[Only two, and one should carry Kratos through the rest of the nation, at need. That sounds acceptable. He'd known Sylvarant was based on multiple kingdoms led by some king of 'overking', but honestly doesn't know how that works in practice, sociologically or politically. Mostly, from observations in the field, it seems to be fairly similar to generals leading separate armies.

[Kratos is considering this as he answers, so his response is a touch absent.]

No, I generally read whatever's available.

[Novels are the nearest equivalent to the theatre, and there's no call for being picky on deployment with regard to anything else.]

It sounds as though you have a broad range of preferences yourself.