Two short episodes bundled with limited editions of the fifth and sixth volumes of Hiromu Arakawa's Arslan Senki manga offer a pair of side stories in this adventure fantasy. In the first, an original tale supervised by Arakawa, Arslan finds himself with some time alone alongside Gieve, who passes it by sharing amusing stories about the romantic pasts of Narsus, Daryun and Elam. In the second, the fighting between Rajendra and Gadevi is over. Arslan and the others are getting ready to depart Shindra, but before setting off they linger for a while at the castle.