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.

need to go," another guard

you," Alex said, happy

one of the guards said

you too,"

really unused to

going out with his friends, and he

wilderness for such a long time, Alex became a bit

eyes subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

like Alex was ready to break out into a fight at any

camp behind as they

guard in front of Alex stopped, and Alex took a step

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

Alex asked

guard pointed

footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all

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 trying to find the best spot to kill me!" the

away from the guard

what he had been

was simply

deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal

you can find in a village, town, or city will think that 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 away from you and plenty of

to human society again," the

he was hearing, but he had

had to get used to being amongst

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

that right now," the

an eyebrow

"Walk in front of me for

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more powerful than

tried to attack Alex from behind, there was a high

mind,

saw Alex's hesitation and silently

your

Alex nodded.

walking in front of you this entire time. How do you think I feel?" he

was surprised by

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

problem with it? No! Not every human

I'm a guard employed by Duke Whirlwind, and my colleagues saw me leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and some scraps

Silence.

felt like he was being led into a

want to turn his back to the

that everything the guard had said was

didn't want to, he still passed the guard and walked