Sword God in a World of Magic

After the gate opened, Alex stepped through it.

Society!

Finally, he was back amongst humans!

"Did you get a good harvest?" the guard from earlier asked Alex with a smirk.

Alex immediately became nervous.

Would they confiscate his belongings?

When the guards saw Alex's reaction, they laughed. Obviously, after confirming the authenticity of Alex's document, they had all relaxed.

"You don't need to worry. If the Duke wanted us to inspect your belongings, he would have written it down on your document," one of the guards said. The guard walked closer and put his hand on Alex's shoulder.

At least, he tried to.

Alex stepped away from the hand out of reflex.

After living in the wilderness for such a long time, Alex became careful of any physical contact.

The guard blinked in confusion as he saw Alex step away, and he awkwardly lowered his hand.

"Man, you're a suspicious one," the guard said with a bitter smile.

Alex became a bit embarrassed. "Sorry. I've been in the wilderness for six whole months. I'm not used to talking with other humans."

The guard smiled and nodded. "That's understandable. We also have to live in the wilderness as part of our training, but we have our team with us. I can't imagine how lonely it must have been to be all alone in a forest."

The entire feeling and atmosphere the guards gave off had changed.

The guards had appeared stalwart, careful, and aggressive when Alex had come.

But now, the guards didn't feel any different than the police on Earth.

They simply talked to Alex casually.

"That's a nice sword," one of the guards said as he looked at Alex's sword. "Who made that?"

Alex subconsciously protected his sword. "I don't remember," he said.

Surprisingly, the guard nodded understandingly. Apparently, Duke Whirlwind had written about Alex's memory loss in the document he had handed Alex.

"Too bad. Hey, you really don't need to be that careful. Our equipment is good enough, and if it gets out that we are trying to steal from one of the Duke's guests, our heads will roll," the guard said.

Alex wasn't sure how he should respond to that.

He had already said sorry earlier, and saying sorry again would sound awkward.

Instead, an awkward silence came down on the camp of guards.

you need to

said, happy that the awkwardness

outside, kid," one of the guards

you too," Alex

was really unused

going out with his friends, and he had had no issues with

after living in the wilderness for such a long

subconsciously darted to the guards'

Alex was ready to break out into a fight at

left the camp behind as

two minutes, the guard in front of Alex stopped, and Alex took a step

look. "You really need to stop looking at other people like this,"

what?" Alex

guard pointed

said. "You're following behind me in total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect

to turn around since I can't hear you, and I always think that you vanished or something.

the guard

what

attacking the guard. It was

can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of fighting. However, normal

you are a shady creep. You give off this thief or bandit vibe. Honestly, I'm fairly sure that you will find plenty of women pushing their child

to human

but he had to admit that the guard

used to being amongst

thank you for the advice. I'll try to work on that," Alex

on that right now," the

lifted an eyebrow

said as he walked to the side. "Walk in

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a bit more

to attack Alex from behind, there was a high likelihood that

mind, this was

guard saw Alex's hesitation and silently shook

that is your name,

Alex nodded.

walking in front of you this entire time. How do

surprised by the guard's

your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece of meat. You think that's fun?"

a problem with it? No! Not every human

me leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even dare to do anything against you? If I did, chances are high that the Duke would find

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps of

Silence.

felt like he was being

turn his back

Alex's logical mind also realized that

even if Alex didn't want to, he still passed the guard and