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

their surroundings as none dare to speak a word

that

-Clank!

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

he was a lone untouchable

of the car and

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

master, where would

with his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

you

Smiling, the driver said

some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street not so far from

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

is indeed

head, a trace of amusement appeared

that bastard why he shouldn't have messed with

driver nodded his head and

-Voom

car silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

a driver? Is that the identity of one of the people you asked me to make

-Tak!

my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn

sort of get the gist of

-Tak!

him, nor showing any sign of shock, I raised my brow

what did you figure

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me

the two heirs. This way, both guilds will have an excuse to fight each other...But although the plan sounds

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled at

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

at

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

from the nightclub reverberated throughout the

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped them at the

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

Mr. Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing you

okay no

and made his way

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

Nolan smirked as he

seeing you

fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing

"Nolan!"

long time no

their eyes. Soon the air around the nightclub

Jacob had only known each other for

that year they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to look for trouble for one

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

they met,

their friend's

friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each

ever since then, their conflicts have never

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

them, they were always destined to

their first meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the other gave up or

figure which was more robust and taller than Nolan's, looked down on

here to redeem