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"

...

below a tall skyscraper, five individuals wearing black suits and

none dare to speak a word

that they were

-Clank!

wearing an ironed designer T-shirt and black pants headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan, the

as if he was a lone

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

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

master, where would you

with his phone, Nolan

sure, do you

Smiling, the driver said

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

to the information, taking his eyes off of his

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

trace of amusement

show that bastard why he shouldn't have messed with

nodded his head and turned his focus back on

-Voom

car silently sped into

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

identity of one of the people

-Tak!

another one of my pawns, I nodded my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

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

sort of get the gist of the situation

-Tak!

him, nor showing any sign of shock, I raised my

did you figure

-Tak!

down, Smallsnake looked at

heirs. This way, both guilds will have an excuse to fight each other...But although the

-Tak!

down,

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

at

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

knight, I moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

were about to enter the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped them at the

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly gave it

Nolan, I apologize for

okay no

took the card back and

of seconds,

smirked as he looked down

you here

brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him, clenching

"Nolan!"

long time no see

appeared between their eyes.

and Jacob had only known

they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to look for trouble

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

because at the time they met, they were each with a friend who had some

were their friend's enemies,

standing up for their friends, the two stood on the opposite

since then, their conflicts

a gold-graded

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

had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the other gave

which was more robust and

redeem yourself for your last