The Author's POV

[Caïssa - Headquarters]

"pheew" "pheew" "pheew"

Sitting on my desk, I blew on the bangs of my hair. As I was doing so, from time to time, I would check my phone.

"...Nothing yet huh?"

After 10 minutes of continuously checking my phone, I sighed.

'...it looks like things are progressing more slowly than I predicted'

"What are you doing?"

"Hmm? Smallsnake?"

Glancing towards Smallsnake who had just arrived, I leaned back on my chair and continued to blow on the bangs of my hair.

Noticing my attitude, Smallsnake didn't even bother to ask what I was doing.

"Has everything with the Luxious guild been sorted?"

Checking my watch, without glancing at Smallsnake I said

"...not yet, should be soon though"

"How soon?"

Thinking for a bit, I said "I'd say in about an hour or so?"

Raising his brow, Smallsnake couldn't help but ask "An hour?... then is everything that is happening outside all because of you?"

With my eyes half open, I briefly glanced at Smallsnake

"I guess you could say that"

Frowning, Smallsnake paused before he said

"...just what the hell did you do?"

"It's a bit of a long story..."

-Vuam!

Tapping on my phone, a huge chessboard appeared before me and Smallsnake.

"Fancy a game of chess while I recount? To be honest, I'm on the verge of passing out from boredom"

Glancing at the chessboard, Smallsnake sighed and sat in front of me.

"Chess? Regular rules?"

"Yup"

"Alright"

Nodding his head, Smallsnake stared at the chessboard before him. He was currently using the black pieces, thus he would have to start after I moved my piece.

"So, tell me what you did?"

"What I did?"

Staring at the chessboard for a brief moment, I looked at Smallsnake and smiled.

"I just moved the pieces one at a time..."

Frowning, Smallsnake couldn't help but shake his head.

"...I don't know what you mean by that, but you seriously have a chess complex"

"I do?...hmm, I guess you aren't wrong?"

Taken aback for a moment, I couldn't find any words to refute his statement.

Now that I thought about it, I really did, didn't I?

From the guild name and structure to the way I talked...I made a lot of chess references.

I guess I really did have some sort of chess complex...

-Tak!

Sighing, moving my pawn forward, I smiled.

"Let's begin"

...

below a tall skyscraper, five

surroundings as none dare to

that

-Clank!

an ironed designer T-shirt and black pants headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down

as if he was a lone

car and entered. Following his entrance, from all sides,

front, wearing white gloves, the driver of the car turned around and politely

would you

his phone,

sure, do you have any

Smiling, the driver said

the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in

the information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a smile appeared

is indeed interesting, alright, let's go

head, a trace of amusement appeared in

he shouldn't have

the driver nodded his head and turned his

-Voom

car silently sped into

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

driver? Is that the identity of one

-Tak!

one of my pawns, I nodded my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded

get the gist

-Tak!

any sign of shock, I raised my

what did

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked at

to instigate a conflict between the two guild by creating conflict between the two heirs. This way, both guilds will have an excuse to fight

-Tak!

my pawn down, I smiled at

I am indeed trying to create

at me and

what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

knight, I moved it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

twenty-minute drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

closer, the loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub

"Please excuse me"

they were about to enter the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

of the guards was about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook his

"Here"

seconds after, coming back from having

Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing

It's okay no

and made his way

right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a youth sitting in the corner

smirked

seeing you here

and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching his teeth he hatefully

"Nolan!"

long time no

their eyes. Soon the air around the nightclub started becoming

known each other

they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always

didn't particularly start big. In fact, the reason why they fought in

the time they met, they were each with a friend who had some enmity with the

were their friend's enemies, they were their enemies

that, standing up for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each other. And thus they

then, their

they were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild, their pride was naturally

a clear winner between them, they were

they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the

was more robust and taller than

here to redeem yourself