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.
but does the Empire have no serious 
intention of fighting this war?
لكن ألا تنوي الامبراطوريّة نيّة جادّة
بخوض هذه الحرب؟
doch gedenkt das Kaiserreich
überhaupt zu kämpfen?
pero me pregunto si el imperio
de verdad piensa librar esta guerra.
pero me pregunto si el imperio
 piensa librar esta guerra.
mais je me demande si l’Empire
nous prend au sérieux.
ma davvero l'Impero non ha alcuna intenzione 
di impegnarsi in questa guerra?
O império não parece querer
 levar esta guerra a sério.
но сомневаюсь, что Империя
 совсем не настроена воевать.