Maisie's Strategy 

The next day, Minos and his wives did business in the morning, having also trained and cultivated in a training area of Ruth's parents' residence.

They stayed in that house where they felt most comfortable, and those two individuals had no problem hosting them.

The only one who was having some difficulty with all this was Talia. She did not find any justification for sleeping in her parents' house to be closer to Minos...

She already had her residence, just as Maisie had before advancing to the 8th stage. So her goal of getting closer to her handsome brother-in-law had not been helped by Minos' stay at her and Ruth's parents' residence.

But on the few occasions they had since their reunion kiss, Minos and Talia would flirt with each other, sometimes kissing when no one else was around.

It was just a shame, Talia thought, that nothing else had happened so far due to a lack of better opportunities.