Furthermore, there was one detail that none of them seemed to have captured upon, Eric interrupted with the old man's prostration, only after his head had touched the floor.
Only after he had humiliated himself, and had truly prostrated in front of him, did Eric show his 'big heart' and 'kindness' to the old man and the crowd.
The old man in front of him didn't have the brains or time to care about this, as was surprised by what happened, but he immediately got up, and said in a grateful tone,
"Thank you, Young Master Eric, for your kindness, I promise that I and my son will give you a proper apology later!"
Right now, the old man didn't even think why Eric did what he did, he was just happy because he had managed to avoid a missile.
Eric on the other hand continued with his play, as he followed up,