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 skyscraper, five individuals wearing

individual vigilantly looked towards their surroundings as none dare to speak a word to each

that

-Clank!

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

as if he was

door of the car and entered. Following

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

would you like to

with his phone,

sure, do you

Smiling, the driver said

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

taking his eyes off of his phone, a smile appeared on

is indeed interesting, alright, let's

of

why he shouldn't have messed with

his head and turned his focus

-Voom

car silently sped into the

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

a driver? Is that the identity of one of the people you asked me to make a facemask

-Tak!

another one of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn and nodded his

sort of get the

-Tak!

nor showing any sign

what did you figure

-Tak!

Smallsnake looked at me before

two heirs. This way,

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled at

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

at me

Than what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards

"You'll see soon"

...

a twenty-minute drive, arriving at the location,

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

inched closer, the loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the whole surroundings,

"Please excuse me"

to enter the nightclub,

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

raising his hands, Nolan shook his head

"Here"

A couple of seconds after, coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly gave it back

I apologize for not recognizing

It's okay

the card back and made his way towards

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

Nolan smirked as he looked

seeing you

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

"Nolan!"

long time no

each other, sparks appeared between their

only known each other for about

each other. Always trying to look for trouble for

why they fought in the first place

time they met, they were each with a friend who had some enmity

their friend's enemies, they were their

that, standing up for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each

ever since then, their

they were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded

until there was a clear winner between them, they were always destined to

they had always been trying to look trouble for one another until the other gave

figure which was more robust and taller than

came here to redeem