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 towards

Alex said, happy that the

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

you too,"

unused to

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

such a long time, Alex became

eyes subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and their

break out into a fight

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

in front of Alex stopped,

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

Alex

pointed

total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly

of you? Every five seconds, I need to turn around since I 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 to find the best spot to kill me!" the guard said with

from the guard with an

what he had been

Alex hadn't truly planned on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex

We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long

city will think that you are a shady creep. You give off this thief or bandit vibe. Honestly, I'm fairly sure that

acclimated to human

what he was hearing, but he had to admit

to get used to being amongst

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

right

lifted an eyebrow

he walked to the side. "Walk

Alex immediately became nervous.

a

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

Alex's mind, this

saw Alex's hesitation

is your name, right?" he

Alex nodded.

walking in front of you this entire time. How do

by

copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back

problem with

saw me leave with 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 quickly.

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and

Silence.

was being led into

to turn his back

logical mind also realized that everything the guard had

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