this sword?

Marle: Why would YOUR name be on
that sword?

3-04 時の回廊 (Corridors of Time) begins to play.

Bosch: ......
That is... it's a long story....
But you didn't come visit to ask
about that, did you?

MELCHIOR: ...
It's a...long story.
You do want to hear this
story, right?

Lucca: That's right! The Grandleon!
Is it possible to restore it?

Lucca: Of course!
Tell us about the Masamune!
Is it possible to reforge it?

Marle: That's right! The Grandleon!
Can you get it back to how it was?

Marle: Yes!
Tell us about the Masamune!
Can you fix it somehow?

The above exchange never made sense to me until I saw it in Japanese. In the NA version, he asks if they want to hear the story, they agree that they want him to tell it, and then he says nothing else about it and no one seems to care. However, in the original, he's actually changing the subject by asking whether they had another reason for coming in the first place. Marle and Lucca aren't so much agreeing (like "Of course!" and "Yes!" in the NA version) as they are exclaiming "Oh, that's right, how could I almost forget we came here to get this thing fixed!" in mild shock.

Bosch: If you can even now get the
ore called Dreamstone that's its
raw material.... I suppose so.

MELCHIOR: Hmmmm...
It might be possible if we could get
our hand on some Dreamstone,
which the sword is made of.

The music begins to fade out.

Robo: Dreamstone....
The stone name IS not
recorded in MY memory.

Robo: Dreamstone...?
No data in my memory banks of
such a rock.

Marle: Dreamstone?
I wonder where it is?

Marle: Dreamstone?
Where can we get that?

Bosch: I doubt it's anywhere, now.
It's a red shining stone that long
ago had more value than even gold.
That's far in the past now.
So far the mind boggles....

MELCHIOR: You can't find it anymore.
It was a red stone that was once
used as money.
Unfortunately, it hasn't been
available for a very long time.

Memories of Greenery resumes playing.

Bosch: Well, I don't expect it's possible, but if
by any chance you get the red shining stone,
Dreamstone, I'll mend the Grandleon for you.
Until then, you guys hold onto the sword.

MELCHIOR: I doubt that you'll ever find
the red stone, but if you bring some
to me, I will fix the Masamune. Keep
the sword with you until then.

Since time seems to be the biggest problem, Crono and the others try going where time doesn't matter...