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

ing as an adventurer, and working for us, the royal family instead?”

“Sorry, but that’s not an option for me.
I’m only in this together until I have taken down Klaus.
After that, I don’t see myself working for the kingdom directly ever again.”

“That’s too bad.”

To think I’ll get an invitation like that.
But I refused it instantly regardless.

After that, I took a quick glance towards Gautier but he seemed to still be unconscious.

If he was awake, rejecting a personal invitation from Charlotte in front of him would have surely made him throw a fit and cause even more problems after all.

“Let me get back to the topic at hand but, Charlotte did you incite Milworc to return to the base?”

“Hmm? Sort of, but not quite right either.”

Well that was a vague answer.
I could only tilt my head in confusion.

“So it wasn’t intentional on your part then?”

“I mean I did try and induce Milworc to return to their base but, in all honestly, it was just pure luck that he actually did so, is what I’m saying basically.”

“I see.
Well, regardless it really helped me out.
Thanks to that, I was able to destroy both Milworc and [Under Eye] in one fell swoop.”

“To be honest, I was still only half-convinced until before, but after this whole ordeal I’m not confident that I made the right choice in making an alliance with you Chris.”

Likewise, having a influential backer like Charlotte has been a great help for me so I’m glad I was able to make a her think the same.

I suppose it really was the right decision to prioritize destroying [Under Eye] in that sense as well, as it further strengthened our alliance.

“So, let’s get to the main topic shall we?………Where is Klaus right now?”

As soon as I brought up the topic of Klaus, the calm atmosphere of the room suddenly tensed up.

Especially, Ralf and Esta sitting beside me seemed to perk up a bit, and as if affected by it, Charlotte’s side all also all tensed up as well.

“Klaus isn’t in the royal capital right now.
To be exact, 4 days ago——meaning, the day before our assault on the [Under Eye] base, he left the capital.”

“What’s this about? I came to the capital chasing Klaus……….you lot didn’t leak our info and let him run did you?”

“Calm down.
Even if I had told him about you directly, do you really think Klaus would have run from you, Chris?”

The sudden info made my brain go to extreme conclusions, and Charlotte gave back an anger0filled response to that but……..the question only calmed me down.

There’s no way the guy that has been trying his utmost to capture me would run the moment he knew that I was in the capital.

If anything, he would have rushed out to find and kill me instead, meaning the fact he left the capital in fact implies the opposite.

——but in that case, why did Klaus leave at such a timing?

“……….yeah, he won’t run.
Apologies for losing my temper.
So is it just a coincidence that he happened to leave now?”

“No, it’s not a coincidence.
It would be a huge trouble if your duel happened in the middle of the capital.
So to avoid that I requested father to send Klaus out on an expedition.——meaning, that place will also become the location for your decisive battle.”