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.

to go," another

you," Alex said, happy that

outside, kid," one of the guards said

too,"

was really unused to talking to

very extroverted person. He loved going out with his friends, and he had had no

in the wilderness for such a long time, Alex

the

like Alex was ready to break out into

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

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

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

what?" Alex

pointed

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

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.

looked away from the

exactly what he had been

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

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 a long period

will think that you are a shady creep. You give off this thief or bandit vibe. Honestly, I'm

human society

like what he was hearing, but he

get used to being amongst

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

on that right now," the

lifted an eyebrow in

side. "Walk in front of me for the remainder of

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more powerful

to attack Alex from behind, there was a high

mind, this

saw Alex's hesitation and

your name,

Alex nodded.

entire time.

by the

and constantly eyes your

did you see me have a problem with it? No! Not every human

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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some scraps

Silence.

like he was being led into a

want to turn his back to

that everything the guard

he