The Deal [1]

A while later, Max left the study and met with the twins.

"Have my companions arrived?"

"They have. We'll take you to them." Vani said.

Following them, he arrived in the guest houses and met with Emily and others.

A while later, he, Emily, Rey and Shasha were sitting around a circular table. Max had just finished telling them why he chose to be a guest of the Fuller Family instead of trying to leave the city.

None of them was surprised to hear that the noble families had already deployed people around the city to stop him from leaving.

Also, although Max didn't say it, they understood the main reason he agreed to be the Fullers' guest was because of them. After all, he was strong enough to almost kill a peak Five-star mage, whose combat power wasn't any weaker than an Early-stage King mage.