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.

with small threats had nearly summoned a far

always deal with smaller

Silence.

it obviously is, but what constitutes as dealing with

injuring him heavily. At that point, he had no longer been a threat. After all, he had probably never planned on

like me, he has plenty

correct course of action, but when the lesson had gone too far, it

at the person in front of me but also at the

to learn how to differentiate between different kinds of threats and their

Shang turned around and slowly

the future. I need to be

out of this mess because an outsider intervened. In the future, I am bound to

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

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

building and

on his bed, only looking at the ground with furrowed

had returned to calm with surprising

almost like the

for its mother returned for an instant, but Shang's mind

to be more mindful of my future. I can't ruin

returned, but Shang shoved

to be in control of

returned and

need to always remain

image came back and was

repeating to himself that he

but Shang always pushed it

That wasn't him anymore.

in control

his new

would not lose control

leave the past in the

into the back

it to