Chapter 154.

I was shocked to see Lisbon. I couldnt understand why the guy who should have been preparing for the start of school was in Asterium, on the front lines.

"Didnt you say you were going on a business trip to Lotten? Lisbon asked, surprised.

I got a headache thinking about why this pushover was here, and shouted with a frown, "I should be saying that! Why are you here? Does Alice know you're here? Lisbon flinched.

There was no way this pushover had come all the way here without telling Alice, right? I really wanted to believe he wouldn't be that stupid.

"Well, that's..."

I saw that he couldnt say no. It seemed he had really come here without telling Alice.

"Are you kidding!? I exclaimed. I was already annoyed that Id been brought to the front lines, but now I had to take care of this pushover. Aigoo, my life...

"Come on, calm down. I think youre a little too worked up. Im sure Lisbon has his own reasons for being here," Flam said in defense of Lisbon. I sighed as he continued, "Give me the luggage and the keys for now. I'll take everything to our room. I think youd better have a calm conversation with your friend."

I nodded and handed over the key and my luggage to Flam, saying, "Thank you."

"No problem. I'll be right back, so at least have some tea in the meantime. And don't fight."

"I'll try not to."

Flam went up with my luggage, and I looked down at Lisbon. Lisbon couldnt look at my face, like a child caught doing something wrong.

I sighed as I went down the stairs and glared at Lisbon, saying, Let's sit down first.

Uh... Yeah."

When we settled down at a dining table on the first floor of the inn, Lisbon sat across from me, looking restless.

"Ill ask again, but does Alice know?" I asked.

"No."

Aigoo, have you ever seen such a hopeless man? I continued, "So you left Alice in the capital and came alone?

"Yes."

Well, I wasn't worried because Yuria and Alice's distant relative, Mrs. Arscilla, was in the capital. The problem was the pushover in front of me.

"What excuse did you give Alice in order to get all the way here?"

Lisbon replied in a sullen voice, "I told her that I was worried about my family, and that I would go visit."

Come to think of it, Lisbons family, the Carter family, lived in the northern part of the empire. It would make sense for him to be worried, because if something happened in the demon territory, they might have to lead the soldiers to the front lines.

"Have you applied to join the army?

Please, I hope you just came here without thinking. If he had come here to just help out, I could just shower him with scoldings and send him back. But, if he had come here after enlisting in the military, I wouldnt be able to send him back. Returning to the capital would make him a deserter.

"Uh, that's...." Lisbon hesitated and showed me the military dog tag hanging around his neck.

Oh, my head. I replied, "If you're here, that means youve been made part of the reserve force. How did you enlist? Knight school?

During wartime, even the knight school allowed military enlistments. However, that only happened if the war was going poorly. Right now, though, it hadnt even been very long since the start of the war, and they hadnt even started recruiting yet.

Even if they had begun recruiting, the recruits couldn't even be here normally because they had to receive the minimum amount of military training first.

"No, I came here after registering as an adventurer with the adventurer's guild."

"You even registered as an adventurer to join the army? I stared at Lisbon, dumbfounded.

Lisbon waved his hands, flustered. "No, there's a class related to the adventurers guild next semester, so I just registered in advance!"

The fact that I didn't know Lisbon had registered as an adventurer meant that hed registered while I was on my business trip... Well, he wouldn't have been able to register if I hadnt been on that trip.

"Yes, yes, I understand," I remarked.

Still, it was fortunate that hed come here through the adventurer's guild. There was some room for me to pull strings.

Although I was at the bottom, I was still directly under the Guild Director. It wouldnt be impossible to take one or two soldiers out and designate them as supply officers, since I also had connections with Dane Walker and Rosellis.

Just as I thought I'd have him work under me and nag at him, Rosellis and Dane Walker came through the inn entrance.

Rosellis made eye contact with me, waved her hand, and approached me. "Iyyaa! Long time no see?

I shrugged with a smile at Roselliss greeting. "Eh, youre exaggerating, its only been five days since we last saw each other." It was good timing. I'd ask for a favor while we were together.

"What, are you saying you're not happy to see me?" Rosellis put me in a headlock.

I made a fuss, saying, "Thats not what Im saying. Owww, it hurts..."

Rosellis laughed loudly at my fussing, loosened her headlock, sat next to me, and put her arms around my shoulders. "So do you two know each other? she asked, looking ba