Princess_Treasure

Train fifteen hours a day? Check.
Go on dangerous missions to polish your skills? Check.
Work hard until you got to the top and earned all the benefits? Check.
Then speak brazenly because you were at the highest rank in magic? Check.

Zenith Ichiban had a plan to be on top, and eventually, he reached the top and no villain was thrilling enough to fight.

He enrolled as a teacher in a magic school at twenty, believing that teenagers, in the spring of their youth, would entertain him. 

Yet, these teenagers weren't thrilling enough and couldn't bear his honest opinion about how lame their magic was. 

Zenith Ichiban thought he would spend the rest of his life looking for some spark... 

Until those FIVE students reared their heads, and the villains caught wind of the return of the Prodigy Mage. 

Chaos ensued, and Zenith struggled to keep his quiet life while keeping his students from danger.

Disclaimer:
The MC started out quite selfish, but he experienced genuine relationships that shaped him for the better. This story didn't only revolve around him, but it centered on him as the protagonist. I hope you enjoy it.

The SSSSS-Rank Mage In A Mundane World

Chapter Eighty-Nine: Cycle of a Tree

Zenith successfully teleported to a different realm, one he knew his personal leech Escanor wouldn't follow him to. It was one he found himself.

He didn't know how to answer Escanor's question because there was a lot to it.

A Dark Mage becoming a Mage would need a Mage to vouch for them, and then the Dark Mage had to serve their time in prison or do community service.

It wasn't an easy or short journey and Escanor didn't have such patience. Zenith knew that if he told him honestly, it'd sound like he didn't want him choosing the right path. So avoiding the question was best.

Deep down, Zenith felt quite guilty because once again, he didn't help the young man set his path straight and left him in a dangerous place.

"And I thought I changed." He sighed while walking slowly around the dead realm.