Radiant Calendar 1462, February.
Aboard the Thunderclap, a massive troop transport of the Imperial Administrative Region's Seventh Fleet.
According to an order penned by Grand Governor Sedon himself, the Red Flame Son and the 33rd Infantry Corps had to wait for the fleet to complete a routine patrol before they could return to the Iberian World together.
Reinhardt and the Ash Guard were ordered to accompany them.
On the surface, the order seemed to be standard procedure. The Administrative Region Navy's Seventh Fleet could hardly abandon its patrol mission just to escort the Red Flame Son back to the Iberian World.
In reality, however, this three-month patrol served two purposes.
First, it bought Sedon time to prepare for the integration of these Imperial Loyalist Knights into the Administrative Region.
Second, it was to clear some of the obstacles blocking Reinhardt's return to the Administrative Region.
