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.

to go," another guard said,

you," Alex said,

kid," one of the guards said

too," Alex

was really unused to talking to

going

in the wilderness for such a long time,

to the guards'

ready to break out into a fight at

left the camp behind as they followed a

minutes, the guard in front of Alex stopped,

concerned look. "You really need to stop

Alex

guard pointed

he said. "You're following behind me in total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all over. You don't act like

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 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

the guard with an

what he

guard. It was simply a reflex born

expression, he relaxed a bit and sighed. "Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be

normal 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

to human society

what he was hearing, but he

to get used to being

for the advice. I'll try

right now," the guard

an eyebrow in uncertainty.

the guard said as he walked to the side. "Walk in front of me for the remainder

Alex immediately became nervous.

a bit more

from behind, there was a high

mind,

saw Alex's hesitation and

your name, right?"

Alex nodded.

in front of you this entire time. How

by the

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

have a problem with it? No! Not every human wants

honestly think I would even dare to do anything against you? If I did, chances are high that the Duke would

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and some

Silence.

felt like he was being

didn't want to turn

realized that everything the guard had

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