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"

...

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

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

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

was

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

gloves, the driver of

master, where would you

his phone,

do you

Smiling, the driver said

it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor

eyes off of his phone, a smile appeared

indeed interesting, alright, let's

of amusement appeared in

he shouldn't have

driver nodded his head and turned his focus back

-Voom

car silently sped into

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

that the identity of one of the people you asked

-Tak!

one of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded his

of get the gist

-Tak!

sign of shock, I

what did you

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me

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

-Tak!

my pawn down,

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!

I moved it upwards in

"You'll see soon"

...

arriving at the location, Nolan alongside his five

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

raising his hands, Nolan shook

"Here"

smiled politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back

apologize for not recognizing

okay

took the card back and made

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

up to the youth, Nolan smirked

seeing you here

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

"Nolan!"

long time no

between their eyes. Soon the

and Jacob had only known each

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

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

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

were their friend's enemies, they were their

their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each

then, their conflicts have

to a gold-graded guild,

a clear winner between them, they were always destined to

look trouble for one another until the other gave

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

here to redeem yourself for your last