271 - From the ashes

"Sir, you have a call."

Connel raised his head with a frown on his face.

An important call would have come directly to him, and not through his assistant, so to be bothered by someone irrelevant made his mood take a dive, and it had been that bright to begin with.

"Who?"

"Michael Harsh."

Connel frowned, and thought hard. Seeing that, the tactful assistant bent forward and helped jolt his memory in a low voice:

"The civil servant you had the family stop supporting, the father of the woman who almost became Daemon Peak's fiancee."

Connel's eyes flickered with realization, and his assistant seeing that, continued:

"His wife died not long ago, and due to some rumors, he has been suspended, and might fall under investigation."

Connel raised an eyebrow, before his frown deepened. He could not fathom how someone like that had it in him to find the motivation, the courage even, to call him, so he waved his hand dismissively: