Sword God in a World of Magic

For a while, Shang only remained on the spot, thinking.

'Don't let my past ruin my future,' Shang repeated to himself in his mind.

To Shang, these words had a profound meaning.

When he thought about these words, the night with the bandits returned.

'My past.'

Shang felt like the Water Mage had been right in basically everything she said.

But at the same time, Shang also felt that her words were a bit too simple.

'Ruthlessness is still a necessity in this world. Not dealing with threats might make them even bigger in the future.'

'Leaving the battlefield on the battlefield, huh?'

'I'm not sure if there is a place that's not a battlefield in this world.'

'The teachers say that the academy is safe, but is it truly safe? Have there been no instances of students dying to other students?'

'I don't believe that.'

Shang looked at the place where the unconscious student had just been.

'However, was he truly a threat?'

'Have I not risked the threat becoming an even bigger one by trying to get rid of this small threat? Before my actions, he might have been the only threat, and his threat had been minuscule.'

'However, what about his family? If their child had received some permanent damage, wouldn't they search for revenge? Wouldn't have this little threat turned into a bigger threat then?'

For a while, Shang tried to wrap his head around his new understanding.

After the night of the bandits, Shang's mind had focused on dealing with all the small threats to stop bigger threats from appearing.

small threats had

it right to always deal with smaller

Silence.

but what constitutes as dealing with a

had already been dealt with after injuring him heavily. At that point, he had no longer been a threat. After

only a kid that made a mistake. Just like me, he has plenty of time

course of action, but when

in front of me but also at the surroundings. Killing him would have only

between different

around and

future. I need to be mindful of the

the future, I am bound to come into a situation where no one is

lost control. Even though my actions have appeared correct at that moment, they have not been

not emotionless, and I have to keep in mind that anger can cloud my

building and

down, Shang sat on his bed, only looking at the

mind had returned to calm

like the incident

image of the crushed face beneath him shouting for its mother returned for an instant,

more mindful of my future. I can't ruin my future with actions committed

returned, but Shang shoved

be in

returned and vanished

always remain in

image came back and was

himself that he had to remain in

always returned, but

That wasn't him anymore.

was in control

his new

would not lose control

would leave the past

kept shoving the image into the back of

allow it to ruin