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.

show you where you need to go," another guard

thank you," Alex said, happy that

one of the guards said

you too,"

really unused

very extroverted person. He loved going out with his

such a long time, Alex became a

to the guards' weaknesses

break out into a fight at any

and one of the guards left the camp behind as they followed a

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

a concerned look. "You really need to

what?" Alex asked

pointed at

following behind me in total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly

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

the guard

exactly what he had been

on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex

know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of fighting. However, normal humans can't deal with

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

get acclimated to human

didn't like what he was hearing, but he had to

get used to being amongst humans

thank you for the advice. I'll try

right now," the

an eyebrow in

he walked to the side. "Walk in front of

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more

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

mind,

guard saw Alex's hesitation and silently shook

that is your name,

Alex nodded.

been walking in front of you this entire time. How do you think

was surprised by the

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?" the guard

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

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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and some scraps

Silence.

like he was being

turn his back to the

mind also realized that everything the guard had

if Alex didn't want to, he