"This is it. I won't go in. After all, the person Marshal Garp wants to see isn't me!"

Eileen led Joey to a house, then stepped aside to make room for him in the doorway.

"good!"

It was also Joey's first time meeting Marshal Garp. As an ordinary employee meeting the chairman, he was somewhat nervous, a mixture of excitement and worry.

Eileen left immediately, but after walking a short distance, she couldn't help but look back at where Joey was standing.

Joey was still standing at the door, seemingly gathering the courage to knock.

Eileen didn't linger any longer and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"Joey Brown, you're something else! So what if he's just Field Marshal Garp? You've seen plenty of world leaders on TV in your past life. Don't back down, don't embarrass people from the 21st century!"

Joey encouraged himself, slowly raised his right hand, and prepared to knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Joey's hand was still hanging in mid-air when a deep voice came from inside the house behind the door.

"The boss is indeed a big shot; he discovered me before I even knocked!"

Joey took two deep breaths and pushed open the door in front of him.

"Squeak—"

As the door opened, an old man in silver armor sat calmly in a chair, his hands resting on the hilt of a sheathed sword. His eyes were bright as he looked at Joey, who was standing in the doorway.

"Greetings, Marshal Garp!"

Joey's body was a little stiff, but he still gave Marshal Garp a standard military salute.

"Joey Brown!"

Field Admiral Garp spoke again, slowly.

"exist!"

Being addressed by his full name so directly made Joey tense up again, wondering how Marshal Garp would deal with him.

"Close the door!"

"Okay, sure!"

"Bang!"

Perhaps due to nervousness, Joey slammed the door shut with a lot of force, making a loud bang, as if protesting what Field Marshal Garp had just said.

(Oh no, what am I going to do? This is getting worse and worse!)

"Come sit down. It wasn't a good time to see you yesterday, so there are some things I need to tell you privately..."

Field Marshal Karp didn't seem to care about the door, but Joey became even more nervous.

"Um... Admiral Garp, it's not that I didn't want to see you yesterday, it's just that the situation was rather unusual!"

"As you know, several female elves have come to my house. In the spirit of a united front, we should unite all forces that can be united to resist the orcs of the tribe. I've been too busy serving them!"

"Besides, I was under a shapeshifting spell at the time, so I really couldn't open the door for you!"

"Sergeant Medes can testify that he saw those unfriendly female elves with his own eyes this morning!"

Joey didn't care whether Medes actually met Chris and the others or not; he just wanted to say it first. He figured that a leader of Marshal Karp's rank wouldn't actually verify the matter.

"You don't understand, these female elves are so difficult to please. They'll cast spells at the drop of a hat, either on themselves or on others. They're really annoying!"

"besides……"

Joey kept talking, completely oblivious to the growing frown on Marshal Garp's brow.

"That guy, Zoro, never said that this Joey Brown was such a talkative guy. If I don't interrupt him, he could go on and on until tomorrow!"

Marshal Garp muttered to himself, adding a few more labels to Joey in front of him.

"Okay, okay, stop now!"

"I……"

"Okay, then you go ahead, I'm done!"

Joey finally stopped, but remained standing at the door, showing no intention of approaching Marshal Garp.

"then!"

Seeing that Joey was still standing there, Marshal Karp stopped trying to persuade him. He was used to this kind of situation. He simply freed one hand, grabbed a money bag from the table, and threw it to Joey.

Joey caught the money bag without hesitation, but didn't weigh it in his hand. He might be able to be a little more unrestrained in front of Zoro, but he was still quite reserved in front of Fleet Admiral Garp.

"This is the military pay I owe you, but it also includes a reward for your bravery recently. It's 300 gold coins in total. Count them!"

Although 300 gold coins is indeed a considerable sum of money, for Joey, who has now joined the ranks of the wealthy, it is merely icing on the cake and does not cause him much emotional fluctuation.

However, since he was facing Field Marshal Garp, he had to put on a show of deep emotion.

"300! That far exceeds my salary! Thank you, Marshal Garp. I will dedicate myself to this cause until my dying breath!"

"Not worth it!"

Garp has begun to doubt Zoro's words, as the Joey before him is increasingly different from the person Zoro described.

(Was it overacted?)

Joey couldn't help but start to have doubts.

"Marshal Garp, is this all you wanted to see me about?"

"No, that's not it! Since you asked, I'll tell you now!"

“The matter of those three female elves was not expected, but since they are here, tell me about them first!”

"The three of them? Where... should I even begin?"

"Let's start from when you first met them!"

"But I only met Chris and Yi yesterday!"

I've only known them for a day. Apart from the shrew Levelia, I haven't spent much time with the other two. To be honest, I'm not even that familiar with Levelia.

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