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 guard said,

Alex said, happy

fun outside, kid," one of the guards

too," Alex

really unused to talking

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

such a long time, Alex became a bit uncertain about

eyes subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

Alex was ready to break out

camp behind

minutes, the guard in front of Alex stopped, and

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

Alex asked

pointed

copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly

you know how awkward it is to walk in front 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

from the guard with an uncomfortable

was exactly what he had

Alex hadn't truly planned on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of

a bit and sighed. "Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of fighting. However,

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

get acclimated to human society

he

get used to

the advice. I'll

that right

an eyebrow in uncertainty.

"Walk in front of me for the

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more powerful

to attack Alex from behind, there was a high

mind, this was

guard saw Alex's hesitation and silently shook his

is your name,

Alex nodded.

this entire time. How do

was surprised by the

walking in front of a guy that copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're

a problem with it? No! Not

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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some scraps

Silence.

like he was being led into a

definitely didn't want to turn his back to the

that everything

to, he still passed the guard and walked