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 wearing black suits

surroundings as none dare to speak a word to

evident 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

as if he was

of the car and entered. Following his entrance, from

white gloves, the driver of the car turned around

would you like

with his phone, Nolan

sure, do you have any

Smiling, the driver said

Nolan, according to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is

taking his eyes off of his phone,

there, hmm...That is indeed interesting,

trace of amusement appeared in Nolan's

he shouldn't have messed

and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

the car silently sped

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced

Is that the identity of one of the people you

-Tak!

of my pawns, I nodded my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and

get the gist of the

-Tak!

sign of shock, I

did

-Tak!

down, Smallsnake looked at me

between the two guild by creating conflict between the two heirs. This way, both guilds will have an excuse to fight each other...But

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled

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

at

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back

Mr. Nolan, I apologize

okay no

the card back and made his way towards the

left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a youth sitting in the

the youth, Nolan smirked as he looked down

seeing you

fairly handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in

"Nolan!"

time no see

sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the air

known each other for

met, they had continuously targeted each other.

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

met, they were each with a friend who had some enmity with

since they were their friend's

stood on the opposite

since then, their

both respectively heirs to a

clear winner between them, they were always destined to fight

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

robust and taller than

to redeem