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?"

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

know how many people came up to me and spoke about our previous conversations, and I

Silence.

feels like to not be able

you think it feels like to work every

can focus on your studies in

have to focus on the Warrior's Academy and the

have to learn about etiquette, politics, history, and

matter how much I

of my class in the Mage Academy. If I only were second

is micromanaged

went out with friends

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

a family," he said with a venomous tone before walking

shocked after hearing

to

did

the

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

After all, he was outstanding in

strongest in the Caterpillar Class without relying

had

only

Shang had never known that Mattheo

thought that

Mattheo was

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

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

everything's fine," Mattheo

father really force such a

Mattheo looked back.

Shang said quickly. "That was a personal question. I was only

Mattheo chuckled a bit.

"It's fine."

was the one that requested the Mind Mage,"

looked with shock at

"Why?"

"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

Academy, he didn't want his own son to focus on the path.

simply decided to do both. As long as my studies are

had already

father had founded the

The