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

thank you," Alex said, happy

kid," one of

too,"

really unused

extroverted person. He loved going

the wilderness for such a long time, Alex became a bit uncertain about his people

eyes subconsciously darted to the guards'

to break out

and one of the guards left the camp behind

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

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

Alex

pointed

copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my

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

looked away from the

was exactly what he

Alex hadn't truly planned on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of being around nothing

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

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

to human society again,"

but he had

get used to being

I'll try to work

right now," the guard

an eyebrow in

guard said as he walked to the side. "Walk

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a

from behind, there was a high likelihood that Alex would

mind,

Alex's hesitation

that is your

Alex nodded.

of you this entire time.

surprised by the guard's

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

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

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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some

Silence.

like he was being led into

didn't want to turn his back to the

Alex's logical mind also realized that everything the guard had said was

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