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,

said, happy that the

fun outside, kid," one of the guards

you too,"

was really unused to talking

He loved going out with his friends, and

such a long time, Alex became a bit uncertain about

subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

was like Alex was ready to break out into

guards left the camp behind as they followed a dirt road between the

front of Alex stopped,

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

Alex

guard pointed

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

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 with

what

the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of

can deal with that. We know how it feels

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

human society again," the guard

was hearing, but he had to admit that the guard had a

to get used to being

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

on that right

eyebrow in uncertainty.

the guard said as he walked to the side. "Walk in front of

Alex immediately became nervous.

probably a bit more

to attack Alex from behind, there

mind, this was

saw Alex's hesitation and

your name, right?" he

Alex nodded.

you this entire time. How do you

by the

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

a problem with it? No!

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?"

and some scraps

Silence.

he was

definitely didn't want to turn his back to

logical mind also realized that everything the guard

he still passed the guard and