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.

the

don't know," Shang said. "It's a lot to

been thrown out of equilibrium by

you but also for you. It

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

the company of. Sure, you can

organization, and many of them put a lot of value on cooperation. We humans are not

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

certain that you can change. After all, if you were truly as cold and

the end, it's up to you. You can listen to my words or simply treat

to Mervin's words, and he was honestly thinking about

that cared about others. He tried to act like a grumpy old

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

moment, Shang wasn't

Should he thank him?

start a

that he will try to put

the end, Shang

these potential reactions felt

the two of them only continued jogging in silence

noticed with furrowed brows that Shang didn't

given Mervin an answer, but Mervin saw Shang's answer by

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

Mervin knew

make an attempt at

pay attention that one didn't understand Mervin incorrectly. Mervin wasn't someone that liked it when people tried to please

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

easy for Shang to make

thank Mervin

That was it.

about doing that? It was simply a

Shang didn't say

tiny formality could make his life so much easier, but he