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

thank you," Alex said, happy that the awkwardness

outside, kid," one of the guards said

you too," Alex

unused to talking to

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

in the wilderness for such a long time, Alex became a bit uncertain

subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and

break out into a fight at

behind

front of

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

Alex asked

pointed at

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

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

from the guard

exactly what

planned on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of being around nothing

We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after

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 men that

to get acclimated to human

was hearing, but he had to admit that the

used to being amongst

advice. I'll

right now," the guard

eyebrow in uncertainty.

said as he walked to the side. "Walk in front of me for the remainder of

Alex immediately became nervous.

a bit more powerful than

attack Alex from behind, there was a high likelihood that

Alex's mind, this was

saw Alex's hesitation and

is your name,

Alex nodded.

of you this entire time. How

by the

of a guy that copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece of

problem with it? No! Not

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 out very

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps of

Silence.

he was being led into

to turn his back to the

also realized that everything the guard had said was

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