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?"

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

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

Silence.

you think it feels like to not

do you think it feels like to work every single waking

your studies

the

have to learn about etiquette, politics, history, and

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

the top of my class in the Mage Academy. If I only were second place, father

life is micromanaged to the finest

went out with friends

situations. They are incomparable,"

you have a family," he said with

shocked after

to do

did he

say that he was at the top

and he remembered that Mattheo hadn't used any

After all, he was outstanding in the

the Caterpillar Class without relying on his abilities as

image had

seen Mattheo as only the second strongest in the Caterpillar

known that Mattheo had such

Shang had thought that Astor was

no, Mattheo was a

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

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

fine,"

such a cruel Magic Circle upon you?" Shang

Mattheo looked back.

quickly. "That was a personal question. I

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

truth, I was the one that requested the Mind

with shock

"Why?"

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

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

Mattheo said with a smile. "So, I simply decided to do both. As long as my studies are progressing greatly in the Magic Academy, my father can't stop me from pursuing

mind had already

founded the

quiet! The lesson will start