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.
Every hero dies of overwork.
يموت كلّ بطل من العمل المجهد
Ein jeder Held stirbt
an vergebener Liebesmüh.
Incluso los héroes sucumben
ante el trabajo excesivo.
Incluso los héroes sucumben
ante el exceso de trabajo.
La plupart des héros
meurent d’épuisement.
Lavorare troppo 
è la prima causa di morte degli eroi.
Qualquer herói morre pelo cansaço.
Герои вечно загоняют себя до смерти.