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.

where you need to go," another guard said,

you," Alex said, happy that the awkwardness

of the

you too,"

really unused to talking

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

wilderness for such a long time,

the

Alex was ready to break out into a fight at

the camp behind as they followed a dirt road

around two minutes, the guard in front of Alex

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

Alex

guard pointed at

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

you vanished or something. On top of that, whenever I turn around, I see how you're inspecting

from the guard with an uncomfortable

exactly what

the guard. It was simply a reflex

deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal

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 guard

he had to admit

used to

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

on that right now,"

lifted an eyebrow in uncertainty.

to the side. "Walk in front of me for the remainder of the

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more powerful

from behind, there was a high likelihood that Alex would

Alex's mind,

Alex's hesitation and silently

that is your name, right?"

Alex nodded.

entire time. How do you think I

surprised by

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

have a problem with it? No! Not

a guard employed by Duke Whirlwind, and my colleagues saw me leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even dare to do

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps of

Silence.

was being

didn't want to turn

also realized that everything the guard had

want to, he still passed the guard and walked in front of