The Exiled First-born of the Noble House. Rising to the Top With the Worthless Skill [Null Poison]

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For grimoires, you also have to know how to read ancient texts sometimes and while you could find them in the market, they are far more expensive than normal books like the one I have.

And to go to a school, you either need to be a top level noble or receive a higher class magic related job.
Among the basic combat jobs, [magician] is often considered the worst option for common people.

“[Magician] eh………much better than my [Farmer] but that’s still an unlucky draw.”

“It is.
But I haven’t given up.
I began thieving to save money to buy a grimoire in the first place.
So I haven’t given up on becoming one.”

“——I see, so that’s why you asked if I could read back at [Shichifukuya].”

“Yo-You still remember that..”

“It did make me curious after all.”

“I’m sorry.
And not to ask for another favor of you but……..if by some chance I find a grimoire, will you please teach me how to read?”

“Yeah, sure.
I don’t mind.”

“Really! Thank you very much!”

While an unfortunate job some might say, if she did learn how to use magic somehow, her actual potential would now be far off from other high rank jobs.

She could have an explosive growth in the future.

“So, what about you Ralf?”

“I said I’m not telling.”

“Ralf’s job was [Holy Knight], his skills were [divine strike], [divine blessing] and [guardian’s roar].”

“Oii, why the hell are you blabbering it all to him! Esta!!”

“[Holy Knight]…….? What the hell is a [Holy Knight] doing here??”

That was a high-rank job.
The moment he got that, he should have been taken in under the imperial army that work directly under the King; and his life should have been set there and then.

Even if he didn’t join the army, the top Clans of adventurers would have recruited him instead; hell even without those, he would be able to attract stronger people around him.

No matter how you think about it, a [Holy knight] working as a petty thief, living in the poor alleyways was a near impossibility.

“Ralf, when he was young, had an accident and got a major injury to his thigh.
Even now he can’t move properly due to that.”

“……..Now things are finally starting to make sense.
So that’s why Esta was the one who did the actual thieving and Ralf stayed back as backup.
And when he was about to pull his sword, his balance and posture looked completely off because he was protecting his thighs.”

“Shit! Esta why the hell did you have to tell him everything!?”

“Considering the jobs you two have, it really is an incredible coincidence of misfortunes to end up with a duo that can’t even kill 5 goblins in an entire day.”

“I have already accepted that I was born with shit luck.
Abandoned at birth, we are both the same hence why we two stick together.”

 Ralf’s muttered, weakly.

Even I could understand how much struggle it must have been to not even be able to move your legs properly in this harsh world because of an injury received as a child.

Until I was 16, I had everything in life.
And was taught everything I needed; sword, maths, and language.

I’m hardly in any position to be lecturing them but——

“If we could heal Ralf’s legs, everything would change no?”

“Yeah sure but when I had it checked by the city’s doctor I was told that a full recovery was impossible.”

“And so you gave up after that so easily?”

“Of course I didn’t at first!! I have searching for a way to heal my legs even before I ever underwent the [Heaven’s Blessing]………but I found nothing!!”

“And how did a mere kid, with no parents, no money, no education or connections so easily decide that it was impossible, I don’t get it.”

“Wh-what…….”

“Fine, at least we know that both of you have the potential at least.
And maybe it’s stupid of me to do this purely based on the result of both of your [Heaven’s Blessing] but for the time being, I wont mind making a party with you two.”

Still shook from my words, Ralf continued to look bitter.

On the contrary, Esta’s face brightened with happiness.

“That said, as you are now, I have no intention of working together.
Like I said before, I have things to do as well.
If you cant even kill a couple of goblins, you’re not worth my time.”

“……..which is it damn it.”

“At the very least, get strong enough to easily kill goblins and then I’ll make a party with you two.”

“But we can’t! That was the entire reason we came to you for help in the first place!! This is putting the cart——“

“We understand! Me and Ralf will definitely get strong enough to consistently and comfortable kill goblins!”

“Oi Esta!!”

“Then its settled.
Once you’ve achieved that, we’ll talk in detail about this.”

I sympathize them both.
I really do.
But I’m not going to coddle them either.

I’m nothing more than a newly started bronze adventurer.
I need to put all my time and effort into getting strong enough to beat Kalus.

But, I felt something in those two.
A sliver of potential perhaps.

I felt it was worth it to make a party with them and gamble on that potential.

………..Of course that too, is to surpass Klaus.

I turned my back on the two and began working on my own stuff.
I’ve only just returned, but I have a lot to do.

To regain the time lost on all the talking, I began with classifying the dried plants first and foremost.