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"

...

a black sedan, parked below a tall

looked towards their surroundings as none

evident that they

-Clank!

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

as if he was a lone

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

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

where would

with his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

do you have any

Smiling, the driver said

some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is

to the information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a smile

hmm...That is indeed

trace of amusement

show that bastard why he shouldn't have messed

driver nodded his head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

the car silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake glanced at me and

disguised yourself as a driver? Is that the identity of one of the people you asked me to make a

-Tak!

another one of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded his

of get the

-Tak!

nor showing any sign of shock,

did

-Tak!

pawn down, Smallsnake looked at

way, both guilds will have an excuse to fight each other...But although the plan sounds solid, it's

-Tak!

down, I smiled at

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

Smallsnake glanced at me and

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

knight, I moved it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

Mr. Nolan, I apologize

okay

back and made his way towards the

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

youth, Nolan smirked as he looked

you

handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction. Recognizing him,

"Nolan!"

long time no see

appeared between their eyes. Soon the air around the nightclub

only known each other for about

targeted each other. Always trying to look for trouble

reason why they fought in the first place wasn't anything particularly

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

since they were their friend's enemies, they

stood on the opposite side of each other. And thus they

then, their conflicts have never

were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded

clear winner between them,

meeting, they had always been trying to look trouble for one

more robust and taller than Nolan's, looked down on

here to redeem yourself for your last