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 person as

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

Silence.

feels like to not be able to choose your

think it feels like to work every single waking hour

focus on your

the

to learn about etiquette, politics,

the path of a warrior, no matter how much I want

class in the Mage Academy. If I only were second place,

entire life is micromanaged to the

went out with

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

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

was quite shocked

to do

did he

he was at the top of

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

how to cast spells. After

second strongest in the Caterpillar Class without relying on his abilities as

had changed in Shang's

had seen Mattheo as only the second

never known that Mattheo had such an insane

Shang had thought that Astor was a

no, Mattheo was

me after my short outburst, Shang," Mattheo said with

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

fine,"

force such a cruel Magic

Mattheo looked back.

"That was a personal question.

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

that

with shock at

"Why?"

always wanted to 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

didn't want his own son to focus on the path. He said that it's

do both. As long as my studies are progressing greatly in the

mind had already

had founded the Warrior's

quiet! The