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 individuals wearing black

none dare to speak a

was evident that they were

-Clank!

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 youth's

he was

head towards the guards, the youth opened the door of the car and entered.

gloves, the driver of the car turned around and politely smiled towards

would you

with his phone,

you

Smiling, the driver said

guild is currently staying in the

to the information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a smile

there, hmm...That is indeed interesting, alright,

of amusement appeared in Nolan's

that bastard why he shouldn't

his head and turned his focus back on

-Voom

car silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

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

-Tak!

one of my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded

get the gist of the situation

-Tak!

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

what did

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at

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

-Tak!

down, I smiled at

trying to create a conflict between the two of them,

at me and

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

the location, Nolan alongside his five guards exited

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

to enter the nightclub, a

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

one of the guards was about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out an ID

"Here"

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

Nolan, I apologize for not

okay no

Nolan took the card back and made his way towards

until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a youth sitting in the corner of the

Nolan smirked as he

you

fair skin and sharp brows

"Nolan!"

long time

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

only known each other for about a

continuously targeted each other. Always trying to

the reason why they fought in

reason why they disliked each other was simply because at the time they met, they were each with a friend who had some enmity with the

they were their friend's enemies,

their friends, the two stood on the

since then, their

a gold-graded guild, their pride was naturally

a clear winner between them, they were always

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

Jacob's figure which was more robust

to redeem yourself for your