Arslan Senki - Volume 2 by Tanaka Yoshiki

Author:Tanaka Yoshiki
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Trollo WN/LN EPUB
Published: 2019-08-04T00:00:00+00:00

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1 corpse-eater (ghoul) ^

2 ~5 m ^

3 Respectively: beer (see notes re: correction), lentil soup, hotcakes (pancakes) ^

Chapter 4: Rupture and Reunion

(i)

(notes)

In early winter of the 320th year of Pars, the kingdom fell into the greatest tumult it had ever experienced since the accession of Hero King Kai Khosrow.

There had been various such events until now throughout the history of Pars. Among the royal court unfolded bouts of intrigue and assassination. So too had there been insurrections among the shahrdaran, invasions from other nations, or conversely, instances of Pars invading other nations. Peasants had revolted when they could no longer endure bad harvests or heavy taxation. Slaves had marched en masse to the deserts in search of freedom. Princes resolved to defeat their royal fathers had led troops across the eternally frozen peaks…

Even so, Pars remained Pars, a major power whose might and unity could not be swayed. Never had its royal capital been occupied by enemy countries; never had the royal throne sat empty. Until now.

That is, currently, the purportedly unrivaled cavalry of Pars had been routed at Atropatene, and the whereabouts of Shah Andragoras III were unknown. With the royal capital of Ecbatana now occupied, the Queen Consort Tahmineh had been captured by the Lusitanians, and the Crown Prince Arslan was even now fleeing through the mountains as a fugitive. Furthermore, not all of this news being circulated was entirely accurate. Misinformation and false reports jumbled together, and things being as they were, it was impossible to judge which of them to believe.

The conquering Lusitanian army, based in the key locales of the royal capital Ecbatana and the kingdom’s northwestern border, just about occupied no more than a third of the total territories of Pars. The troops, officials, and shahrdaran situated elsewhere could not even begin to guess at where their loyalties ought to be directed.

Whoever should call out for it, those various aforementioned powers would surely swarm to his support. However, if no one did so, all of them would only make preparations to deploy or wage war while adopting a wait and see approach. To make the first move without fully grasping the circumstances, only to become the first to be trounced in battle, would make for a shameful sight.

For Lusitania, the unification of these various internal factions under the banners of opposition was something that absolutely could not be allowed. While they hemmed and hawed, wavering in indecision, the Lusitanians must take advantage and crush every last one of them.

Therein lay the political significance of the callow youth of fourteen known as Arslan. There, too, lay the reason the Lusitanian army and their collaborators must prevent Arslan’s party, who numbered not even a dozen, from entering the citadel of Peshawar at all costs.

If Arslan’s party were to enter Fort Peshawar, it would result in the combination of a righteous cause and actual military power.

At this time, Hirmiz, who had been in command of the pursuing forces, ended up riding back to Ecbatana after leaving things to Zandeh.

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