The party came to an end and the young man took the people back to the earth. The whole thing was displayed on the stream from Lily’s channel and some pictures were posted by Amare as they went out to walk in the outer ring. The people were shocked, they didn’t expect that even the children would be able to enjoy themselves in such a carefree manner on the moon.

The moment everyone landed back on the earth after a ride in the Space elevator, they were swarmed by the reporters, and this was limited only to the families of the children invited by Lily. They had no idea that the media would pay them such attention but they answered the questions calmly anyways.

Leo had taken Symphony with him on the trip as well, but she was not targeted for answers by the media thanks to the cold aura radiated by Young master Cardinal. The space tourism program was launched and it was pre booked within a few minutes. Yes, people all over the world wanted to go to the moon and enjoy the vanity for themselves.

...

Leo and Snow had no objection with it, they were happy, the tax and the income were flowing in and they were doing their jobs nicely. Leo was looking after the twins and he was also talking to the people in the Utopia Research Center, as they were now developing the probes that were going to be deployed in the deep space. The whole thing had been going on for one week, and the speed was so quick that it made the conspiracy theorists to come up and accuse Leo and his family to be possessed by aliens.

To which some people replied, "If they are possessed by aliens and making things better for us, then please, possess me too."

Leo chuckled at this, but when the space probes were launched after fifteen days, they flew at a high speed, the body was sturdy and with the aid of an Ion Engine, which ran on electromagnetism seemed to have infinite fuel. Within couple of days of the launch, the data sent back by the first series of probes was causing the scientists to go crazy. They all found so much data that they had never thought about, and the constant stream was another thing.

Leo was sitting in the study as Elle and Jules were sitting in front of the table, and Lily was sitting on the table when suddenly a ping was heard from his communicator. The ping came from the separate department of the space research teams who were focusing on the sign of life in the deep space. Leo frowned and took a deep breath, this was not something that he was expecting. The young man picked up the call, and then from the other side, Professor Tyler said, "President Cardinal, I have found something, there is some debris on a stray meteor that we found almost at the edge of the solar system. It looks like something that was human made but we have no idea. The clips from the meteor are just fleeting. We don’t have enough data to come to a conclusion."

The young man took a deep breath and said, "Have you locked onto the meteor?"

Tyler replied, "Yes, we have. The trajectory is being tracked."

Leo nodded calmly and said, "Let us try to send another probe to follow the meteor, and perhaps land on it to bring back some samples to conclude things."

Tyler agreed, this was their initial train of thoughts. However, Leo said, "Professor Tyler, I am sure that this is a significant discovery, but can you and your team hold back from releasing the news to the rest of the people?"

The professor was shocked, he asked, "Why do you say so, President Leo?"

He thought that Leo was acting like a Capitalist. However, the next thing that the young man said, shocked Tyler. Leo replied, "Professor Tyler, if this source of life turned into a hostile one or something that we could not handle, what do you think would happen if the human life is exposed to it? Do I have to remind you, the near extinction that we faced two hundred years ago when the Black Plague broke out?"

As soon as he said this, the Professor realized that blindly researching this thing could lead to the death of not only him and his team but the entire race. He shivered, and said, "Yes, I will issue the gag order and will isolate the data as well." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Leo nodded after some thought and said, "Yes, please so to it."

He had never held back the funding, and that was why the whole was moving rather quickly. He disconnected the call and found his eldest gawking at him. The young man sighed, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Lily asked calmly, "Did they just found Aliens?"

Leo smiled and replied, "Young Miss, can you not eavesdrop in adult talks?"

Lily gave a sheepish smile and said, "But, Baba, I was only working on my art project and only you were talking in the open. What is my fault in this? You should maintain some privacy."

Leo was amused and left with a wish to cry without tears, his daughter was so smart that he could almost never win an argument with her. Thinking about it, he said, "Yes, Young Miss Lily, I shall keep this in mind. However, please don’t leak the information that I have given you to anyone else because we are not sure if the life they have found is friendly or an enemy."

Lily nodded and replied, "I understand, I will not tell anyone about this matter at all. You can trust me."

Leo nodded, he knew that his daughter was sincere and that she would not make such mistakes. Thinking about it, he sighed and said, "Also, have you finished saying your farewells to the people in the school? We will be heading to the capital in a few days, and that’s where you would be staying, until we come here for weekends."

Lily sighed and replied, "I have told them bye, but this one guy, Malcom, he is stuck to me everyday, crying and snotting around like a baby, begging for me to stay here."

Leo raised his brow and before he could say anything Jules said, "I no cry."

Elena also followed, "I smile, smart."

They have gained proficiency in some words, and were catching on to the rest rather quickly. Lily turned to look at her siblings and smile brightly, "Of course, who can match my little darlings. Big sis will give you a kiss."

She crouched down before them and pecked their foreheads, Leo sighed, and rubbed his forehead. To him it seemed like the young lady treated the siblings like dogs, and was training them. Thankfully, he knew that Lily was just used to expressing her affection to the people she loved randomly.

...

Another week passed and the probe with a rover was launched towards the stray meteor. It had a higher speed and it was more advanced in terms of features, such as landing on a meteor and collecting samples before flying back home, it was unmanned, but it was a space mission none the less. Also, Cardinal Space Mining had began their moves as well. They were harvesting a small portion of the resources from the surrounding planets and selling it all back on the earth, racking huge figures of money.

As the probe was launched, Leo and Lily with the Twins were headed to the Governmental Villa given to the Finance Minister. This place was big but lacked the grandeur of the Cardinal Mansion. A staff member came over to greet them, and then led the four people inside, while the cars went through routine check up.

The house was simple, but it had the same old vibe in the decorations that he liked. Another thing that was going on about this house was the fact that as soon as Lily and Jules say the phone instrument, they were all held back by a big hand. Leo sighed, looked at the staff member and asked, "Are you the housekeeper?"

The lady nodded and replied, "Yes, Sir, my name is Bailey."

Leo replied, "Miss Bailey, I would like to remind you that these three need to be kept away from phone, and also, can you call the security incharge for me? I would like to talk to him as well. Also, be careful of leaving out your ceramics, these two little ones have broken a dozen at home, giving my wife a high blood pressure for several days."

The lady nodded with a smile, and then she went out to call over the Security Incharge, and came back with a middle-aged soldier, Leo asked, "May I ask your rank, officer?"

The officer smiled and replied, "Sir I am Jamal. I was a major in the Military. "

Leo nodded calmly before he replied, "Hello Jamal. Nice to meet you. Would your people make some space for my personal security team? Or do I need to get you an Royal Edict?"

Jamal shivered and replied, "It would be my honor to work along your guards, Sir. Please call them over, I will handle it well."

Leo nodded and said to you, "Thank you."