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.
rotted so long ago...
...تعفّن منذ زمن بعيد
ist schon so lange verdorben.
¡se descompuso hace mucho!
¡se pudrió hace mucho!
è marcito molto tempo fa...
Испорчена с начала времён!