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 finishes because the Magic Circle doesn't deem

up to me and spoke

Silence.

do you think it feels like to not

it feels like to work every single waking

can focus on your studies in the Warrior's

to focus on the Warrior's Academy

have to learn about

the path of a warrior, no matter how much I

top of my class in the Mage Academy.

entire life is micromanaged to the finest

out with friends three

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

least you have a family,"

quite shocked

had to

what did he

say that he was at the top of

fight with Astor, and he remembered

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

Mattheo managed to become the second strongest in the Caterpillar Class without relying

entire image had changed in Shang's

as only the second strongest in the

known that Mattheo had such an insane

had thought that

Mattheo was a

of me after my short outburst,

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

everything's fine," Mattheo

a cruel

Mattheo looked back.

Shang said quickly. "That was a personal question.

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

truth, I was the one that requested the

looked with shock at

"Why?"

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

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

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

mind had already

father had founded the Warrior's

quiet! The lesson