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.

show you where you need to go," another

you," Alex said, happy

one of

too," Alex

unused

on Earth, Alex had been a very extroverted person. He loved going out with his friends, and he had had no issues with

long

subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

like Alex was ready to break out

one of the guards left the camp behind as they followed a dirt road

the guard in front of Alex stopped, and

"You really need to

Alex asked

guard pointed

me in total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all over. You don't act

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 trying

away from the guard

exactly what he

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

the guard saw Alex's expression, he relaxed a bit and sighed. "Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to

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 men that will put a hand over

get acclimated to human society again,"

he was hearing, but he had

had to get used

and thank you for the advice. I'll try to

right now," the guard

lifted an eyebrow

walked to the side. "Walk

Alex immediately became nervous.

probably a bit more powerful

the guard tried to attack Alex from behind, there was a high

Alex's mind, this was

Alex's hesitation and silently shook

is your name,

Alex nodded.

entire time.

surprised by

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

with it? No! Not

Whirlwind, and my colleagues saw 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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and

Silence.

like he was being led into

turn his

that everything the guard had said

want to, he still passed the guard and walked in front of