Ikta succeeds in a daring plan to cross the Kioka border and return the princess home.  But this means he gets a reward, and his reward is the title of Imperial Knight.  Now he finds himself dragged into a war he hates, serving a government that doesn't want to win, and despising the princess he rescued.
and yet we keep taking them for no reason.
بينما نستمرّ في زهقها بلا سبب
doch wir nehmen sie
ihnen immerzu grundlos.
pero solo arrebatamos vidas sin razón.
pero solo arrebatamos vidas sin razón.
pas les risquer en vain
pour la famille impériale.
Invece continuiamo 
a sprecare le loro vite senza motivo.
nobres fazem essas coisas negligentes,
 prejudicando a vida das pessoas.
но мы бездумно отбираем их вот уж сколько лет…