Valshius Fleet... Missing!

All right.

There was no way Alvin could refuse the Lion King's "goodwill."

After all, he had no desire to experience what it felt like to have the Primarch's Iron Fist smash into his face.

The Adeptus Custodes could withstand it, but that did not mean he could.

Next, Guilliman also patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "The Astronomican has gone dark. For the Imperium of Man, you must head to Commorragh as soon as possible."

Alvin could only nod in agreement.

If it had merely been for the Imperium of Man—for an ideal that seemed grand, yet in practice felt somewhat distant from him—he might not have agreed so readily. But relighting the Astronomican was also for his own sake.

"Lord Regent, I... have a small request."

After thinking it over again and again, Alvin finally spoke.

"You want to ask about the situation of your family fleet, correct?"

Guilliman was a Primarch, after all. His mind was both sharp and perceptive, and he saw through Alvin's thoughts at a glance.

"That's right." Alvin nodded, his smile somewhat bitter. "As you know, ever since I was swept into the Warp and lost contact with them, I've encountered one thing after another. I haven't had the time or opportunity to contact them, and I don't know... how the family fleet is doing."

By his estimation, ever since he had been swept into the Warp and disappeared, only to inexplicably arrive in the Ultima Segmentum—

From encountering the awakened Lion King and reclaiming the rebel Hive City of Avalon, to being forced into the Dark Angels' war, he had been entangled with Chaos for an entire year on that wretched place, Dragon Forest Star!

It was not that he had forgotten about the family fleet during that time, nor