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 wearing

vigilantly looked towards their surroundings as none dare

evident that

-Clank!

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 prideful bearing

as if he was a lone untouchable

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

at the front, wearing white gloves, the driver of

would you like

his phone,

sure, do you have

Smiling, the driver said

seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar

eyes off of his

there, hmm...That is indeed

his head, a trace of amusement appeared

why he

driver nodded his head and turned

-Voom

silently sped

...

-Tak!

forward, Smallsnake

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

-Tak!

one of my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

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

sort of get the

-Tak!

showing any sign of shock, I raised

did you figure

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me before

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,

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

glanced at me and

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in an

"You'll see soon"

...

drive, arriving at the location, Nolan alongside his five guards exited the

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole surroundings, shaking

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped them at the

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

Nolan, I apologize for not

It's okay no

back and made his way

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

to the youth, Nolan smirked as he

seeing you here

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

"Nolan!"

time no

sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon the air around the nightclub started becoming

known each

that year they met, they had continuously targeted each

fact, the reason why they fought

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

were their friend's

the two stood on the opposite side of each

their conflicts have

both respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild,

there was a clear winner between them, they were always

their first meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the other gave up or admitted

up, Jacob's figure which was more robust

redeem yourself for