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 go," another

said, happy

outside, kid," one of the guards said

too," Alex

was really unused to talking

Alex had been a very extroverted person. He loved going out with his friends, and

for such a long time, Alex

the guards' weaknesses and their

ready to break out into a fight at

camp behind as they followed a dirt road between the

guard in front of Alex stopped, and

threw Alex a concerned look. "You really need to stop looking at other people like

what?" Alex

guard pointed at

Then, you constantly inspect my body all over. You don't

of you? Every five seconds, I need to turn around since I can't hear you, and I always think that you vanished or something. On top of that, whenever I turn around, I see how you're inspecting my body with narrowed eyes. It's like you're

away from the guard with

was exactly what he had

was simply a reflex born out of being around nothing but

how it feels to be among normal humans again

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 away from you and

human society again,"

hearing, but he had to

to get used to

you for the advice. I'll try to

work on that right

eyebrow

"Walk in front of

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a bit more powerful than

from behind, there was

mind, this was

saw Alex's hesitation and silently shook his

your name, right?"

Alex nodded.

front of you this entire time. How

was surprised by

footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece

see me have a problem with it?

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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and

Silence.

felt like he was being

want to turn his back to

Alex's logical mind also realized that everything the guard had

he