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"

...

of a black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five individuals

towards their surroundings as none dare

that they

-Clank!

from 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

he was

door of the car and entered. Following his entrance, from all sides, the guards too entered

of the car turned

would you like

with his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

do you have any

Smiling, the driver said

according to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street

off of his phone, a smile appeared

there, hmm...That is indeed

a trace of amusement appeared

bastard why he shouldn't have messed

driver nodded his head and turned

-Voom

car silently

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced

Is that the identity of one of the people

-Tak!

my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn

of get the gist of the

-Tak!

showing any sign of shock, I raised my

did

-Tak!

Smallsnake

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

-Tak!

my pawn down,

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

at me

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

enter the nightclub, a

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

A couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked

Nolan, I apologize

It's okay

and made his way

right until finally, after a couple of

Nolan smirked as he

you here

and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching his teeth he hatefully

"Nolan!"

long time no

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

and Jacob had only known each other

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

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

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

were their friend's enemies,

that, standing up for their friends, the two stood on the

since then, their conflicts

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

them, they were always destined to fight

meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the

figure which was more robust and taller

to redeem