Sword God in a World of Magic

When Mervin heard that, his eyebrows shot up in surprise.

Shang was also quite surprised. "The dean wants to see me?" he asked.

Soran nodded. "Follow me," he said as he turned around.

Shang looked at Mervin, but Mervin only shrugged. "I wanted to show you where you can deliver the corpse to, but I might as well do that for you now. I will add the contribution points to your emblem when you get it."

Shang nodded. He guessed that the emblem Mervin referred to was probably some form of identification, similar to the ID cards in companies on Earth.

Shang handed the Beast Sack over to Mervin and followed Soran.

Soran led Shang to the side of a hallway and up some flights of stairs.

"Why does the dean want to see me? Is that normal for new students?" Shang asked.

"I don't know, and no," Soran said. "Usually, It's either the other Vice-Dean that welcomes the new students or me. The dean doesn't come into contact with students much."

Some seconds of silence passed as they climbed up another flight of stairs.

"So, am I part of the academy now?" Shang asked.

"That's up to the dean," Soran answered. "I gave him the report, but before he gave his okay, he told me to bring you to him."

Shang didn't answer as his brows furrowed.

Why would the dean want to meet him?

Sure, Shang had great instincts, but Soran and Mervin were acting like this was something unusual. If it were normal for talented students to meet the dean, they wouldn't have acted in such a manner.

When they reached the fifth floor, the highest floor, the two of them went back to the hallway.

"This floor is reserved for the teachers," Soran explained. "Students are forbidden from accessing this floor without being accompanied by a teacher."

Shang looked around, and he noticed that there were not that many doors. He guessed that the rooms beyond the doors were probably rather sizable.

The two of them walked to the big gates at the end of the hallway and stopped before them.

"Come in," someone said from beyond the door. Shang thought that the voice sounded like the voice of a middle-aged man. The voice reminded him of one of the managers Shang had been under in his career as a fighter back on Earth.

said, gesturing to

at the door with

dean wanted to meet

motives, there was nothing Shang could do. No one but the three of them was currently around, and if they wanted to do something to

and opened one of the two doors as he stepped into

table and a chair in the room. A black spear stood

That was it.

almost like an interrogation

truly the

a clear look at the dean for the first time, and the first

looked exactly like one would imagine a general in a medieval movie to

There were no great designs or anything on

his shoulders, and he had

of him, and Shang noticed that these were the papers Soran had prepared while

close the door," the dean said without looking up from the

noticed that he was still keeping the door open, and

some kind of small statue appeared in the dean's right hand. The dean put the statue onto a circled part of his table, and the circle

Shang felt that the density of Mana

of Mana from his surroundings.

Magic Circle," the dean commented. "It serves as protection against Scouting, Scrying, and Inquisition Magic. As long as a High Mage isn't directly trying to listen in on us from beyond the door, no one is going to hear anything we will be discussing in

the dean said, lightly gesturing to an empty spot

SHING!

chair appeared at

was still uncertain, but he followed the dean's instructions and sat

the dean put the papers to the

deep meaning. It

at Shang for a bit, the dean's eyes wandered toward Shang's

Shang's sword, Shang felt his sword shake for

only shaken if there was danger

sword on the table,"

Shang's frown intensified.

the dean noticed that his sword

There was nothing he

his sword and placed

shake more and more, and for some reason, Shang felt like he had betrayed his sword. Up to now, it had only shaken when there was danger, and judging by the intensity of the shaking, the sword probably sensed life-threatening

seem surprised," the dean

the dean, but

the dean said. Then, he gestured towards the