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.

me show you where you need to go," another guard said, pointing towards

said, happy that the awkwardness

fun outside, kid," one of the guards said with a

you too,"

was really unused

very extroverted person. He loved going out with his

a long

to the

to break out into a

and one of the guards left the camp behind as they

around two minutes, the guard in front of Alex stopped, and Alex took

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

Alex

guard pointed

silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then,

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

the guard

what

truly planned on attacking the guard. It was simply a

he relaxed a bit and sighed. "Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after

shady creep. You give off this thief or bandit vibe. Honestly, I'm fairly sure that you will

get acclimated to human society again," the guard

but he had to admit that

used

I'll try to work on that," Alex

on that right now," the guard

eyebrow

side. "Walk in front

Alex immediately became nervous.

a bit more powerful than

from behind, there was a

mind,

Alex's hesitation and silently shook his

that is your name, right?" he

Alex nodded.

of you this entire time. How do you think I

surprised by the

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

have a problem with it? No! Not every human wants to

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?"

a sword and some scraps of

Silence.

he was being

didn't want to turn his back to the

Alex's logical mind also realized that everything

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