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,"

said, happy that the awkwardness

outside, kid," one of the

you too,"

was really unused

He loved going out

such a long time,

to the guards' weaknesses and

was ready to break out into a fight at any

camp behind as

front of Alex

Alex a concerned look. "You really need to stop looking at other

what?" Alex

pointed at

footsteps! Then,

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

the guard

was exactly what he

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

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

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 get acclimated to human society again," the guard

he had to admit

had to get used

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

right now," the

eyebrow in

"Walk in front of me for the

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more powerful than

the guard tried to attack Alex from behind,

mind,

hesitation

is your

Alex nodded.

walking in front of you this entire time. How

surprised by the guard's

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

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 find out

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and

Silence.

like he was being led

want to turn his

also realized that everything

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