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?"

existence after the conversation

me and spoke about our previous

Silence.

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

like to

can focus on your studies in

focus on the Warrior's Academy and the

have to learn about etiquette, politics, history, and

to only pursue the path of a warrior, no matter how much

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

is micromanaged

with friends three

different situations. They are incomparable,"

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

shocked

had to do so

did

at the top

Astor, and he remembered that Mattheo hadn't used

spells. After all, he was outstanding in the

Mattheo managed to become the second strongest in the Caterpillar

entire image had

seen Mattheo as only the second strongest in the Caterpillar

known that Mattheo

that Astor

was

lesser of me after

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

everything's fine," Mattheo

your father really force such a cruel Magic Circle

Mattheo looked back.

was a

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

truth, I was the one that

looked with

"Why?"

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 everyone else can live in

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

you know," Mattheo said with a smile. "So, I simply decided to do both. As long as

had already

had founded the

be quiet! The lesson will