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.

need to go," another guard said, pointing

Alex said, happy

of the guards said with

too," Alex

really unused to talking to

on Earth, Alex had been a very extroverted person. He loved going out with his friends, and he had had no issues with

after living in the wilderness for such a long time, Alex

eyes subconsciously darted to the

ready to break out into a fight

left the camp behind as they followed a dirt road between

two minutes, the guard in front

concerned look. "You really need to

what?" Alex asked

pointed

"You're following behind me in total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all over. You

that you vanished or something. On top of that, whenever I turn around, I see how you're inspecting my

from the guard with an

what he had

guard. It was simply a reflex born out

We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of fighting. However, normal

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

human society again,"

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

get used to

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

that right now," the

lifted an eyebrow

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

a bit more

behind, there was a high likelihood

mind, this was

Alex's hesitation and silently shook his

that is your name, right?"

Alex nodded.

front of you this entire time. How do you think

was surprised by the

copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're

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

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 out very

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some

Silence.

like he was

didn't want to turn

realized that

to, he still passed the guard and walked in front