Chapter 371: a message from professor monkey hands

“I’ve thought over your proposal. Though I can’t promise anything yet, I’ll discuss it with my subordinates and if everything goes well, I think we can support your cause”.

Emily gently pushed her beautiful long hair backward as she explained, an indescribable aura of maturity emanating from her.

“Then thank you in advance”. Clark smiled in reply.

At the side, King finally commented. “Clark, you’re really an ambitious fellow. I think I’m slowly beginning to know more of you”.

Clark laughed. “Everybody is ambitious, it just depends on how ambitious, and what the ambition is all about”.

“You’re right”. Josh gave a thump up from the other side before inclining his head to devour the remaining wine left on his glass cup.

Taking his cue, everyone in the room took their wine and started indulging themselves again. Yes, they were all currently in Clark’s luxurious room that was originally exclusive to himself.

After celebrating his birthday with him, none of his friends agreed to leave. They decided to accompany him in his mansion for 2 more days, only workers like Leo had to leave to report for duty at his military division.

Though he left, his wife was still in the mansion.

For the past few days, they’ve been living the laziest, most luxurious, and most laid-back life imaginably possible. They avoided boredom by engaging in discussions frequently and throwing small parties.

Clark would only be left speechless each time he thought of the circumstances. For the main birthday day, his friends covered the expenses, but they insisted that he cover all the subsequent expenses.

“If you guys really want to celebrate me, is it necessary to drain my money in the process?” Though he felt like spanking all of them whenever he thought of this, he just complained slightly and let everyone enjoy themselves.

For the past few days, he came to a realization. He was no longer the miser Clark of yesterday, sometimes, he should indulge and spend lavishly in character with his current status.

Convincing himself with that, he was able to put up with all the expenses.

Taking advantage of this rare moment when almost all his friends were gathered in a single location, he told them what he was currently doing, and also revealed his ambition to them.

Almost all his friends reacted with surprise on hearing his claim to liberate a country by planning a coupe-de-tat, only Emily and Leo were unsurprised as they knew him more in-depth than most of the others.

Leo even knew of his ambition to overthrow the rule of the big 5 in the future, so to him, this was mild.

After proposing his ambitious plan to them, Clark told them that there was room for cooperation. Sometimes, life was not just about money, there was a certain peace of mind that follows any good deed.

He used this theory to solicit their help, any help from them to make life better for the poor and needy suffering in the Radan republic could cleanse their heart and conscience in inexplicable ways.

Though he could not exactly prove this theory, he knew and was convinced in his heart that it was correct.

This was the conversation that Emily started. After 2 days of thinking about it, she agreed to involve the Pendragon mercenary group in this charity work but she wanted to get the opinion of her subordinates first.

When Clark heard that, he heaved a sigh of relief. When Josh also added his input to convince the mercenaries, he was confident that they would not oppose too much to the plan.

After getting a few more positive replies from his friends, his mood improved considerably as he started humming a famous lullaby.

For the remaining parts of the day, he enjoyed himself to the fullest with his friends; drinking, swimming, partying, and engaging in interesting discussions.

According to Emily, the inclusion of Josh into the Pendragon mercenary group directly propelled the appeal of the mercenary group to new blood to exceeding heights.

In just a few months, she believed that the overall size of the mercenary group will balloon to harbor over 5000 mercenaries and their corresponding rank with the Mercenary alliance will also increase.

An increased rank meant and brought a lot of benefits; as it meant that they could now attract more clients, and they would have access to even more confidential and well-paying commissions.

Listening to Emily blabber on about the mercenary group that they both started on a whim, Clark fell into a daze. It started just with a few dozen mercenaries, now it was in the thousands.

“Little drops of water make a mighty ocean”.

This sentence just kept reverberating in his mind, bringing him a strange feeling of peace and tranquility.

Though it was not too big yet, Kate’s belly was already protruding out visibly, showing the healthy growth of the little Leo inside.

Clark could not help but anticipate the coming out of the little Leo; will he look like his father or his mother? Will he be a boy? He once predicted confidently that it would be a boy.

With numerous activities to kill their time, it didn’t take long before the day darkened. Apologizing for their early leave, Emily, King, and Josh, finally got set to go regroup with their subordinates.

Kate stayed behind; her husband would come to take her the next day.

“Only 2 days before December comes, and only 3 days before the week ends”. Clark could not help but mutter to himself. In just 3 days, the assassination of the Radan minister would commence.

As he thought of this, he subconsciously turned his head to look at his student who was engrossed in computer games.

Smiling hopelessly, he finally stood up from the pool while gesturing to help Kate up. Surprisingly, she refused.

“What do you think of me? An old woman? I can still walk”.

Listening to her sharp tone, Clark erupted laughing subconsciously. As they left, the workers in the mansion immediately came to tidy the place up.

…

The next day, after Leo came to pick up his wife, Clark and his student finally got set to return to the Radan republic. When they were almost driving out of the building, Clark received a message.

The message was super short and precise.

“I have a clue about a mech designer”.

“Sender: Professor Monkey Hands”.

Clark’s face became strange. “The heck! Such timing?”