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

ve known Esta since we were little kids.
Esta used to live in a now defunct orphanage and me, my mother and my step father lived in this tent like thing.”

“That’s right.
We’ve known each other by appearance for as long as I can remember.
We actually started working together only after the orphanage got torn down though.”

“So your orphanage got destroyed…….must have been rough.”

“Not really.
We called it an ‘orphanage’ but it was more of a place where young were orphans were sold away for money; a truly horrible place.
That’s why it got destroyed in the first place.
Most kids got taken in by soldiers and taken to other cities but I alone remained in Realzard.”

“As for me, my mother disappeared around a year before Esta’s orphanage got trashed leaving me all alone with that piece of shit forever drunk failure of a step-father that she brought along with her a couple of years ago.
He’d hit me all the time because I was unable to retaliate; it was around that time that I started working as a thief to make some money for myself.”

…………..Now that is some heavy fucking shit alright.

And the dreams of romance talk withered away as the conversation turned as dark as it could have as expected.

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“You….I-I just wanted to hear how you two met.”

“Now now, no need to be impatient.
Around a year after I started as a thief, I failed a job for the first time.
And came back without any money……..and that’s when my step-father went completely crazy and abused me the worst.
It ended with me being thrown off a height and that’s when I injured my left leg during the landing.”

“Right around that time, having lost a place to live thanks to the orphanage getting destroyed, I found Ralf collapsed on the road and nursed him back.
And that became the trigger for us to start working together.”

It’s almost as if they were from a different world than me.

I know I didn’t exactly have the most normal childhood but theirs is many times worse than anything I had to go through.

“Right right, and it took about a week before I could walk again and I resolved myself to kill that man to escape from this hell and went all the way back to my house…….only to find him already dead with an empty bottle in hand.
Since I had been earning money for us for the last year, he couldn’t survive even a week without me——–hilarious, don’t you think?”

“…….I’m not laughing.”

“Well, I couldn’t get my revenge but I was able to free myself from him.
And so, partly out of gratitude, I told Esta about that old dilapidated house that no one used and we started living together there.”

“……….I see.
From then, until meeting me you continued making ends meet while being thieves.”

“ah actually no.
we didn’t become thieves instantly.
Since Ralf was still recovering and I had zero confidence in my physical abilities, until we grew older we would polish shoes, carry luggage etc to earn money.
We only became thieves after our [Heaven’s Blessing].

“To escape a life of thievery we needed enough money to buy Esta a grimoire but you could only earn such a big amount through more thievery, so we resolved ourselves that we’ll keep at it even if it killed us.——Maan, when Chris caught I was sure we were both gonna die!”

“Yes, so did I……….Yet, here we are.
Giben anada chance at libe.”

“Don’d cry.
Didn’d we bromise not to cry again?”

“Sorry, But Ralb, you’re crying doo.” [T/N; in case it wasn’t obvious, these aren’t typos they are crying and speaking that’s all]

Fully recalling their dark pasts, both got emotional and let loose their tears.

They were both looking up trying to hold them back but the tears were mercilessly flowing across their cheeks.

“Bud, now you undersdand? Why we were so grateful to you?”

“I get it.
I didn’t know anything about your situation back then but I’m glad I took you two into my party.
I’m certain of it now………And I don’t say this out of sympathy, I say this because of what you two have been through.
Even if you are lacking in physicality, you can make it to the top with a strong mentality.
Those who don’t give up no matter how much life hurts them will always find victory one day.”

“………..YES! I will never give up.
We will surpass even Klaus-san.”

“Damn right! I’ll surpass that little brother of yours and become the greatest adventurer there is!”

Wiping their tears away, both looked a whole lot more refreshed as they made some grand proclamations.

On the way to the capital, while it may look like just normal chatter to outsiders, my bond with these two became a whole lot stronger than before.

I had decided I would never trust anyone ever again after getting thrown away by my own father.

But, perhaps it’ll be fine to have some trust if its these two.

It genuinely made me feel so.