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

towards their surroundings as none dare to speak a word to

evident that they were

-Clank!

black pants headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down

as if he was a

youth opened the door of the car and entered. Following his

wearing white gloves, the driver of the

master, where would you like to

with his phone,

sure, do you have any

Smiling, the driver said

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

taking his eyes off of

indeed interesting,

trace of amusement appeared in

bastard why he shouldn't

head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

silently sped into

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

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

-Tak!

my pawns, I nodded

"Spot on"

-Tak!

for a second, Smallsnake moved

of get the gist

-Tak!

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

what did

-Tak!

down, Smallsnake looked at me

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

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled

fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of

glanced at

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

moved it upwards in

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

enter the nightclub, a bulky

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

raising his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out an ID

"Here"

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

I apologize for not recognizing

It's okay

Nolan took the card back and made his way towards the

and right until finally, after a couple of

to the youth, Nolan smirked as he looked down

seeing you here

fairly handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked

"Nolan!"

time

other, sparks appeared between their

and Jacob had only known each other

during that year they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to look for

fact, the reason why they fought in the first place wasn't

time they met, they were each with a friend

were their friend's enemies, they

their friends, the two stood on the

ever since then, their conflicts

to a gold-graded guild, their pride was naturally

them, they were always destined to

to look trouble

which was more robust and taller than Nolan's, looked down

here to redeem yourself