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,

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

that

-Clank!

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

if he was

the door of the car and entered. Following his entrance, from all sides, the

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

master, where would you

phone, Nolan

you

Smiling, the driver said

to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street not so far from

information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a

indeed interesting, alright,

a trace of amusement appeared

why he shouldn't

his head and turned his focus

-Voom

car silently sped

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

Is that the identity of one of the people you asked me to

-Tak!

another one of my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

for a second, Smallsnake

the gist of

-Tak!

glancing at him, nor showing any sign of shock, I raised my brow and

did

-Tak!

Smallsnake looked at me before

conflict between 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 plan sounds solid,

-Tak!

down, I

about the fact that I am indeed trying to

Smallsnake glanced at me and

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in

"You'll see soon"

...

arriving at the location, Nolan

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out an ID from his

"Here"

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

Mr. Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing

It's okay no

the card back and made his

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

up to the youth, Nolan smirked as

you

fairly handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked

"Nolan!"

long time no see

each other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon

and Jacob had only known each other for about

each other. Always trying

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

reason why they disliked each other was simply because at the time they met, they were each

friend's enemies, they were their enemies

two stood on

then, their conflicts

they were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded

between them, they were always destined to

had always been trying to look trouble for one another until

which was more robust and taller than Nolan's,

redeem yourself for your