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"

...

line, outside of a black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper,

their surroundings as none dare to speak a word to

was evident that they

-Clank!

black sedan. As he walked down the stairs towards the sedan, the bodyguards couldn't help but notice an elegant

he was

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

wearing white gloves, the driver of the car turned around

would you

with his phone, Nolan

you have

Smiling, the driver said

some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor

information, taking his eyes off of his

indeed interesting, alright, let's go

head, a trace of

show that bastard why he

head and turned his

-Voom

the car silently sped into

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

of one

-Tak!

another one of my pawns, I nodded my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

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

of get the gist of the situation

-Tak!

showing any sign of shock, I raised my

what did you figure

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked at

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

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled

entirely wrong about the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the

Smallsnake glanced at

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

loud rumbling music coming from the

"Please excuse me"

as they were about to enter the nightclub, a

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

A couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly gave it back

Nolan, I apologize for not

It's okay no

card back and made his

right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot

smirked as he looked down on

seeing you here

handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows

"Nolan!"

long time no

stared at each other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the air around

and Jacob had only known each other for about

met, they had continuously targeted each

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

at the time they met, they were each with

since they were their friend's enemies, they

the two stood on the opposite side of each other.

then, their conflicts

to a gold-graded guild, their pride was

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

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

which was more robust and taller

redeem yourself