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

Reunion after a Long While

Since I ended up spending a lot more time than expected, the sun had already begun to set now.

I had already decided to meet-up with Esta, who must have picked an inn by now, at the gates of the Capital at dusk so I quickly made my way to the church.

I don’t really have any reason to meet Graham, the handsome priest, in such a hurry but, he had helped me a lot and since I’m in the area, I figured I should at least show my face at least once.

To be honest, I wanted to meet Shantelle and Guild Vice chief as well but, Oxter was definitely a bit too far for a detour at this point.

While reminiscing the people I met in Oxter, I returned back to the main street from the west district.

The church of the capital was located in the prime area of the main street, close to the royal knight quarters where I had been taken to heal up.

But this building was far, far larger and more grandiose than even the knight quarters.
So much so that my eyes would get attracted to it everytime I passed by this area.

Standing in front of said church, I looked up to take in the full view of the building……..and then pushed open the giant doors and entered the place.

I had been to various towns and cities and seen a lot of churches but, this one was quite unqieu even compared to all of them.

Perhaps due to the purple stained glass, the inside of the building was slightly darker, and even though the sun was still out, the interior seemed exceptionally cool.

I say dark, but that doesn’t mean that the place was lacking in that divine atmosphere though.
In fact, it was the opposite.
Every wall and pillar had been emphatically adorned with gold ornaments making the entire place feel a lot more overwhelmingly grandiose.

There were a bunch of people in here but perhaps because they were all deep in their prayers, even my light footsteps seemed to echo inside the complete silence of the church.

While taking it all in and relishing this atmosphere, I decided to find someone to get info on Graham.

………that said, while I can see a couple sisters and priests here and there, they all seemed to quietly focused in their prayers so it’s hard to suddenly talk up to them.

I could see a room inside that seemed like it’d be an ability assessment room, so maybe I should go there and simply ask whichever sister or priest comes up to talk.

Having decided that, I walked as quietly as possible to not distract anyone or stand out, and entered the inner room.

My guess was right, as I could see the crystal and a bell placed on the table.

I sat down and rung the bell, and patiently waited for someone to show up.

The room before this was incredible but, the assessment room was similar to all the other that I’ve seen so far so it calmed me down a bit.

While I relaxed on my chair for a while, the door on the inside finally opened and the person that came in was………to my shock, Graham himself.

“Oh my——well, long time no see.
Do you remember me?”

The moment he entered the room, he instantly recognized me as well and spoke up before I even had a chance too.

I should be the one asking that considering he probably has to meet and see dozens if not hundreds of people everyday but, it would seem he clearly remembered me.

“Of course I do.
In fact, I was looking for you.
And it looks like you haven’t forgotten about me either, Graham.”

“Of course I haven’t.
I have yet to meet anyone other than you who gets his assessment done multiple times consecutively like you do, Chris-san.”

Saying that, Graham gently smiled.

I was worried that he may have gotten in trouble due to leaking church info to me but, it didn’t seem like he was troubled, and seemed to be doing fine which was huge relief.

“So…….you said you were looking for me but, do you have some business with me specifically?”

“No, well, not exactly business per se.
You had shown your concern for me right before I left Realzard, and so when I returned I thought I’d drop by to meet you.
The important info—–“

Right then, he showed a rare panicky look and quickly put his finger to his lips.

……….now that I think about it, he had told me that the Cardinal in the Capital was looking for me didn’t he?

I probably shouldn’t be talking about this out loud in this place of all places.

“My bad, my bad.
Not the best place to talk eh, can we switch locations? Of course if you’re okay with it, Graham.”

“Of course, I do not mind at all.
Ah, but you will have to wait until my shift is done, so it might get a little late.
Will that be fine with you?”

“Sure.
I have other business to deal with in the mean time so no worries.”

“Then, let us meet somewhere else and talk with ease.
I have a feeling I’ll be able to hear some interesting stuff so I’m quite excited.”

Looks like he’s got good instincts, so I’m probably going to get questioned in detailed it seemed.

Well, I want to hear a lot of stuff about the capital and such from him as well, so I have a feeling we’ll both get to hear a lot good stuff from each other.

“Then, let us meet again, at night.
Know any good spots Graham? I don’t much about this place so it’ll be better if you picked a spot.”

“There’s this nice joint called [Ruan].
If you’re okay with it Chris-san, how about we meet there?”

“Of course, I’m okay with it.
Then let us reconvene there again.”

“Understood.
I’ll be looking forward to it………So, will you be getting your assessment done today as well?”

An assessment eh? I only came here to find Graham so I don’t really care about seeing my stats.

Since leaving Edestor, all I have done is the battle with [Under Eye] so there’s not really any scope of seeing any big change in my abilities.

I do kinda want to check if the [Bloody tears] I bought have any effect but…….

Even if that was the case, I bought it specifically to use during my fight against Klaus anyway so there wasn’t really any meaning to it.

“Nah, I’ll pass this time.
I just came here to find you, Graham.”

“Well, that’s rare.
The image in my head of you was Chris-san=Ability Assessment after all.”

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“These days, I don’t get my assessments done that much when compared to before.
Anyways, I’ll take my leave for now.”

“Of course.
Let us meet again at night.
I’ll be in your care.”

“Yeah, likewise.”

And so, I parted with Graham for now, and left the church.

I was glad that graham was doing perfectly fine, and above all I was happy he remembered me.

While looking forward to our night chat, I headed to the capital gates where I was supposed to meet up with Esta and Ralf.