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?"

the conversation finishes because the Magic Circle doesn't deem that person

know how many people came up to me and spoke about our previous conversations, and

Silence.

you think it feels like to not be

you think it feels like to work every single waking hour of your

on your studies

to focus on the Warrior's Academy and the Mage

about

only pursue the path of a warrior, no matter how

at the top of my class in the Mage Academy. If I

micromanaged to the finest of

went out with

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

"At least you have a family,"

quite shocked after hearing

to do so

did

say that he was at the top of his class in the Mage

with Astor, and he remembered that Mattheo hadn't

spells. After

managed to become the second strongest in the

entire image had changed

Mattheo as only

Shang had never known that Mattheo had such an insane

had thought that Astor was a

was

don't think lesser of me after my short outburst, Shang," Mattheo said

was taken out of his thoughts as he looked at Mattheo. "No,

fine," Mattheo

force such a

Mattheo looked back.

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

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

I was the one that requested

with shock

"Why?"

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

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

to do both. As long as my studies are progressing greatly in the Magic Academy, my

mind had already

had founded the

The lesson