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 need to go," another guard said, pointing towards the

thank you," Alex said, happy that the awkwardness

of the guards said with

too,"

was really unused to talking to

Alex had been a very extroverted person. He loved going out

a long time, Alex became a bit uncertain about his

darted to the guards'

like Alex was ready to break out into a fight at

of the guards left the camp behind as they followed a dirt road between the

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

threw Alex a concerned look. "You really need to

what?" Alex asked

guard pointed

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

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.

looked away from the guard with an

was exactly what he had been

was simply a

we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels to be among normal humans again after a long period of

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

human society again,"

hearing, but he had to admit

had to get used to

the advice. I'll try to work

on that right

lifted an eyebrow

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

was probably a bit more powerful than

from behind, there was a high likelihood that Alex

Alex's mind,

saw Alex's hesitation

is your name,

Alex nodded.

this entire time. How

by the

copies your footsteps and constantly eyes your back like you're a piece of meat. You

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

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

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some scraps of

Silence.

was being led into

want to turn his back to the

logical mind also realized that

if Alex didn't want to, he still passed the guard and walked in