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.
I thought you hated me.
ظننتُك ستكرهني
Ich dachte, du verachtest mich.
Creía que me detestabas.
Creía que me detestabas.
Nous pensions que tu nous haïssais.
Ero convinta mi odiassi.
Você não me odiava?
Я думала, вы меня терпеть не можете…