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"

...

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

individual vigilantly looked towards their surroundings as none dare to speak a

that they were

-Clank!

headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help

if he was a lone untouchable

the car and entered. Following his entrance, from

the driver of the car turned around and politely smiled

where would

his phone,

you

Smiling, the driver said

it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild

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

hmm...That is indeed

of amusement appeared in Nolan's

show that bastard why he shouldn't have

driver nodded his head and

-Voom

car silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced

a driver? Is that the identity of one of the

-Tak!

my pawns, I nodded my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

second, Smallsnake moved a pawn

get the gist of

-Tak!

at him, nor showing any sign of shock,

did you figure

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me before

conflict between the two heirs. This way, both guilds will

-Tak!

down, I smiled

am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them, but

glanced at me and

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards in

"You'll see soon"

...

drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside his

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

coming from the

"Please excuse me"

nightclub, a bulky individual stopped them at the

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

Mr. Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing you

okay no

Nolan took the card back and made his

nightclub, Nolan looked left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot

the youth, Nolan smirked as he

seeing you

skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching his teeth he

"Nolan!"

long time no see

sparks appeared between their eyes.

had only known each other for about

each other. Always trying

didn't particularly start big. In fact, the reason why they fought in the first place wasn't anything particularly

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

were their friend's enemies,

for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each

ever since then, their conflicts have never

they were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild, their pride was

winner between them, they were

meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the other

more robust

came here to redeem yourself