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"

...

in line, outside of a black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five individuals

vigilantly looked towards their surroundings as none dare to speak

that they were

-Clank!

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 towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help but notice an elegant yet

he was a lone untouchable

his head towards the guards, the youth opened the door of the car and entered. Following

gloves, the driver of the car turned around and politely

master, where would you

his phone,

do you

Smiling, the driver said

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

information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a

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

his head, a trace of

why he shouldn't have messed with

the driver nodded his head and

-Voom

silently

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake glanced at me and

Is that the identity of one of the people you asked

-Tak!

of my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

second,

of get the gist of

-Tak!

sign of shock, I raised

what did you figure

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me

a conflict between the two guild by creating conflict between the two heirs. This way, both guilds

-Tak!

my pawn down,

that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them, but that isn't

at me

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in an

"You'll see soon"

...

twenty-minute drive, arriving at the location, Nolan

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

they were about to enter the nightclub, a

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

couple of seconds after, coming back from having

Nolan, I apologize for

It's okay

the card back and made his

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

youth, Nolan smirked as

seeing you

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

"Nolan!"

time no see

other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the

Jacob had only known each other

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

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

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

since they were their friend's

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

their conflicts have

heirs to a gold-graded guild, their

there was a clear winner between them, they were always destined to fight against

to look trouble for one another

robust and taller than Nolan's, looked down

came here to redeem yourself for your last