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.
The Empire failed to develop the East
and wants to be rid of it.
فشلت الامبراطوريّة في تنمية الشرق
وتريد أن تتخلّص منه
Das Kaiserreich konnte den Osten nicht
aufbauen und nun will man ihn loswerden.
El imperio no pudo desarrollar
la región oriental y quiere eliminarla.
El imperio no pudo desarrollar
la región oriental y quiere eliminarla.
L’Empire veut se débarrasser
d’une terre stérile.
L'Impero non è riuscito a sviluppare la regione 
orientale, e ora sta cercando di liberarsene.
O império quer se livrar da região leste
 porque não conseguiu desenvolvê-la.
Восток не развивается,
 потому Империя хочет от него избавиться.