Everyone person, even those who came next right after the empire leader, were supposed to bow and acknowledge the presence of their emperor or empress much less all of them being in the same place!
So it was no wonder even Ye Chen bowed, he could refuse as he had the academy's back but the same people had the power to fire him so he had no choice.
But a certain group of young people refused to bow acting as if what was going on had nothing to do with them, or they weren't there in the first place.
Of course, everyone saw it.
They stared at the group in astonishment (with their right hand still up) wondering where they got the audacity.
The three were none other than Petne, Nytrix, and unsurprisingly, The Ice Queen!
Every one of them had their own reasons why they did not bow! Petne and Nytrix had a similar reason but different reasons.
