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"

...

parked below a tall skyscraper, five

none dare to

that they were

-Clank!

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 bearing coming out from

he was a

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

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

would you like

his phone, Nolan

you have any

Smiling, the driver said

sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the Olar bar in Paltor street not so far

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

hmm...That is indeed

head, a trace of amusement appeared in

he

nodded his head and turned his focus back on

-Voom

silently

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake

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

-Tak!

my pawns, I nodded

"Spot on"

-Tak!

chessboard, and pondering for a second, Smallsnake

the gist

-Tak!

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

did you

-Tak!

down, Smallsnake

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

-Tak!

my pawn down, I

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

Smallsnake glanced at

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

the knight, I moved it upwards in an L

"You'll see soon"

...

the location,

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

enter the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

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

"Here"

it to the guard, Nolan smiled politely. A couple of seconds after, coming back

Nolan, I apologize for not recognizing you

It's okay no

took the card back and made his way towards

after a couple of seconds,

youth, Nolan smirked as he looked down

seeing you

up, a fairly handsome youth with fair skin and sharp brows looked in Nolan's

"Nolan!"

long time

between their

had only known each other

targeted each other. Always trying to look for trouble for

didn't particularly start big. In fact, the reason why

disliked each other was simply because at the time they met, they were each with a

their friend's enemies, they were their enemies

stood on the opposite side of

ever since then, their

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

a clear winner between them, they were always destined to fight against

had always been trying to look

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

came here to redeem yourself for