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

surroundings as none dare to speak a

that they

-Clank!

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,

was a lone

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

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

where would

with his phone,

do you have

Smiling, the driver said

the Luxious guild is currently staying in

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

hmm...That is indeed

his head, a trace of amusement

that bastard why he shouldn't

driver nodded his head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

car silently sped

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake

of one of the people you

-Tak!

one of my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded

sort of get the gist of

-Tak!

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

what did you figure

-Tak!

down, Smallsnake looked at me

This way, both guilds will

-Tak!

my pawn down, I smiled

entirely wrong about the fact that I am indeed trying to

at

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

as they were about to enter the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out an ID from

"Here"

of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card,

Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing you

It's okay no

card back and made his way towards the

looked left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he

youth, Nolan smirked as

seeing you here

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

"Nolan!"

time no see

two stared at each other, sparks appeared between their

Jacob had only known each other for about

they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always

reason why they fought in the first place wasn't anything

simply because at the time they met, they were each with a friend who

since they were their friend's enemies, they were their enemies

standing up for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each other.

since then, their conflicts

both respectively heirs to a

was a clear winner between them, they were always destined to fight

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

which was more robust and taller than

redeem