Chapter 572: First Shoot Ended.

Leo finished having a brief conversation with Rama Kashyap who was now independently leading the technology research department of the company and that is why when Leo pitched him the idea Rama immediately got to work on it.

The children woke up in the evening, and it was just in time for their fathers to come back. The three men were tired, but they have managed to get a good result at their tasks, and as they were worried, the farm owners didn’t make things difficult for them at all.

When they sat down on the chairs in the courtyard, Maya, Damon, and Hayden, fetched them glasses of water, carefully and this caused the fathers to smile with warmth in their hearts. Nova sipped some water, and held his daughter’s hand in his own palm, before he asked, "Maya, what did you do today?"

Maya smiled brighter than what Nova has seen her do in a past few days, and former said, "I made protection bead bracelets. I will show you."

She rushed over to the small desk on the side, and asked, "Uncle Leo, is this ready?"

Leo nodded, he had sprayed the beads with a coat of clear resin, which increased the hardness and also preserved the colors on the beads from fading. Another thing that he took into account was that the clear resin he used was a natural one used by the people of the town to preserve some papers or photos, it was an old technique. He didn’t want the things that got in touch with the skin to bear any chemicals that might passively harm the bearer.

Maya carefully carried the bead bracelet that was painted cerulean blue and white. She handed it to Nova and said, "Uncle Leo taught us how to make these, it is a protective bracelet, I also made one for Mum. Yours is blue and white because I saw that you always look at the blue sky when you go out of the house for work."

Nova was surprised, he didn’t know what to say, and then he gently took the beads from her, he counted the seven beads and then put them on his hand. He touched the beads, he noticed that while the beads were slightly uneven, but that added to its charm. He smiled and pulled Maya into a hug.

Maya also giggled and hugged him back with her small hands. Then Damon and Hayden also came up to show the things they have made. The men were trying their best to hold back their tears. That was not all, and when they read the letters, they finally couldn’t help but shed some tears silently, and wiped them off with some effort.

They only truly stopped when Leo asked them to come and eat. As they finished the dinner, Isedol arrived from outside and said, "Gents, you all have done well, and while this marks the first schedule of the shooting. Also, with the end of the day, I would also like you all to remember that all good things must come to an end.

So, as informed earlier, the one who is lacking the skills to the farm job would have to say good bye and while I would love for it to be softer, but we can’t do anything that would make the outcome any softer."

Matthew Cottons looked at her and said, "Isedol, can you just tell us the result, and stop being so long winded?"

The lady smiled and said, "Fine, you pack your stuff and leave. Who told you to make a mess at the cleaning task today?"

Matthew didn’t appear to be sad, he had a faint smile on his face, and then he said, "Well, I have never done it. The fact that I managed to finish it at all is a victory to me."

The rest of the men had complicated faces, while the children were upset. Isedol looked at Leo and asked, "Mister Cardinal, what do you think about this judgement?"

Leo thought for a moment and said, "I would say that while it is unfair for us to judge someone who has never done this kind of work. This is like crippling their legs and asking them to run. I am sure that if the task had been about interacting with people or acting or any other field where Matthew has worked hard, the three of us would have lagged behind a lot. The same is true for the others if the task was to favor any one of us.

So, I would say that this is a complicated situation and I don’t know what to think of it. I got to know Matthew, and that is a good thing, who knows I might have the company sign him for some kind of deal later on, and ask him to give me a friendly discount?"

Matthew chuckled and said, "I have never seen speak so much without addressing the point in a long time. Lord Cardinal, you surely have a knack for politics."

Leo smiled at him and said, "I have learned from your movie, ’The Silent Official.’"

The two men laughed, as Matthew shortly left to pack his stuff, and then left the courtyard with everyone else. Since the first week of the shooting was finished, the people were allowed to go back to their lives, and handle whatever they needed to do in the weekdays.

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Leo didn’t mind traveling with the rest of the people, they all lived in different cities, and Lily was happy to spend more time with Maya and the others, the children even exchanged contact numbers, and Lily promised to have them each gifted with their personal children friendly communicators that could be used to talk among themselves.

Leo watched it all from the side, and he knew that his eldest was going to use her own money to get this done.

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As they were getting close to home, he couldn’t help but feel excited to meet the twins, after all, he had been away for three days. Lily was of the same mind, she had purchased a lot of local specialities from the Peach Town after they were allowed to buy with money at the end of the schedule. At the same time, they were told that the next shooting location would be in the north, and Lily couldn’t help but cheer, as she liked mountains and driving around with her Baba.

Initially, the director team wanted to have them travel in a commercial vehicle and Lily just mentioned, "Wouldn’t it be cool to have people drive the mountain roads and promote the natural landscape of the country among the masses, and at the same time, it will show the unique styles of the contestants?"

The director had almost choked on his own saliva, and the next thing he did was to ask the father’s to sign a document which allowed them to install a few cameras in the vehicles of their choice, and Leo, who wanted to go along with a normal car, was manipulated by a certain goblin’s charm, to pick a car from the VAULT, and tune it for the drive, and also to fit a special seat for her so that she could enjoy the passenger princess treatment.