Even if the sky had darkened completely, Naoki's figure was easily made out from that distance with the help of his powerful aura.
Without persuasion, Mr. Ito, Hana, and Kenji lowered their heads instinctively, in reverence.
On seeing this, Naoki acknowledged their greeting with a small nod before retracting his gaze.
"Is your Master a Lord?" Mr. Ito inquired, resting his narrowed gaze on Naoki.
Only a Daimyo could command such a strong ambiance from that distance and without knowing, he had broken a samurai code of conduct by giving a forty-five-degree bow to a person who was not one.
A fifteen-degree bow was to greet someone in the same rank as you. The thirty-degree bow was to acknowledge the people of a higher rank while the forty-five-degree bow was for the Daimyos.
When someone who was not a Daimyo was meeting the Shogun, the forty-five-degree bow or the kneeling bow was to be performed depending on the rank and the occasion.
