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

uantity, nature, and every delicate movement.

And the moment her chant was complete——-

“[Anti Magic]”

“[Ice Arrow]”

My [Anti Magic] hit before she could release her magic.

Mielle had been perfect with her both her casting and chanting but, the magic didn’t activate as the [Anti Magic] made it completely disappear.

“……………Eh? A-again, my magic!? But Why!?!”

“It’s my magic.
It can disrupt and negate magic activation.
The reason why your big spell from before didn’t work was also because of me, and not really a mistake you made.”

“M-magic disruption, you say!? If I recall, the golems of old used to have something like that but, I have never heard of any human using that!!”

“I don’t intend to explain in detail, but well, it’s like this so you best assume that magic won’t work on me.”

“Y-You………How did you grow so much in such a short time.
When I met you in Realzard, you were barely stronger than the average adventurer…..!”

When Mielle first attacked me, I hadn’t even been able to sense her approaching close to me.

Compared to then, not just my raw ability but also with the increased number of skills, I might as well be a different person now.

“A fruit of my labours, you could say.
Can’t fall behind the [Sword God] can I?”

“I feel like this goes far beyond anything hard work could achieve but……….or rather, if magic is useless against you, then I alone could never win against you.
Wait y-you, hid this from me before so that you could trick me into attacking you again just to fail didn’t you!?”

“Yep.
If you had tried to use magic behind my back, I was going to instantly kill you right there.”

The reason why I played dumb when she woke up was because I wanted to see if it was even worth negotiating with her.

And now, I told her about [Anti Magic] to further threaten her.

Having decided that Mielle still was of use to me, I needed to make sure that she never even thinks of defying or disobeying me, hence the threat.

“Both of you brothers have utterly terrifying personalities.
Anyway, my heart is already broken, so I won’t attack you again, don’t worry.”

“I know that but, there’s still a chance that you might just run away as well.
So give me something that’s important to you as leverage.
If not, I might still have to kill you anyway.”

“I won’t run away! And even if you say, you want something important to me……….I have nothing on me right now.”

Mielle said that, but I could sense her heartbeat quicken, and her eyes glanced at her bag for a second.

……….She definitely has something she treasures with her right now.

“Show me the contents of your bag.
You’re hiding something from me.”

“I don’t have anything!!”

“If you don’t have anything then you should have no problem showing it to me right? Hurry up.”

While clearly unwilling, she must have realized that refusal was not an option as she reluctantly gave the bag to me.

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From the size of the bag I can’t really think of anything worthwhile that might be in here but her reaction was too obvious of a giveaway.

………..She definitely has something important to her in here.

Taking the bag, I rummaged through the contents.

Potions used in dungeons, simple food, and a spare change of clothes.

——–Of, was this a treasure she got in a dungeon?

A pretty jewel and a gorgeous ornate bracelet.

The jewel seemed expensive but, the I could sense some faint mana from the bracelet so it could be a magic item even.

I took both of these items out from the bag to show Mielle but………there was no reaction.

Her face was making an ‘oh no’ expression as if I had found it but, her heartbeat was still calm.

So this isn’t her treasure then?

In that case, it could only be the only thing remaining inside the bag, which was a dirty looking necklace.

While in doubt how this could be her precious treasure, I brought it out of the bag——-and Mielle’s heartbeat jumped up like crazy.

From outside it looks like some cheap item but, it was clear that this was very precious to her.

Just like Father’s pocket watch, I guess Mielle has some kind of attachment to this necklace.

“Alright, I’ll keep this necklace as collateral.
If you run away, assume that you’ll never get it back.”

“Wh-Why did you pick that necklace of all things!!? There’s other things there that are more expensive right?!”

“Why you ask? But I don’t know either.
You should be the one who knows though, right?”

Never thought I’d find use for [Hearing Enhancement] in such a situation as well.

It was already pretty useful for detecting enemies but, I could also use to it to judge a person’s mental state as well from listening to their heartbeat rate.

I did need to be very close to the target which was a demerit but I’m sure I’ll still find lots of use from this regardless.

“……….Fine.
You can hold on to that necklace, if I don’t run away be sure to properly give it back to me.”

“Sure.
Once I’m certain, you’ll get it back.”

With this, I don’t need to be worried about Mielle anymore.
I had the upper hand in these negotiations from start to finish, and the rest, we can decide the details on a later date.

After making a promise of meeting once again on a later date to talk further, I let Mielle go and finally made my way back home again.

I don’t know how my choices today will turn out in the future but, hopefully they result in some advantage later on.

I decided to stay fully vigilant until I had made it back inside my room, as I walked through the quiet moonlit streets of Edestor.