Secrets of the Past - Part 10

"…It's hard to tell who is winning," Nila said. "But hasn't Oliver suddenly lost an awful number of pieces?"

She seemed to be able to tell, with Volguard's grave silences, that his position was a difficult one, despite the speed with which Oliver's pieces were flying off the board.

"If the Professor is thinking, then that's good enough for me," Oliver said. "He used to play me, whilst checking the homework of other students. Do you have any idea how annoying that is, Nila? For that to happen, and for you to still lose?"

"I don't, obviously," Nila said. She was giving him the intentional cold shoulder, ever since his childish attempt at destroying her hunting tactics.