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.

show you where you need to go," another guard said, pointing

Alex said, happy

fun outside, kid," one of the guards said with

you too," Alex

unused to

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

in the wilderness for such a long time, Alex became a bit uncertain about his people

darted to the guards' weaknesses and

was like Alex was ready to break out into a fight

guards left the camp behind as they followed a

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

turned around and threw Alex a concerned look. "You really

what?" Alex asked

pointed

footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect

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

the guard

exactly what he had been

on attacking the guard. It was simply a

it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of

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

acclimated to human society

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

had to get used to

I'll try to work

right

an eyebrow

to the side. "Walk in front of

Alex immediately became nervous.

probably a bit more

from behind, there was a high

Alex's mind, this was

guard saw Alex's hesitation and silently shook his

that is your name,

Alex nodded.

of you this entire time.

surprised by the

footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece of meat.

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

Duke Whirlwind, and my colleagues saw me leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even dare

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps

Silence.

like he was

want to turn his back

mind also realized that everything the guard had said

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