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

their surroundings as none dare

evident that they

-Clank!

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

was

the door of the car and entered. Following

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

where would you

his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

do you have

Smiling, the driver said

from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor

his eyes off of his phone, a smile

is indeed interesting, alright, let's

head, a trace of amusement

he shouldn't have

nodded his head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

the car silently sped into

...

-Tak!

forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

as a driver? Is that the identity of one of the people you

-Tak!

of my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

for a second,

sort of get the gist of the situation

-Tak!

glancing at him, nor showing any sign of shock, I

did

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked

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 honestly full of

-Tak!

down, I smiled at

about the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them, but that isn't

Smallsnake glanced at

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside his

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole surroundings, shaking

"Please excuse me"

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

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out an ID from

"Here"

seconds after, coming back

Mr. Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing

okay

card back and made his way towards the

the nightclub, Nolan looked left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a youth sitting in the

smirked as he looked down on

seeing you here

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

"Nolan!"

time

sparks appeared between their

and Jacob had only known each other

met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to look for

why they fought in the first place wasn't

was simply because at the time they met, they

were their friend's enemies, they were

their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each other. And thus

then, their conflicts have

a gold-graded

a clear winner between them, they

had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the other gave up

was more robust and taller

redeem yourself for your