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"

...

sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five individuals

their surroundings as none dare to speak a word

was evident that they were

-Clank!

As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help but notice an elegant yet prideful bearing coming out from the

was

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

at the front, wearing white gloves, the driver of

would you like

phone, Nolan

you have

Smiling, the driver said

sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying

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

there, hmm...That is indeed interesting, alright, let's go

his head, a trace of amusement appeared in Nolan's

why he shouldn't

driver nodded his head and turned

-Voom

silently sped

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

driver? Is that the identity of one of

-Tak!

one of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

second, Smallsnake moved a

sort of get the gist of

-Tak!

nor showing any sign

did

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at

between the two heirs. This way, both guilds

-Tak!

down, I smiled

I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them, but that isn't my main

glanced at me

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in

"You'll see soon"

...

drive, arriving at the location, Nolan

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole

"Please excuse me"

enter the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

guards was about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook

"Here"

couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly

Mr. Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing you

okay

took the card back and

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

the youth, Nolan smirked as he looked down

seeing you here

a fairly handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching his teeth he hatefully

"Nolan!"

time no see

sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the air around the nightclub

and Jacob had only known each

they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to look

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

they met, they were each with a friend who had

they were their friend's

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

then, their conflicts

a gold-graded guild, their

until there was a clear winner between them, they were always

trying to look trouble for one another until the other gave up or

more robust and taller than Nolan's, looked down on

to redeem