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.
This blood is rotten!
!هذا الدماء متعفّن
Dieses Blut ist verdorben!
¡Esta sangre está podrida!
¡Esta sangre está podrida!
Notre sang est corrompu !
Questo sangue è marcio!
Este sangue está podre!
Моя кровь проклята!