As the elevator rose up to the peak, Percie introduced a small team of Robots and said, "These are the attendant bots who have been manning the spaceport and the elevator bay. At the moment they are going to open a channel and then lead the team of space miners who would take out the first squad of mining vessels and mine out a few samples from the moon, this will also mark the start of a lunar base from where the fleet would be able to operate in the Khyber belt and mine the asteroids there."

The people were happy, but only those who were the native of the Clover Nation, because the rest of the world was crazy. They could not even speak properly, because this was going to the Clover Nation an upper hand in rare metal trade and promote their high level research projects even more. They were losing a battle, but they could only beg the Cardinal Group for a few drops of this soup to sustain growth.

The Duke at this moment was standing beside Leo, Lily was busy showing the people around the elevator. The surprising thing was that apart from Princess Amare, the prince was also standing there. The young prince had tried to talk to Lily a few times, but he had been shut down. He was in his early teenage, but he knew how significant it would be for him to get support from the Heir of Cardinal Group. However, this was his own thought, the Duke and the Duchess had not encouraged him for it.

Just when the Prince wanted to try again, his own sister Princess Amare turned around and looked at him before she said, "If you are so eager to face wrath of the Cardinals, go and try to piss her off."

The Prince froze and Amare said, "You think she is a puppet, right? That might be the information you received from all those people in the school, but let me tell you, she is far smarter than you can even imagine. You want the throne, it is yours because you are the elder son, the Cardinal Family is now a strategic economy giant. Had it not been for the fact that Grandfather has shown them good will, he might have moved out of the Country and then established the business center there. He has enough money and tech to support a highly tactile army of his own. I know that he owns a little cluster of islands in the Clover Ocean."

The young man took a deep breath and he had no idea what to say. He turned to look at Amare and asked, "You don't want to compete with me?"

Amare sighed and shook her head before she replied, "I have better things to do. You can't handle the shit that this world is about."

The young man took a deep breath before they turned around to look at all the people who were gasping. There was a sudden buzz in the wind, and the people all turned to look in one direction. They saw a group of people dressed in a thick space suit as they passed through a special channel and boarded the space vessels that looked like bug trucks but they all had ion engines installed in them.

One of the people asked, "Mister Cardinal, can you tell us how this vessel works?"

Leo smiled and looked at the person before he said, "Well, Doctor Hyphes, when my team reached out to you to consult for the research, you didn't reply them and now you want me to tell you about it, you are very sneaky."

The words were insulting but his expression was full of smiles, the natives smiled and the rest of the people felt that they were being targeted, and then Leo continued, "Well, basically, we have the leverage of the lower gravitational pull here. The push from the combustion engine is explosive, and powerful enough to push the vessel into the orbit and then the vessel uses ion engine, and travels in the space. For a safer travel and to prevent stranding, we have placed enough fuel which can bring the vessel back to the spaceport by the click of a single button. That is all I can tell you about the vessel, because as a certain someone said, 'I am a petty person who cares only for profit.'"

That was it, he didn't say anything else, but the person he targeted knew what Leo was talking about. The people didn't care about this argument. They were captivated by the display of tech outside. They could see from the windows of the Space port, the process of undocking of the vessels. After an applause, Leo said, "The estimated time these vessels will take is several days, because the moon is not stationary for them. So, I suggest that we all go back down and get a good sleep."

One person chuckled and said, "Lord Cardinal, why don't you say your children are sleepy."

Elena and Julian were yawning in his arms as if they were waiting for a queue. The people laughed and then the young man waved his hand and silently dismissed the situation. Percie arranged for the people and the elevator started to go down. The speed was stable and there was hardly any vibration. The comfortable seats had been arranged for the special occasion today, after going down, the elevator would receive a much tactile arrangement and some part of the fifty feet wide cabin into a cargo bay.

The event came to an end, and after coming back on the ground, every one realised that they have spent a lot of time on the elevator, but thanks to the hosts they didn't feel anything at all. The Cardinal family was the last to leave the base. Leo was busy holding all three of his children in his arms. Snow was also tired, and even she hogged onto Leo's shoulder. Anastasia sighed and looked at Fragrance who smiled and said, "Don't worry, Aunty. He is just like that, had Snow not placed her head on his shoulder, he would have felt bad."

The old lady smiled and replied, "If you say so, Frag."

...

The chopper landed on the mainland and the family took the jet back, this time, Leo got a few hours to lay in the bed on the flight and rest as well. In the next morning, Lily asked, "Baba, when can I go to picnic on the moon?"

Leo had the trademark smile on his face, but before he could say anything, Snow replied, "That would take a few years because the moon has no air and we would need to create a base their, another thing is that before you are old enough to go to the moon, spend some time to guide your siblings around. Look how they keep your Baba on toes all day long. I am warning you three, if you don't stop being the Devil Trio, I will spank your butts to kingdom come. Mind you before he became your husband, this man is my Husband, and I don't want you all to bully him."

Lily calmed down after this warning, she knew that if her mother called Leo her husband, this was a territorial warning. Lily nodded and said, "Yes, Ma, I will keep these things in mind."

Leo looked at his wife, and asked, "Love, do you want to go out for a movie? There is a new crime thriller in the theaters."

Snow smiled and said, "Yes, thank you. Shall I go and get ready?"

Leo nodded and then Snow walked away while singing a song in a melodic voice. Lily was surprised, and then she smiled as she said, "Baba, I will keep the two company. Go and have fun."

Leo was amused and said, "Thank you, Little ancestor."

Lily giggled and the young man gave her a deep peck on her cheek before swinging her around a few times before he also went to get ready. Then he and Snow walked out at the same time. They were wearing a simple couple outfit, white t-shirt and blue jeans, even the shoes and the socks have been coordinated, and they not wore watches as they left the house on the bike. They didn't take any guards.

Lily sat beside Julian and Elena as she painted a few things on the side of the cradle. When the twins woke up, they found Lily busy with her artwork and they exchanged gazes and asked each other, what was big sister doing? Lily raised her head to find two pair of eyes locked on to her. The young miss smiled and asked, "Are you wondering what I am drawing here?"

The two heads bobbed, and Elena said, "Beesii."

Lily smiled brightly and said, "Yes, yes, Big sis will show you. Wait. Let me finish it quickly first."