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

individual vigilantly looked towards their surroundings as none dare to speak a word

was evident that they

-Clank!

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

was a

the door of the car and entered. Following his entrance, from all sides, the guards

at the front, wearing white gloves, the driver of the car turned around

where would

phone, Nolan

you have any

Smiling, the driver said

Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street not so far from

of

is indeed

head, a trace of

that bastard why he

and turned his focus back

-Voom

the car silently sped

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

the identity of one of the people you asked

-Tak!

of my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded

of get the gist of

-Tak!

sign of shock, I raised my brow and

did you

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me before

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 each other...But although the plan sounds solid, it's

-Tak!

my pawn down,

entirely wrong about the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them,

Smallsnake glanced at

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it

"You'll see soon"

...

the location, Nolan alongside his five guards exited the

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole surroundings, shaking

"Please excuse me"

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

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

protest, raising his hands,

"Here"

Nolan smiled politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly gave it back

I apologize for not recognizing

It's okay no

Nolan took the card back and

left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a

smirked as he looked

you here

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

"Nolan!"

long time

stared at each other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the

only known each

targeted each

why they fought in the

reason why they disliked each other was simply because at the time they met, they were each with

since they were their friend's enemies, they were

the two stood on the opposite side of each

their conflicts have

a

was a clear winner between them, they were always destined to

meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble

was more robust and taller

here to redeem yourself for your