What made Yegor even more surprised was that Yarden wasn’t angry. Instead, he stroked his beard and laughed.

With his face twitching, Yegor hurriedly knelt at Yarden. “My friend is frank. He speaks without thinking. Please—”

“Sure.” Yarden interrupted Yegor. He pointed at James. “You have the Bloodshade Token. You have only knelt. You didn’t bow at me. You didn’t change how you addressed me either. Shouldn’t you do that first?”

Without any hesitation, James bowed to Yarden. “I, James, pay res