Before The Trial

Two days later, in the Jewel Crown Pavilion:

"I'm home!" Maximus yelled ouside the shop

As if in response to the sound, the shop opened.

"Welcome home, Host," the puppet Edwards said, seeing that there were alone.

"Don't call me 'Host,' just call me Maximus. Who knows if someone was peeping on us?" Maximus warned.

"Dad!" His children came running down the stairs to greet him.

"I missed you..." Maximus said as he hugged each of them.

Although a day or two was not long, they were in an unfamiliar place after all.

"Are you good kids?" Maximus teased.

"No, Max and Sam were very bad," Lyla chattered about what the two did during these few days.

While they were chattering, his wives upstairs also came down.

"How are you, dear?" his wife Erica asked.

"I'm fine," Maximus smiled and reassured them.

The whole trip was smooth.