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 go," another guard said, pointing towards

said,

one of the

you too," Alex

really unused to talking

extroverted person. He loved going out with his

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

darted to the guards'

Alex was ready to break out

camp behind as they followed

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

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

what?" Alex asked

pointed

"You're following behind me in total silence. Your footsteps even copy my footsteps! Then, you constantly inspect my body all over. You don't act like a warrior,

I can't hear you, and I always think that you vanished or something. On top of that, whenever I turn around, I

from the guard with an

exactly what he had

was simply a reflex born out of being

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

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 put a hand over their sacks of

get acclimated to human society again," the

but he had to

get used to being

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

work on that right now,"

an eyebrow

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a bit more powerful than

from behind, there was a high likelihood that

mind,

Alex's hesitation and silently

your name, right?"

Alex nodded.

front of you this entire time. How do you think

was surprised by the

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

see me have a problem with it?

me leave with you. Do you honestly think I would even

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

sword and some scraps of

Silence.

he was being led

didn't want to turn his back

logical mind also realized that everything the guard had said

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