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"

...

black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five individuals wearing black suits

surroundings as none dare to speak

evident that they were

-Clank!

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

as if he was a

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

wearing white gloves, the driver of

master, where would

with his phone, Nolan

you have any

Smiling, the driver said

the Luxious guild

his eyes off of his phone, a

there, hmm...That is indeed

a trace of amusement

bastard why he shouldn't

nodded his head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

the car silently

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

disguised yourself as a driver? Is that the identity of one of the people you asked me to make a

-Tak!

of my pawns, I nodded

"Spot on"

-Tak!

and pondering for a second, Smallsnake

of get the gist of the situation

-Tak!

sign of shock, I raised my brow and

did

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake

heirs. This way, both

-Tak!

pawn down, I

you aren't entirely wrong about the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them, but that isn't

Smallsnake glanced at me and

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

music coming from the nightclub reverberated

"Please excuse me"

they were about to enter the nightclub, a bulky

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

Mr. Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing

It's okay

Nolan took the card back and made his way towards the

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

up to the youth, Nolan smirked as he looked

you

fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's

"Nolan!"

time

each other, sparks appeared between their

Jacob had only known each other for about a

year they met, they had continuously targeted each other.

In fact, 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 other's

were their friend's enemies, they were

for their friends, the two stood on the

their

both respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild, their

was a clear winner between them, they

always been trying to look trouble for one

up, Jacob's figure which was more robust and taller than

here to redeem yourself for your