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.

need to go,"

you," Alex said,

kid," one of the

too,"

really unused

person. He loved going out with his friends, and he

a long

subconsciously darted to the guards' weaknesses and

was like Alex was ready to break out

the camp behind as they followed

front of Alex stopped,

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

Alex asked

guard pointed

Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect

know how awkward 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

the

exactly what he had

attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of being around nothing but

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

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

acclimated to human society

he

had to get used to

and thank you for the advice. I'll try to work on

right now," the guard

an eyebrow

said as he walked to the side. "Walk in front of

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a bit

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

Alex's mind, this was

guard saw Alex's hesitation

your name,

Alex nodded.

of you this entire time. How do

by the

your back like you're a piece of

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

a guard employed 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 find out

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

a sword and some scraps

Silence.

like he was

to turn

Alex's logical mind also realized that everything

he still