Sword God in a World of Magic

'Duke?' Alex thought in surprise. 'That means that this world, or this country at least, operates on an aristocratic basis probably. As far as I remember, a duke was pretty high up in the chain of command.'

'Additionally, he said he was a High Mage. He said Mana Sources are important for Apprentices to become Adepts. I can guess with quite some certainty that Apprentices probably reflect Mages in the First Realm, while Adepts are Mages in the Second Realm. The Third Realm should logically be a Mage, which would make the Fourth Realm a High Mage, probably.'

'According to what he said, the hedgehog and the octopus are creatures of the Third Realm. The fact that he is in the Fourth Realm also explains how he could take care of them.'

'This is probably a real big-shot! Fuck, I can't believe I greeted him with a yo!' Alex thought.

"I'm sorry for my earlier disrespect, Duke Whirlwind," Alex said with a respectful tone.

Duke Whirlwind smirked a bit. "You know, it's customary to refer to a duke as your grace," he said.

"Oh, I'm sorry, your grace," Alex said. "I haven't talked to any nobles before. Please, excuse me for my negligence."

Surprisingly, the duke chuckled for a bit.

"You really don't get under people much, do you?" Duke Whirlwind asked.

"No, I don't, ehm, your grace," Alex said.

The duke chuckled again.

"You know, the your grace thing is antiquated. No one talks like that anymore. Referring to me with my title or simply by sir is already enough," the duke said with a slight smile.

The duke had been rather cold towards Alex at the beginning, but after he saw how innocent, gullible, and naïve Alex was, his mood brightened a bit.

It was rare to see a youngster that didn't try to lick his boots to get into his good graces.

"Oh, okay," Alex said, uncertain of how he should proceed.

"What's your name, young man?" Duke Whirlwind asked.

"I'm aargh!" Alex tried to say, but before he could even think about his name, a pain came from his mind. Alex grabbed the side of his head in pain.

Duke Whirlwind was surprised when he saw Alex's actions. The young man was genuinely in pain. Even his veins were seemingly popping out of the side of his head. This was a sign of pain and stress, and something like that couldn't be faked.

"Are you injured?" Duke Whirlwind asked neutrally. The young man obviously wasn't critically injured, which was why he wasn't very worried about him.

"No, it's just something that happens from time to time," Alex said as he took a deep breath.

"My name is Shang," Alex said.

"Shang?" Duke Whirlwind repeated with interest. "I've never heard of such a name. What about your last name, or is that your last name?"

"That's just my name," Alex said with a defeated voice.

He really didn't want to abandon his old name, but there was really nothing he could do.

How long could he even remember his old name?

hadn't thought of his actual name in forever. Whenever he thought of it, the

that essentially no one, not even he, had spoken out or thought about

introduce himself, his mind automatically went to the part in his mind where his actual name was located without

closed door, suffused

the door, but whenever he touched

forget what was behind that

would it take until

knew his name, but he actually didn't truly remember his

was difficult

my entire name. I don't have a first or last name. I

combed his beard in interest. "Someone with only one name. Are you from a farmer's or

Alex sighed.

think I have a family," Alex said. "Ever since arriving in this world, I have

sounded very different to

was the truth. This body had probably been created out of nothing. So, logically, this body couldn't have a family. He also hadn't met a

be interpreted by different people

that Shang had had a clash with his family

that Shang's

think that Shang was

was simply a weak-willed child

Whirlwind interpret Alex's

wasn't sure, but he guessed that Shang had probably lost his family in the

why you don't have a last name. Who gave you the name

the name upon me. There was no other name I could use, so I accepted his name," Alex said, carefully navigating the

was known in

God was not very

someone knew the God and tried to experiment on

didn't want to

simply too many unknown

Whirlwind combed his beard in thought. "That's quite an unbelievable story,

me to

Duke Whirlwind nodded.

in my garden?"

question to answer," Alex said. "The first thing I remember of this world is this wilderness. It's like this was where I started existing. I don't know anything about the world beyond this

I think I know the reason why

this wilderness and become more

decided to go with a mixture

allowing him to get out of any future questions

raised one of his eyebrows as he kept

Duke Whirlwind spoke

was casting another

he didn't know

Duke finished his spell, Alex felt some Mana

hadn't taken more than a

Mana left Alex's