Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang looked at the new teacher.

The new teacher looked like someone in his early thirties. He had long, emerald green hair, and he wore a green suit of leather armor.

This teacher's appearance surprised Shang. First of all, that teacher didn't wear the normal silver getup that all the other teachers wore. Second of all, he appeared a bit on the younger side for teachers. Most of the teachers looked like they were in their forties or fifties.

"Follow him, boy," the first teacher said to Shang with an annoyed tone.

"Oh, right!" Shang answered. Then, he looked at the new teacher and nodded politely. "Thank you."

"No thanks necessary," the green-haired teacher said with a smile. "After all, you're paying for all of this."

Shang only nodded.

The teacher looked at the others. "Talk to you later," he said.

"Don't abuse him too hard," a woman from the side giggled.

"Why do you always have to do this, Melena?" the teacher asked with a groan. "If you keep doing this, the students will one day start believing your crap."

The other teachers only giggled as they entered the academy.

The teacher watched them leave and sighed. "You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your colleagues," the teacher said to Shang.

"You can," came a distant shout from one of the teachers.

"Stuff it!" the teacher shouted back with furrowed brows.

Shang could only hear more laughing.

"Come," the teacher said as he gestured to the school with his head before entering.

Shang followed behind the teacher and looked around. For the first time, Shang could actually see the inside of this legendary academy.

Shang could see empty fields filled with rubble, some clean training places, and even a small forest, which surprised him. Warrior's Paradise was already very limited in terms of space, and the academy just placed a forest here?

"Hide and seek," the teacher in front of Shang said.

"What?" Shang asked.

"Hide and seek," the teacher repeated as he gestured towards the forest. "You won't always fight in open terrain. Sometimes, you are outmatched, and you have to flee. Sometimes, opponents might hide in the area to ambush you. That's what the forest is for."

"Oh, okay. Makes sense," Shang said absentmindedly.

The teacher noticed that Shang was too preoccupied with looking, so he didn't elaborate further.

"The atmosphere between you teachers feels more personal and comfortable than I anticipated," Shang commented suddenly.

teacher snorted. "Why wouldn't it be? We're

given that the relationship between your boss

a glance toward Shang. "What gave

the obvious dress code," Shang answered. "Additionally, one of

"That's an interesting word. I've never heard of it before,

might seem obvious to you, but not everyone notices these things. A lot of people look at what I wear, and they think that I'm just some janitor or something. After all, my uniform isn't as lavish as the other teachers' uniforms," the

of these things? From which

awkward

any family," Shang

Shang with a skeptical expression. "So, you learned

Shang said. "I

"You don't know?"

don't know," Shang confirmed. "My oldest memory is from when I woke up in Duke Whirlwind's garden

hearing that, the teacher stopped walking as he looked at Shang with a strict expression. "With your bright mind, you can probably understand why that story sounds so unbelievable. There is also plenty of reason to keep one's

very altruistic person. He isn't interested in politics, and he only wants

your past political affiliations are irrelevant here. Yes, we might be in Duke Whirlwind's territory, and yes, we might have a deep connection with him, but the dean has made it very clear

your memory? I must warn you. We have ways to check if your claim is true," the teacher

what happened," Shang

skeptical expression. "Alright, then let's

only stood

finger at Shang's forehead and

started to cast

when he saw that the teacher was

supposed to be a warrior's

armor and a long spear on his

that guy suddenly start casting a

teacher took several seconds to finish his spell. Obviously, he was unused

felt the words the teacher said

he heard

the teacher was finished, some Mana came out of his finger and entered Shang's

where he had heard that

the same spell to check if everything was alright with

a full second to

Shang's head, the Mana came out from

the Mana, and

"So?" Shang asked.

seems like you've spoken the truth," the teacher said with a surprised expression.

about it?" Shang asked, fully knowing what the answer

I'm only training in Magic to supplement my fighting style. I'm a Magic Warrior, if you've heard the term before. I know some spells

Mana coming out of your mind is normal-looking or not. We mainly use that spell to check if someone's memory has been tampered with. That's

said with

teacher scratched his chin in

been certain that this kid had lied to him, but, apparently, the kid

Amnesia, huh?

Who would've thought?