It had been a year since Reiner returned from the Paradis Island Operation- being the only one of the four warriors sent years prior that returned. And his mental state hadn’t improved- regardless of being back home.

He’d been promoted to vice chief of the Marleyan Warrior unit since then- and that meant attending most Marleyan military meetings. And today he had to attend one such meeting- but he didn’t realize this meeting would forever change the course of his life.