At the award ceremony, plenty of prominent figures had come up to him. Shaking hands, handing out business cards, some just making small talk. One of them was a man in a black suit with sharp eyes.
At the time, Alaric only had a brief glance at the name on his badge: L. Everdane – Varlion Corporation. He smiled and returned the handshake politely, just like with the others.
He didn't give it much thought. Quite a few even bigger businesspeople had approached him yesterday. That's how they were always humble and supportive, even though they usually ended up outshining the ones they cheered on. That's the way it goes. So, really, what's the point of feeling too important?
But elsewhere in the world, not too far from the city center... a somewhat heated meeting was taking place on the top floor of a skyscraper. In an exclusive boardroom, two CEOs from well known corporations were well, having a bit of a quarrel.
