Alderamin on the Sky

Ikta is a brilliant, but lazy boy. His childhood friend offers him an easy position at a library if he can help her get the top score on an exam. But their lives take a sudden turn when the boat they're on runs aground and Ikta rescues a mysterious girl.

Ikta succeeds in a daring plan to cross the Kioka border and return the princess home. 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.

Ikta has been appointed an Imperial Knight, and his new life at the High-Level Officer's School begins. The easily-bored Ikta has difficulty fitting in, and it’s not long before he's picking fights and making enemies among the upper ranks.

Ikta leads his troops to victory over the forces led by the higher ranking officers. But what was supposed to be a simple training exercise turns serious when men kidnap the princess. Can Ikta lead his troops to defeat a squad of experienced soldiers?

"Welcome to the world of science!" When Yatori was 9 years old, she was sent to study with the general Bada Sankrein, and met a young boy her age, Ikta. The world he shows her is new and exciting, like nothing she's ever seen.

Ikta and crew are assigned to a garrison in the far northern region of the empire. The staff are petty and don't like it when Ikta defies orders. But when they try to put him in the garrison prison, he comes across a secret that they want to keep hidden.