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, five individuals wearing black suits and

individual vigilantly looked towards their surroundings as none

was evident that they were

-Clank!

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

he was

the door of the car

the front, wearing white gloves, the driver of the

master, where would you

phone,

sure, do you

Smiling, the driver said

from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the

information, taking his eyes off of

is indeed interesting, alright, let's go

his head, a trace of amusement appeared in

he shouldn't have messed

the driver nodded his head and turned his focus back

-Voom

silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me

the identity of one

-Tak!

another one of my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn

get the gist of

-Tak!

showing any sign of shock, I raised my brow

what did you

-Tak!

another pawn down, Smallsnake looked at

heirs. This way, both guilds will have an excuse

-Tak!

my pawn down, I smiled at

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

at me and

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards in an

"You'll see soon"

...

the location, Nolan alongside

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"

to enter the nightclub, a bulky individual

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

raising his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out

"Here"

it to the guard, Nolan smiled politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly gave

I apologize for not recognizing you

It's okay

and made his way towards the

after a couple of seconds, he managed to spot a youth sitting in the corner of

smirked as he looked

seeing you

skin and sharp brows looked in

"Nolan!"

time no see

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

only known each

met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always

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

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

were their friend's enemies,

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

ever since then, their conflicts have

were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild, their pride

there was a clear winner between them, they

to look trouble for one another until the other gave up or

more robust and taller than

here to redeem yourself for your