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"

...

outside of a black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five individuals wearing black suits and sunglasses

as none dare to

that

-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 towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help but notice an elegant yet prideful bearing coming out from the

if he was a lone

head towards the guards, the youth opened the door of the car and entered. Following his entrance, from all

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

where would you like

phone, Nolan disinterestedly

do you have

Smiling, the driver said

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

eyes off of his phone,

hmm...That is indeed interesting,

a trace of amusement appeared in Nolan's

show that bastard why he shouldn't

his head and

-Voom

silently sped

...

-Tak!

forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

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

-Tak!

of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

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

the gist of the situation

-Tak!

him, nor showing any sign of

did you

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake

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 honestly full of

-Tak!

my pawn down, I smiled

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

at me and

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

twenty-minute drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside his five guards exited the

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

closer, the loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole

"Please excuse me"

were about to enter the nightclub,

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

after, coming back from having

apologize for not

okay no

Nolan took the card back and made his way towards

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

smirked as

you here

fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's

"Nolan!"

time

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

only known

they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying

particularly start big. In fact, the reason why they fought in the first place

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

were their friend's

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

their

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

such, until there was a clear winner between them, they were always destined to fight against each

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

here to redeem yourself for your last