Chapter 174: The Fairesse Disciple Group

Jim thought about his proposal before Lim added:

"You'll be in the open, and all can enter here and leave as they like. They can speak about this meeting and share it with all, but you will still be protected by the secrecy of this place and the control over who can attend and who can't."

"Protected by a lie to cover the truth… I like this," Jim smiled as he got the meaning of his friend, "thanks, I think I'll go by your way then."

"It's only safer to play by the rules, not to break them," Lim laughed in a relaxed way, "after all you've a name now for yourself and many would be tempted to join."

"That's a great idea indeed," Jim said, "alright, spread the word that I'm making a disciple group to train. Anyone who wants to join has to come to my mansion and ask to join tomorrow," he paused before strictly adding, "and it's a disciple group only, so no masters are allowed to come."

"I can do that," Lim said before adding, "plus you can select those trustworthy from the group and make another secretive group for any bad deeds you want to do here."

He evilly laughed and Jim helplessly watched him without saying a word. "What's the name of the group by the way?" Lim asked.

"As we are going public, then it's fair to call it on our team name," Jim casually said.

"That would be great," Lim laughed, "after all our name is now like thunder in our ears."

"Good, I'll depend on you for that," Jim said and Lim firmly nodded. "Don't worry, this is a simple thing and no one would complain but the clubs."

"They would complain? Why?" Jim was surprised to hear that.

"They do have similar meetings with such a purpose," Lim casually said, "plus they will be afraid you'll turn this little group into a big club in the future."

"But… I'm not that much interested in creating one," Jim honestly said, "I might just join a club later on if I got the chance."

"They will just be afraid, but you aren't breaking any rules. This is like a group of disciples meeting together to study, who can say no to them?" Lim laughed, "as long as we refrained from calling this a secret group we are safe. Also we need to find a suitable answer for the nature of this place."

"What do you mean?"

"Many will come asking about the location of this place, and you'll have to provide an answer to them," Lim said before suddenly laughing, "don't think about telling them to scram, as this would only add suspicion and make everyone more stubborn to know."

Jim paused for a moment before he suddenly got the answer, "I can say the mansion I'm in is enchanted and I found a hidden room underground of it," he said.

"Man… this is exactly like saying you have a secret room in the academy," Lim bitterly laughed.

"Then I'll tell them to scream," Jim laughed and Lim laughed with him. "This will be the best answer then… scram you boy and girl, this isn't a thing you should know, hahaha."

Jim laughed before a thought flashed in his mind. "What if someone issued a complaint to the academy and they asked me about this place?"

"Hmm… then you should say scram to them," Lim said and Jim knew he was joking. "You can say you find an enchanted room inside your mansion."

"Won't it be bad?"

"They might just interrogate you for a bit, but ignorance would be the best blessing here. You can rely on the fact that you came from a human world with no relations here. But they might take the mansion away."

"Then what should I do?" Jim wasn't worried about the mansion, but about the front he was using to form the group.

"By then you'll have a trusted group whom you can start forming a secret group with. Plus you can lay low for a couple of months before the vibe cools off. Anyway, that will happen late in the future, and we will get all the benefits by then."

"Indeed," Jim nodded, "alright, I'll depend on you for that then."

"I'll start working on it," Lim said before bitterly laughing, "but after playing a little with everyone at the dancing tables."

Jim laughed as he knew his friend was dying to go and party with the others. "Alright, let's leave here then," Jim simply tightened his grip for a few seconds while thinking about the mansion.

The door appeared once again, shining in golden rays before the two passed through. Lim didn't forget to lay a last look over the place while admiring this grand plan the two devised.

"You go," Jim said when the two got out of the mansion, "I have other things to do."

"You won't come?" Lim was startled, "the entire party is in your honor and I bet news would travel fast and many girls would be there."

"Hahaha, go and have fun then," Jim laughed, "I have other matters to take care of."

"Alright," Lim just dropped convincing him to come, "just don't be late or you'll miss all the fun."

Jim watched him move away before turning around and headed towards Rana's mansion.

'What do you think of that?' Jim asked.

'His plan is nice,' the old man said, 'and this way we can buy ourselves sometime.'

'But they will know I'm in charge of everything.'

'This isn't an issue as this would be known from the first meeting,' the old man said, 'and now we only need to craft tokens to be used for selected members only.'

'My team?'

'And any other disciple you find worthy to secretly nourish,' the old man said, 'after all you can limit the meetings after the expedition with the excuse of being busy in studying. But in reality you can meet up with your selected team away from the eyes over the mansion.'

Jim was more convinced with the plan of Lim. "Acting in the light while doing something bad… that's really something," he couldn't help but laugh, "I like this plan already."

And he went in the empty roads of the academy in this late hour of the night. He wasn't in a hurry to make the secondary tokens, but he just wanted to get everything ready before he brought more hype for him.

"I hope some would appear tomorrow," he sighed as his entire plan was meant to gain more support at the upcoming expeditions.

And without enough numbers and strong teams, this plan would entirely fail.