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

know how many people came up to me and spoke about

Silence.

think it feels like to not be

it feels like to work every single waking hour of

focus on your studies in the

focus on the Warrior's Academy and the Mage

I have to learn about etiquette, politics,

only pursue the path of a warrior, no matter how

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

micromanaged to the

last went out with friends

compare our different situations. They are incomparable," Mattheo said with a kind

teeth. "At least you have a family," he

shocked

had to do so

did he

he was at the top of

Astor, and he remembered that Mattheo

Mattheo obviously knew how to cast spells. After all, he was outstanding

to become the second strongest in the Caterpillar Class without relying on his

image had changed

seen Mattheo as only the second strongest in

that

had thought that

was a true

lesser of me after my short outburst, Shang," Mattheo

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

fine," Mattheo

such a cruel

Mattheo looked back.

said quickly. "That was a personal question.

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

truth, I was the one that requested the

with shock at

"Why?"

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

Warrior's Academy, he didn't want his own son to focus on

"So, I simply decided to do both. As long as my studies are progressing greatly in the Magic Academy, my father can't stop

mind had already

father had founded the Warrior's

The lesson will