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

as none dare to speak a

was evident that

-Clank!

As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help

he was a

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

at the front, wearing white gloves, the driver of the car turned around and

would you

phone,

do you have any

Smiling, the driver said

Nolan, according to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street not so far from

the information, taking his eyes off of his phone,

hmm...That is indeed interesting,

a trace of amusement

why he shouldn't have messed with

the driver nodded his head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

car silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

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

-Tak!

another one of my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a

get the

-Tak!

glancing at him, nor showing any sign

what did

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked

two guild by creating conflict between the two heirs. This way,

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled at

the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the

glanced at me and

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in

"You'll see soon"

...

drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

the loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout

"Please excuse me"

were about to enter the nightclub,

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

Nolan, I apologize for not

It's okay

back and made

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

Nolan smirked

you

brows looked in

"Nolan!"

time no see

other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the

known

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

start big. In fact, the reason why they fought in the first

they disliked each other was simply because at the time they met, they were each

their friend's enemies, they were their

two stood on the opposite side of each other. And thus

ever since then, their conflicts have

both respectively heirs to a gold-graded

clear winner between them, they were always destined to

been trying to look

was more robust

came here to redeem yourself for your