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"

...

below a tall skyscraper, five individuals wearing black

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 bearing coming out from the

if he was

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

the front, wearing white gloves, the driver of the car turned

where would

with his phone,

you

Smiling, the driver said

it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently

the information, taking his eyes off of his phone, a smile appeared on Nolan's

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

a trace of amusement appeared in

show that bastard why he shouldn't have messed

his head and turned his focus back on the

-Voom

silently sped

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake glanced at me

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

-Tak!

another one of my pawns, I

"Spot on"

-Tak!

a second,

the

-Tak!

showing any sign of shock, I raised

did

-Tak!

Smallsnake looked at me before

a conflict between the two guild by creating conflict between the two heirs. This way, both guilds will have an

-Tak!

down, I smiled at

aren't entirely wrong about the fact that I am indeed trying to create a conflict between the two of them, but that isn't my

Smallsnake glanced at me and

Than what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in an L

"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!

coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout

"Please excuse me"

they were about to enter the nightclub,

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

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

apologize

It's okay

took the card back and

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

Nolan smirked as he

you

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

"Nolan!"

time

at each other, sparks appeared between their eyes.

had only known each

during that year they met, they had continuously targeted each

start big. In fact, the reason why they fought in the

they met, they were each with a friend

were their friend's

the two stood on

then, their conflicts

to a gold-graded guild, their pride was

there was a clear winner between them, they were always

they had always been trying to look trouble for one

more robust and

redeem