Sword God in a World of Magic

Soran left the room to report to his Master, which was probably the dean, Shang assumed.

Viera went back to whatever she was doing, and Mervin pulled Shang along with him.

Mervin led Shang to the gates of the academy, and they quickly left it.

By now, Shang could see a busy city, a far cry from the dead city he had seen at night.

Shang could hear the constant hitting of hammers, the roaring fires in bakeries and forges, and many people loudly trading with each other on the streets.

Even more, nearly every person on the streets wore armor and weapons, showing that they were warriors.

Mervin and Shang then left the city without saying anything. When the guards saw Mervin, they simply shot him a greeting and let him pass.

Then, the two of them ran down the long street, which was filled with many different carts. The carts were all filled with different wares.

"You should listen to Soran," Mervin said suddenly.

Shang didn't answer.

Ever since Soran had said that Shang hadn't smiled even once, Shang had fallen into thought.

He still remembered his time on Earth. Back then, he had been a very extroverted and outgoing person. He had enjoyed smiling and being amongst others.

Shang had also smiled quite a bit when he had been in this world. His interactions with the villagers of Coldew Village had felt natural. Shang had smiled politely, and he had laughed with them a little bit.

When had all of this stopped?

When had he stopped smiling?

It wasn't hard to find the moment.

It was when Shang had killed the beggars and when he had decided to kill off his old persona.

He didn't remember his old name anymore, and he also didn't care. He no longer was this person.

Shang truly the

Shang said. "It's

have been thrown out of equilibrium by Soran's

also for you. It makes it far easier to interact with the world, and you will

apathetic. By being as you are now, you will find it harder to get the resources you need in the future. At some point, the traders have enough wealth and power to

supply to anyone you want, you will sell it to someone you enjoy the company of. Sure, you can probably also buy

organization, and many of them put a lot of value on cooperation. We humans are not lonesome beings. One of our biggest strengths is the ability to work together. Someone who appears apathetic and hard to get along with is

still young, Shang," Mervin said. "You have plenty of time to change. The only

you were truly as cold and

up to you. You can listen to my words or simply treat

listened to Mervin's words, and he

cared about others. He tried to act like

so much to Shang in

Shang wasn't certain what he

Should he thank him?

a discussion with

he will

the end, Shang did

of these potential reactions

them only continued jogging in silence

brows that Shang didn't react, and

an answer, but Mervin saw Shang's answer

long run. After all, Mervin was an experienced teacher, and the better their relationship, the more Mervin would be

and Mervin knew

didn't even make an

one didn't understand Mervin incorrectly. Mervin wasn't someone that liked it when people tried to please him. This was not what he

was concerned about was Shang's inability to try to make

was so easy for Shang to

only had to thank Mervin for his

That was it.

was so hard about doing that? It was simply a

Shang didn't

make his life so