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

know," Shang said. "It's

thing," Mervin said. "If your feelings have been thrown out of equilibrium by

only a good thing for the people around you but also for 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 choose their customers.

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

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 not the first choice for these

said. "You have plenty of time to change. The

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

You can listen to my words or simply treat them as the ramblings of an old

silently listened to Mervin's words, and he was

had also noticed that Mervin was truly someone that cared about others. He tried to

obviously didn't like talking too much, but he had said so much to Shang in such a short time,

a moment, Shang wasn't certain

Should he thank him?

he start a discussion

smile and tell him that he will try to put these changes

the end,

these potential reactions felt like they

them only continued jogging in silence down the

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

hadn't given Mervin an answer, but

something that would help Shang in the long run. After all, Mervin was an experienced teacher, and the better their

and Mervin

Shang didn't even make

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

thing he was concerned about was Shang's inability to try to

easy for Shang to make

thank Mervin for his

That was it.

about doing that? It

didn't

life so much