The Sequel to The White Room Troubles is finally here! Follow Kiyotaka on his journey for freedom, peace of mind and the protection of the people he considers closest to him. It's All or Nothing for him. It is recommended to read The White Room Trou...
I never thought I would be playing a board game such as this. Was chess really a board game to begin with?
Either way, I always felt chess was a game that really smart people would play, and that was true to begin with. But Yukimuu was really smart and didn't know how to play chess surprisingly enough.
That ruined my view of smart people...
Until I realised that Kiyopon could play chess better than I ever thought he could play.
Don't get me wrong, I remember when he said that he could play chess when the Event Selection special exam was announced, and the fact that apparently he played chess before coming to this school, but I didn't expect him to be amazingly good.
Eh... was that a good way of describing how great he was at chess?
Either way, myself and Keipon got to see how amazing he was at chess when the three of us met up at Keyaki Mall. There was a store that held a chess table and a man who apparently used to be a professional chess player.
Apparently the man could see that Kiyopon knew how to play chess because he gave off an aura that emitted "absolute confidence in chess skills". Kiyopon was going to reject the offer, but after being pushed by me and Keipon, he ended up agreeing to go against the guy.
The thing was though, both Keipon and I forgot one key fact about professional chess. It was the fact that just one single game could go on for more than 1 hour. So we should've expected Kiyopon's game to go on for quite a long time.
Yes, I guess both me and Keipon are idiots for not thinking this through.
"I concede." The professional chess player ended up saying after 2 and a half hours.
"Thank you for the game." was what Kiyopon replied with.
Ever since then, we have been in Kiyopon's room. Keipon and I somehow got interested in learning chess, so Kiyopon took us back to his room to teach us.
"Ah damnit!" Keipon shouted after losing a game to me.
"Yes!" I couldn't help but project my victory in the whole room.
This was the fifth game we played against each other and just like that, I finally overtook Keipon's victories with 3 to me and 2 to her. Our tutor, Kiyopon, was sitting at his study desk off to the side, watching our little scuffle.
"Congratulations on your best out of three victory, Haruka."
I couldn't help but giggle at his praise. Keipon was pouting immensely off to the side, which was pretty cute. But I'm sorry Keipon. I'm the victor today so I can't care about you as much as I want to as of this moment.
"But Kei could've actually won 3 turns ago if she noticed where you had placed your Bishop."
That surprised me, and it obviously ruffled up Keipon's feathers. Kiyopon replicated the exact place where our pieces were the moment Keipon could have won and showed us exactly what she should've done to win.
