When the powerful, rich or leaders wage war the ones who suffer are not them but their subjects who must engage in the fighting itself. This is exemplified in every war in human history. Those who suffer are not the leaders but the soldiers.
Either he is lost or he is intentionally taking extra divergences or he just walks really slow. It also depends is it actually taking him fifteen years because if that is so he may either be dead or he left you or was kidnapped but if you are exaggerating then he is just walking really slowly I guess.
In my opinion i would say b would be the correct answer for this. Just just me though
