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?"

existence after the conversation finishes because the Magic Circle doesn't deem

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

Silence.

think it feels like to not be able to

it feels like to work every single waking

focus on your studies in the

the Warrior's Academy and

learn about etiquette,

the path of a warrior, no matter how much

the Mage Academy. If I only were second place,

life is micromanaged to

out with

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

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

quite shocked

to

did he

say that he was at the top

with Astor, and he remembered that

spells. After all, he was

second strongest in the Caterpillar Class

image had changed in Shang's

seen Mattheo as only the second strongest in

known that Mattheo had such an

Shang had thought that Astor was a

no, Mattheo was a

think lesser of me after

out of his thoughts as he looked at Mattheo. "No, it's fine.

everything's fine," Mattheo

such a cruel Magic Circle upon

Mattheo looked back.

was a personal question. I was only

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

that requested

with shock

"Why?"

be a warrior," Mattheo said with a distant look in his eyes. "I always thought that they were very valiant. In comparison to Mages, warriors meet danger head-on. They throw their bodies at the enemies so that everyone else

owns the Warrior's Academy, he didn't want his own son to focus on the path. He said that

as my studies are progressing greatly in the Magic Academy, my father can't

mind had

had founded the Warrior's

The lesson