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.

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

you," Alex said, happy that

outside, kid," one of the guards said

you too," Alex

unused to talking

extroverted person. He loved going out with his friends, and he had had

for such a long time, Alex

subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

was like Alex was ready to break out into a

one of the guards left the camp behind

guard in front of Alex stopped, and Alex took a

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

Alex asked

pointed at

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

and I always think that you vanished or something.

away from the

was exactly what he had

the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of being around nothing but

expression, 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 of fighting. However, normal humans can't deal with

guy 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 their sacks

get acclimated to human

was hearing, but he had to admit that the

had to get used to being amongst humans

thank you for the advice. I'll try to

work on that right now,"

an eyebrow in uncertainty.

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a bit more powerful than

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

Alex's mind,

Alex's hesitation and silently shook

that is your name, right?" he

Alex nodded.

been walking in front of you this entire time. How do you

was surprised by

constantly eyes your back like you're a piece of

have a problem with it? No!

would even dare to do anything against you? If I

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps of

Silence.

was being led into

turn his back to

mind also realized that everything

to, he still passed the guard and walked