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"

...

a black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five

surroundings as none dare to speak a word to

that they

-Clank!

out from the skyscraper entrance, a youth wearing an ironed designer T-shirt and black pants headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help but notice an elegant yet prideful bearing coming out from

he was a lone untouchable

guards, the youth opened the door of the car and entered. Following

front, wearing white gloves, the driver of

master, where would you like to

his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

you have

Smiling, the driver said

master Nolan, according to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street not

information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a

is there, hmm...That is indeed

of amusement appeared in

bastard why he shouldn't

his head and turned his

-Voom

the car silently sped into

...

-Tak!

forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

as a driver? Is that the identity of one

-Tak!

of my pawns, I nodded my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

chessboard, and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a

of get the gist

-Tak!

showing any sign of shock,

what did

-Tak!

down, Smallsnake looked at

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

-Tak!

pawn down, I

that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two

Smallsnake glanced at me and

what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the

"Please excuse me"

as they were about to enter the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped them

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook

"Here"

Nolan smiled politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back from

I apologize for

okay

and made his way towards the

nightclub, Nolan looked left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to

the youth, Nolan smirked

you here

up, a fairly handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching

"Nolan!"

time no see

other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the air around the nightclub

only known each other for

during that year they met, they had continuously targeted each other.

start big. In fact, the reason why they

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

since they were their friend's enemies, they were their

stood on

then, their conflicts have never

heirs to a gold-graded guild,

between them, they

their first meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until

was more robust and taller than

to redeem yourself for your last