To start with, it was a deep bow of apology.
After finishing a conversation with Zima, Damien heard from Lysander, who had gone to check the bedroom, that the lizardmen had woken up.
When he entered the room…
All five of them immediately dropped to their knees in a synchronized bow.
Seeing them dutifully descend from their beds to bow like that, Damien's first thought was, So, even in this world, deep bows exist.
When he managed to get them to raise their heads, they bombarded him with words of gratitude.
Damien, well-acquainted with the joy of being rescued from despair, listened with a gentle smile, trying to appear as composed as possible. Then, the youngest among them, overcome with emotion, began crying and clung to him.
As Leonide and the others reached for their weapons and the lizardmen tried to pull the child away, Damien stopped them with a hand gesture. He gently patted the crying child's head.