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.

you where you need to go," another

Alex said,

one of the guards

too," Alex

unused to

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

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

eyes subconsciously darted to the guards'

ready to break out

one of the guards left the camp behind as

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

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

what?" Alex asked

pointed

Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect

how awkward it is to walk in front 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

the

what he

attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of being around

"Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again

You give off this thief or bandit vibe. Honestly, I'm fairly sure that you will find

get acclimated to human society

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

to get used to

advice. I'll try to work

on that right now,"

eyebrow in uncertainty.

"Walk in front of me for the remainder of

Alex immediately became nervous.

a bit more powerful

Alex from behind, there was a high likelihood that Alex

mind, this was

saw Alex's hesitation and

your name,

Alex nodded.

been walking in front of you this entire time.

surprised by the

in front of a guy that copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece of meat. You think that's fun?"

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

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 did, chances are high that the Duke would find out very quickly. What

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some scraps of

Silence.

was being led into

turn his back to the

mind also realized that everything the

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