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

Alex said, happy

of the guards said with

you too," Alex

unused to

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

long time, Alex became a bit uncertain about his

to the guards' weaknesses and their

was ready to break

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

minutes, the guard in front of Alex

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

Alex

guard pointed

that!" 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 vanished or something.

from the guard

exactly what

It was simply a reflex born

deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after

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

acclimated to human society

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

to get used to being amongst

I'll try to work on

right now,"

eyebrow

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a

attack Alex from behind, there was a high likelihood that Alex would

Alex's mind, this

hesitation and silently shook his

that is your

Alex nodded.

this entire time.

was surprised by

and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece

you see me have a problem with

I'm a guard employed by Duke Whirlwind, and my colleagues saw me leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even dare to do anything against you? If

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and some scraps of

Silence.

was being led into a

definitely didn't want to turn his back to

that everything the

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