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

Alex said, happy that the

one of the guards

too,"

was really unused

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

for such a long time, Alex became a bit

darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

Alex was ready to break out into a fight

the guards left the camp behind as they followed a dirt road between the

in front of Alex stopped, and Alex took

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

Alex

pointed

total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all over.

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. It's like you're trying

looked away from the guard with an

was exactly what he had been

planned on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of

we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of fighting. However,

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

human society again," the

but he had to admit that the guard had

had to get used to being amongst

I'll try to work on that,"

that right

eyebrow

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

a

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

mind,

saw Alex's hesitation and silently shook

your name, right?"

Alex nodded.

entire time. How do you think

surprised by

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

leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even dare to do anything against you?

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps

Silence.

like he was being

want to turn

that everything the

to, he still passed the guard and walked in front