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 black suits

none dare to speak a word to each

evident that

-Clank!

from the skyscraper entrance, a youth wearing an ironed designer T-shirt and black pants headed straight for the black sedan. As he walked down the

as if he was a lone

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

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

master, where would you like to

his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

sure, do you have

Smiling, the driver said

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

off of his phone, a smile appeared

is there, hmm...That is indeed interesting,

head, a trace of amusement appeared

that bastard why he shouldn't have messed

and turned

-Voom

silently

...

-Tak!

forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

that the identity of one

-Tak!

of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and

of get the gist

-Tak!

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

did you

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at me

between the two heirs. This way, both guilds will

-Tak!

my pawn down,

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

glanced at me

what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in an

"You'll see soon"

...

arriving at the location, Nolan

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole surroundings,

"Please excuse me"

as they were about to enter the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card, the

Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing you

It's okay

Nolan took the card back and made his way towards the

left and right until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a youth sitting

Nolan smirked as he looked

you here

handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in

"Nolan!"

long time

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

and Jacob had only known

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

start big. In fact, the reason why they fought

they disliked each other was simply because at the time they met, they were each with a friend who had some

friend's enemies, they were their

for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each other. And thus they became

since then, their conflicts have never

a gold-graded guild, their pride was naturally

between them, they

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

up, Jacob's figure which was more robust and

came here to redeem