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.

of dealing with small

to always deal with

Silence.

it obviously is, but what constitutes as

point, he had no longer been a threat.

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

action, but when

front of me but also at the surroundings. Killing him

learn how to differentiate between

Shang turned around and slowly grabbed

attention in the future. I need to be mindful of the consequences

mess because an outsider intervened. In the future, I am bound to come into a situation where no one is there to

I have to accept that I have lost control. Even though my actions have appeared correct at

not emotionless, and I have to keep in mind that

building and went

sat on his bed, only looking at the ground with

mind had returned to

like the incident

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

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

Shang shoved it away

need to be in

returned and

to always remain

back and was pushed away

to himself that he had

returned, but Shang

That wasn't him anymore.

was in control

was his new

would not

the past in

into the back of

wouldn't allow it to ruin his