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Investment Talk: Bulk resellers only. This is not a high value book and does not have much prospects to become so. It does have some cool art and characters though!
Thus Far: Aldaran witnesses the Shidiman princes quell a rebellious peasant village. He was part of the previous rebellion years ago. He does not seem to want it to start up again. So he visits a brothel to find some answers only to be surrounded by a lot of potential attackers.
Minako thinks she has Aldaran surrounded but he subtly points out that if things get messy, she'd be first to go down. It doesn't last long though, before anything happens Prince Hakara bursts into the door wondering what's going on. She covers by saying they are practicing for a performance. He pays it no mind and takes a couple of the prostitutes to go party.
Aldaran and Minako go outside to talk because she doesn't want any trouble with the Prince.
Later the two princes report back to the emperor that they have quelled the uprising. There is mention of an Adashi Clan. There is also mention of an outlander with yellow hair that helped end the rebellion before.
They seem to be searching for someone named Miura Kogitsune. Presumably the leader of what is left of the rebellion.
After a little spat that suggests the upper rankings of the empire are not friends of one another, Prince Hakara returns to the brothel because he remembered the yellow hair man sitting there last time. So he asks where he is.
The girl does not help him out and acts like he was just too drunk. He is not so pleased about this and gets a little physical. The bouncer tries to stop him but the Prince is too powerful.
The bouncer is not very strong and gives up Aldaran and the others pretty fast. Hakara kills them all anyway and burns down the brothel.
There are some flashbacks of the previous war where Aldaran leaves a friend behind. He runs off with Kameko. I'm not sure at this point if Aldaran is more of a coward or a traitor or a super powerful swordsman!
Back in the present time Aldaran breaks off from the group and goes into what seems to be sewer areas. He seems to be familiar with it. But then he is ambushed. But it is Kameko!
Things are starting to unfold this issue. A lot of set up. Not a ton of action. Some mystery surrounding the main character and his role in the rebellion. Is he really a legendary swordsman? A traitor? Rebel? Coward? Who knows at this point?
To Be Continued!