After Aiwass returned to the Hall of Silver and Tin, the first thing he did was to have Lily call Hermes Manor and invite Minister of Palace Affairs Mycroft Hermes over.
By the time Aiwass and Isabel, who had returned to her original appearance, finished framing the painting, the jolly minister, who was as happy as a fat seal, wobbled his body and hurried over.
Though it was an emergency overtime before the New Year, Mycroft showed no resentment whatsoever and even seemed to be in a very good mood.
After he preserved the painting using the "Preservation Arts," Aiwass curiously inquired what good things had happened to put him in such high spirits.
To his astonishment, the answer he received was, "What, Sherlock has returned home?"
Even now, he was still in the state of a shrunken child... and he simply went back home like that?
Sherlock's poor relationship with his family was something Aiwass already knew about.
