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 Hundred-Four: Illusory Mage I

The old man had a proud expression, it wasn't all the time the young Mage accepted how amazing he was to be able to have lived so long.

But it didn't last long as Zenith added. "But before I die, he'd probably be the same height as his dog."

The young Mage patted the old man's head, a smirk coming to his lips. "Your age increases and your height decreases."

"Equivalent exchange, that's all." The man slapped Zenith's hand off his head. He rubbed his cheeks. "My good looks were taken too."

There was no reaction as Zenith and Escanor searched his face, finding it hard to believe his 'rat-like' face ever looked good.

The old man exhaled deeply. "Also Minnie is… dead." he sighed. "Dogs don't live that long."

Escanor became quiet but Zenith only had a slight disappointed expression. "No wonder no one answered the door." He said flatly.

The old man slowly nodded, with a sullen expression.