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,

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

that

-Clank!

black pants headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan,

if he was

youth opened the door of the car and entered. Following his

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

where would you

with his phone,

do you

Smiling, the driver said

master Nolan, according to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar

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

indeed interesting, alright,

head, a trace of amusement appeared in Nolan's

he shouldn't

and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

car silently

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake glanced at

disguised yourself as a driver? Is that the identity of one of the

-Tak!

my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

chessboard, and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn

the gist of the situation

-Tak!

any sign of

what did you figure

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me before

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

-Tak!

my pawn down, I smiled at

the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict

at

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

arriving at the location, Nolan alongside his five

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

coming from the nightclub

"Please excuse me"

about to enter the nightclub,

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

as one of the guards was about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook

"Here"

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

I apologize for not recognizing

okay

took the card back and made his way towards the

a couple of seconds, he managed to spot

youth, Nolan smirked as he looked down on

you here

handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching

"Nolan!"

time no

two stared at each other, sparks appeared between their

had only known each other for about a

year they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to

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

they met, they were each with a friend who

since they were their friend's enemies,

up for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each other. And thus they

since then, their conflicts

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

between them, they were always destined to fight against

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

figure which was more robust and taller than

to redeem yourself for your