Sword God in a World of Magic

"What do you know?!" Elver shouted in frustration.

"You never had to starve!"

"You never had to go out and risk your life to kill a Pest Cat because it keeps threatening your family!"

"You never needed to fear that your entire family is gone after just a single excursion into the wild! Every time I went out to train in the wilderness, I feared that I would find my family dead upon my return!"

"So, don't speak about hardship!" Elver shouted with a venomous tone.

The entire atmosphere turned hostile.

Elver had essentially insulted every student present.

Mattheo only looked at Elver with a polite smile.

"Elver, when was the last time you slept?" he asked.

"What does that have to do with anything?" he asked with an aggressive tone.

"Just humor me," Mattheo answered.

"About three days ago," Elver answered unwillingly.

Mattheo sighed. "Ah, a good night's sleep. How I miss that."

"Do you know when I last had a good night's sleep?"

Silence.

"Seven years ago."

Elver's expression transformed into shock and then disbelief. "How would that even be possible? You couldn't survive without sleeping."

"Mind Magic," Mattheo said. "A Mage that focuses on Mind Magic can put a Magic Circle into your mind that deals with memories."

"The Magic Circle distinguishes important information from unimportant information and transports it from my short-term memory to my long-term memory while I am still awake."

"My body can only rest during meditation while my mind is always active."

"Of course, such an intrusive procedure has plenty of disadvantages."

"For example, I can't sleep, even if I want to. I can't remember things that the Magic Circle deems unimportant."

"Have you ever been interested in someone, and you wanted to build a connection with them?"

conversation finishes because the Magic Circle doesn't deem that

up to me and spoke about our previous conversations,

Silence.

you think it feels like to not be able to choose your own friends

feels like to work every single waking hour

can focus on your studies

the Warrior's Academy

about etiquette, politics, history, and

a warrior, no matter how much

I am at the top of my class in the Mage Academy. If I only were second place, father would forbid me from

life is micromanaged to the

out with friends three

compare our different situations. They are incomparable," Mattheo

his teeth. "At least you have a family," he said with a venomous

shocked

to do so

did he

he say that he was at the top of his

remembered Mattheo's fight with Astor, and he remembered that Mattheo hadn't used any

spells. After all, he was outstanding in

Mattheo managed to become the second strongest in the Caterpillar Class without relying

image had changed in Shang's

seen Mattheo as only the second

never known that

Shang had thought that Astor

was a

me after my short outburst, Shang," Mattheo

thoughts as he looked at Mattheo. "No, it's

everything's fine,"

a cruel Magic Circle upon you?" Shang

Mattheo looked back.

was

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

truth, I was the one that requested the

with

"Why?"

"I always thought that they were very valiant. In comparison to Mages, warriors meet danger head-on. They

he didn't want his own son

know," Mattheo said with a smile. "So, I simply decided to do both. As long as my studies are progressing greatly in the Magic Academy, my father can't

mind had already

had founded the Warrior's

quiet! The lesson will start