My Magical Career at Court: Living the Dream After My Nightmare Boss Fired Me from the Mages' Guild! Volume 3

Luke didn’t like that way of thinking. He despised it, and yet, before he knew it, he had started to do it himself. It was like a curse—a deformity. When he didn’t get the results he wanted, he would punish himself.

I would hate giving up without even trying. I once made a mistake that I greatly regret. Because of that, I learned that if something is truly important to me, I must do everything in my power for it. I must know that I have done all that I can. As long as I have, I can bear to be human in an irrational world. I can go on living.

I’ll make the impossible possible. I can climb any wall, no matter how foolish it may seem. I could even fly if I wanted to. Nobody can stop me.

Anybody who stood out would duly be taken down a peg. Upstarts would be nipped in the bud. As the heir to a prestigious family himself, Luke was all too familiar with the outlook of people with vested interests to protect.
Fine. I’ll just have to overcome any obstacles they lay in my path. It’s that simple.

I must follow my own path with everything I’ve got!

I know you’ve worked so hard for this! a voice in his head cheered. You can do it! You’ve got this!

However, it was those memories that had driven him to become a better person—somebody with the power to save that child whom everyone had belittled.

I’d worked hard again and again, and all that effort had given me strength.

I was happy when things went well, and I was frustrated when they didn’t. I still hung onto the belief that I had no limits. I was determined to keep getting better, and there was nobody who expected it more than myself.

She took on every new challenge using her talent and hard work, her bonds with her coworkers, and her devotion to magic!