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 need to go," another guard said,

Alex said, happy

fun outside, kid," one of the

too,"

unused to talking to

He loved going out with his friends, and

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

darted to the

break out into a

the guards left the camp behind as they followed a dirt

guard in front of Alex stopped, and Alex

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

what?" Alex

guard pointed at

Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all over. You don't act like a warrior,

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

looked away from the

was exactly what he

It was simply a reflex born out of being around

relaxed a bit and sighed. "Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of fighting. However, normal humans can't

guy you can find in a 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 away from you and plenty of men that will put a hand over their sacks of

to human society again," the

he had to admit that the guard

used

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

work on that right now," the

lifted an eyebrow in

as he walked to the side. "Walk

Alex immediately became nervous.

a

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

mind, this was

saw Alex's hesitation

that is your name, right?" he

Alex nodded.

entire time. How do you think I feel?" he

surprised by

in front of a guy that copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a

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

Do you honestly think I would even dare to do anything against you? If I

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and some scraps of

Silence.

he was

to turn his back to

that everything the guard had

didn't want to, he still passed the guard and walked in front