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?"

if you were to forget their existence after the conversation finishes because the Magic Circle doesn't deem that

came up to me and spoke about our previous conversations, and I had no idea

Silence.

it feels like to not

you think it feels like to

can focus on your studies in the

on the Warrior's Academy and

have to learn about

of a warrior, no matter how much I want to. I have to learn Magic and practice Magic

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

entire life is micromanaged to

out with

Elver, don't compare our different situations. They are incomparable," Mattheo

least you have a family,"

shocked

to do so

what did he

at the top of

Mattheo's fight with Astor, and he remembered that Mattheo

cast spells. After

in the Caterpillar Class

had changed in

as only the

Shang had never known that

that Astor was a

Mattheo was a

lesser of me after my short outburst, Shang," Mattheo

taken out of his thoughts as he looked at Mattheo. "No, it's fine. It wasn't even

fine,"

a cruel Magic Circle upon you?"

Mattheo looked back.

Shang said quickly. "That was a personal question. I was

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

truth, I was the one that requested the Mind Mage," Mattheo

with

"Why?"

a warrior," Mattheo said with a distant look in his eyes. "I always thought that they were very

though father owns the Warrior's Academy, he didn't want his own

you know," Mattheo said with a smile. "So, I simply decided to do both. As long as my studies

had already

founded

be quiet! The