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 tall skyscraper, five individuals wearing black suits

towards their surroundings as none dare to speak

evident that they

-Clank!

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

as if he was a lone

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

driver of the car turned around and politely

would

with his phone, Nolan disinterestedly

you have any

Smiling, the driver said

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

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

indeed interesting,

his head, a trace of amusement appeared

why he shouldn't have messed

the driver nodded his head and turned his focus back on

-Voom

the car silently

...

-Tak!

a pawn forward, Smallsnake glanced at me and

that the identity of one of the people you asked me to make a

-Tak!

my

"Spot on"

-Tak!

and pondering for a second, Smallsnake moved a

sort of get the gist of the situation

-Tak!

showing any sign

did

-Tak!

Smallsnake

the two heirs. This way, both guilds will have an excuse to fight each other...But although the

-Tak!

my pawn down,

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

at me

what

Smiling, I didn't respond.

-Tak!

I moved it upwards in an

"You'll see soon"

...

the location, Nolan alongside his five

So did the driver.

-Vuam! -Vuam! -Vuam!

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

"Please excuse me"

as they were about to enter the nightclub, a

"Please provide an ID"

"He-"

raising his hands, Nolan shook his head and took out an ID from

"Here"

coming back from having checked the card, the guard flusteredly gave it back to

apologize for not recognizing you

okay no

card back and made his way towards

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

smirked as he

seeing you here

and sharp brows looked in Nolan's direction.

"Nolan!"

time

appeared between their eyes. Soon

had only known each

targeted each other. Always trying to look for trouble for

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

simply because at the time they met, they were each with

they were their friend's enemies, they were their enemies

two stood on the opposite side of

their conflicts have never

respectively heirs to a gold-graded guild,

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

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

figure which was more robust and taller

redeem yourself for your last