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 whole war is rigged.
هذه الحرب برمّتها مزيّفة
Dieser ganze Krieg ist eine Farce!
Esta guerra está arreglada.
Esta guerra está amañada.
Cette guerre est truquée.
Tutta questa guerra è una farsa.
Esta é uma guerra 
de cartas marcadas.
Это не война, а фарс.