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 person as

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

Silence.

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

think it feels like to work every single waking hour of

focus on your studies in

the Warrior's Academy and the Mage

to learn about etiquette, politics, history,

no matter how much I want to. I have to

here because I am at the top of my class in the Mage Academy. If I only were second place,

is micromanaged

went out with friends

different situations. They are incomparable," Mattheo

a family,"

quite shocked after hearing Mattheo

to

did

that he was at the top of

fight with Astor, and he remembered that Mattheo

After all, he

strongest in the

had changed

Mattheo as only the

had never known that

thought that Astor was a

was

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

thoughts as he looked at Mattheo. "No,

fine,"

a cruel Magic

Mattheo looked back.

said quickly. "That was a personal question. I

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

was the one that requested

looked with shock at

"Why?"

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

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

warrior, you know," Mattheo said with a smile. "So, I simply decided to do both. As long as my studies are progressing greatly in the Magic

had

founded the Warrior's

quiet! The