The Cold Game

Can one encounter change everything?

Adisa is a proud, rising captain in the Knights guild. He's extremely smart, perceptive, strategic, powerful--and a braggart. He's absurdly great at his job. His excessive bragging can either be highly amusing or annoying, the latter of which is prevalent among the conservative nobles who unfortunately dominate the knights. Coupled with the fact that he's a commoner, he should happily retire as one of the Knight Commanders for a small town.

As if.

One day he heard some goons trying to harass a meek woman. He tries to save her, but the goons turn out to be more than he can handle. Almost at the death's door, he's saved by the very woman he was trying to protect. Not only the timidness was an act, she also turns out to be an extremely intelligent and powerful person.

Attracted by each other's peculiarities, they quickly become interested in each other. Scoffed by some as the pair going against social classes, they stand resolute. With the gears of fate starting to move, it's unknown what will the result be.

Join them on their adventure of battling against this game and fight against destiny in which stakes include not only their relationship, but will also slowly include the future of the world. The friends will become enemies; enemies will turn out to be useful. And extremely powerful, smart and ruthless people stand in their way. It'll require every ounce of their wisdom--which they are both widely known as geniuses for--to even have a minute chance.

Will their end be tragic or a heroic victory? Only time will tell.