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

Ruan

I began asking around the city, and finally found this store called [Ruan] but……

The store was located right after the main street, a place from where you could clearly see the royal castle close by as well.

Even when I went scouting while I was staying at Isabelle’s place, I never actually went close to this area but to think, this is how I’d end up coming here.

All the people walking nearby seemed to be wearing expensive clothes and jewellery, and I clearly looked out of place as I was getting a bunch unpleasant looks here and there.

Feeling a bit uncomfortable, I finally found [Ruan] and quickly entered inside.

The place itself was quite cozy, but as expected of a restaurant located deep inside the capital, the interior was gorgeous.

Because I came here wearing normal adventurer clothes, I was clearly standing out among my surroundings.

Well, there’s no point worrying about it now, and besides if I did get dragged into trouble, I could always use my strength to solve it——-with that kind of mindset, I called the waitress.

“Got a minute? I had a meet-up planned with an acquaintance here but, what should I do?”

“is that so? Did they make a reservation beforehand?”

A reservation…….? Was this place completely pre-reservation based?

I didn’t hear anything but, I imagine Graham already knew of this.

“I assume he did.
The person I’m meeting is called Graham but, do you happen to have a table reserved in his name?”

“Graham-sama was it…….? Um, Ah!”

She must have recognized the name as the waitress suddenly spoke up in a loud voice.

I was a bit confused but, she suddenly clasped her hands and completely changed her attitude.

“P-Please forgive my rude attitude from before! I-I didn’t know that you were an acquaintance of the Crossland Family!”

“I didn’t really think you were being rude but………also, did you say Crossland family?”

“N-no, you are much too kind! Graham-sama is already waiting inside, allow me to quickly escort you there.”

“Aah, Sure.
Lead the way.”

While bowing continuously, the waitress began to quickly guide me inside.

I still didn’t really get what was happening but, clearly Graham was involved in some way.

Waitress said something about the Crossland family, so I guess he was actually the son of a really respectable family or something.

But…….I feel like I have heard the name Crossland somewhere before as well.

I tried to rack my brains to remember but, in the end before I could, I was led into a luxurious private room within the restaurant.

“He’s waiting inside here.
Please enjoy.”

“Thanks for the help.”

I gave a quick thanks, and then entered the room.

If I somehow recall that name, it must have something to do with Klaus one way or another.

So I entered the room ready to get attacked at any point but, as I entered, there was only Graham inside the room which was accurate to what I saw when I used [Life Presence sense] beforehand anyway.

He probably didn’t even realize that I had my guard up as he looked at me with his usual refreshing smile.

“You came a lot earlier than I thought.
There’s still time before our promised meeting time you know?”

“Well, I never asked where this place was so I left a bit early just in case.
And then I ended up finding it a bit earlier than expected that’s all.”

“Ah, you’re right, I did forget to tell you the location huh.
Sorry for the trouble caused by my own negligence.”

“Don’t worry about it, I hardly had to work to find this place………that aside, the reception I just got from this restaurant has me curious.
Graham, are you not a normal priest?”

While Graham tried to start our talk with a usual nonchalant look, I went straight to it and quickly questioned his identity.

Even if it was just him alone in this room, I was too curious to let my guard down at this point.

Because I didn’t use [Life Presence sense] when I met him at the church, I didn’t realize it but, Graham’s life presence was at par with Prudence——no, maybe even higher than her.

Seeing as how it was obviously much larger than what you’d expect from a normal priest, it was clear he was not an ordinary nobody.

“Ah, so you noticed it after all.
This restaurant is a place often visited by my father.
And so, as his son, they act quite respectful to me as well.”

“And may I ask…….who that father of yours might be?”

“Well, it’s not really something I try to hide.
To be honest I wanted to leisurely talk about it all as we had our dinner but, if you’re that cautious already, I should probably start there.
My father is Edward Carol Crossland——The supreme commander of the Royal Knights.”

Hearing the full name and designation, I finally reconnected the dots in my memory.

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I heard a bunch of gossips about him in Realzard and there was even a bronze statue dedicated to him in Edestor.

And lastly, just the other day, I saw that name in the knight quarters as well, so honestly, if anything I was surprised that the name didn’t instantly come to my head considering how many times I have come across it here and there.

“I see.
No wonder it sounded so recognisable.
You were the son of the supreme commander of the royal knights huh.”

“Yes.
Well, I never actually got the chance to properly introduce myself so it’s not like I was trying to hide it or anything but……..it still ended up that way, and for that I truly apologize.”

“There’s no need to.
There’s a bunch I haven’t told you too after all……..but, why is the son of the commander working as a priest?”

That was the first question that popped in my head.

Seeing the strength of his life presence, it’s not like he was lacking in ability either.

With the kind of connections he might have, it’d be easy to land a much better job than being a simple priest.