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.

was Shang truly the person

know," Shang said. "It's

have been thrown out of equilibrium by Soran's

isn't only a good thing for the people around you but also for you. It makes it far easier to interact

it harder to get the resources you need in the future. At some point, the traders have enough wealth and power to choose their customers. There is far

want, you will sell it to someone you enjoy the company of. Sure,

of an organization, and many of them put a lot of value on cooperation. We humans are not lonesome beings. One of our biggest strengths is

young, Shang," Mervin said. "You have plenty of time to

if you were truly as cold and apathetic as you appear, Soran's words wouldn't have had an effect

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

Mervin's words, and he was honestly thinking about

was truly someone that cared about others. He tried to act like a grumpy old man,

had said so much to Shang in such a short time, which showed that he

a moment, Shang wasn't certain what he should

Should he thank him?

a discussion with

he smile and tell him that he will try to put

the end, Shang did

of these potential reactions felt like

of them only continued jogging in silence down

noticed with furrowed brows that Shang didn't react, and

given Mervin an answer, but Mervin saw

Mervin was an experienced teacher, and the better their relationship, the more Mervin would be willing to

Mervin knew that Shang

Shang didn't even make an attempt at pleasing

that one didn't understand Mervin incorrectly. Mervin wasn't someone that liked it when people

he was concerned about was Shang's inability to try to make his life

so easy for Shang

had to thank Mervin

That was it.

was so hard about doing that?

didn't

make his life so much easier, but he didn't