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"

...

of a black sedan, parked below a tall skyscraper, five individuals

towards their surroundings as none dare to speak a word

was evident that they were

-Clank!

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

he was a lone

the car and entered. Following his

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

master, where would

with his phone, Nolan

you have any

Smiling, the driver said

according to some sources, it seems that Jacob from the Luxious guild is currently staying in the

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

indeed interesting, alright, let's go

trace of amusement

why he

his head and turned his focus back on

-Voom

the car silently sped

...

-Tak!

Smallsnake glanced at me

the identity of one of the people

-Tak!

another one of my pawns,

"Spot on"

-Tak!

and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a pawn

of get the gist of the

-Tak!

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

did

-Tak!

Smallsnake looked at me

two heirs. This way, both guilds will have an

-Tak!

pawn down, I smiled at

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

glanced at

what is

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

it upwards in an

"You'll see soon"

...

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

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

closer, the loud rumbling music coming from the nightclub reverberated throughout the

"Please excuse me"

the nightclub, a bulky individual stopped them at the

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

was about to protest, raising his hands, Nolan

"Here"

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

Nolan, I apologize for not

okay no

back and

until finally, after a couple of seconds, he managed

Nolan smirked as he looked down

you here

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

"Nolan!"

time no see

other, sparks appeared between their eyes. Soon

and Jacob had only known each other for

that year they met, they had continuously targeted each other. Always trying to look for trouble for one

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

they met, they were each with a friend who

were their friend's enemies, they

up for their friends, the two stood on the opposite side of each other.

then, their conflicts have never

were both respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild,

winner between them, they were

first meeting, they had always been trying to look

more robust

redeem yourself for your