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.

snorted. "Why wouldn't

a given that the relationship between your

uttered as he threw a

code," Shang answered. "Additionally, one of the others shouted that you

confusion while scratching his chin. "That's an interesting word. I've never heard of it

I wear, and they think that I'm just

you learn of these things? From which family are you?"

awkward after receiving

not from any family,"

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

Shang said. "I

"You don't know?"

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

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

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

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 that

all of that said, are you still adamant about the fact that you lost your memory? I must warn you. We have ways to check if your

because that's what happened," Shang said

man looked at Shang with a skeptical expression. "Alright, then let's test that right now. Please

stood

pointed his finger at Shang's forehead and

to cast a

was surprised when he saw that the teacher

to

guy wear leather armor and a long spear on his

suddenly start casting a

to finish his spell. Obviously, he was unused

Shang felt the words the teacher

he heard similar words

was finished, some Mana came

where he had

same spell to check if

the Duke hadn't even needed a full

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

teacher looked at the Mana,

"So?" Shang asked.

like you've spoken the truth," the teacher said with a surprised expression. "I can see that something in your mind

Shang asked, fully knowing what the

heard the

or not. We mainly use that spell to check if someone's memory has been tampered with. That's basically the only thing

said

teacher scratched his

this kid had lied to him,

Amnesia, huh?

Who would've thought?