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

but it's not a given that the relationship between your boss and you is

he threw a glance toward Shang. "What

dress code," Shang answered. "Additionally, one of the others shouted that you can choose your colleagues, hinting at

with confusion while scratching his chin. "That's an interesting word. I've never heard of it before, but I can take a good guess at its

to see these details. It 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.

you learn of these things? From which

felt a bit awkward after receiving that

not from any family,"

teacher looked at Shang with a skeptical expression. "So, you learned that

difficult part," Shang said. "I

"You don't know?"

I woke up in Duke Whirlwind's garden a bit more than half

teacher stopped walking as he looked at Shang with a strict expression. "With your bright mind, you can probably understand why that story

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

yes, we might have

still adamant about the fact that you lost your memory? I must warn you. We have ways to check if your claim is true," the

because that's what happened," Shang

skeptical expression. "Alright, then let's test that

stood

pointed his finger at

to cast

surprised when he saw that the teacher was

supposed to be

and

suddenly start casting

was unused to casting spells or, at least, to casting this

felt the words the

heard

the teacher was finished, some Mana came out

where he

cast the same spell to check if everything was

the Duke hadn't even needed a full second to

through Shang's head, the Mana came out from the

the Mana, and his face

"So?" Shang asked.

with a surprised expression. "I can see that something in your

more about it?" Shang asked, fully knowing what

teacher sighed. "Sorry, but 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

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

Shang said with

teacher scratched his chin

been certain that this kid had lied to him,

Amnesia, huh?

Who would've thought?