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.

me show you where you need to go," another guard said,

Alex said, happy that the awkwardness

kid," one of the guards said with

you too,"

unused to talking to

a very extroverted person. He loved going out with his friends, and he had had no issues with

such a long time, Alex became a bit

to the guards'

to break out into a fight at

the guards left the camp behind as they followed a dirt

the guard in front of Alex stopped,

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

what?" Alex asked

pointed

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, but like

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

looked away from the guard with an

exactly what

on attacking the guard. It was simply a reflex born out of

guard saw Alex's expression, he relaxed a bit and sighed. "Listen, we warriors can deal with that. We know how it feels

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

acclimated to human

what he was hearing, but he had to admit that the guard had

get used to

I'll try to work

that right now," the guard

an eyebrow in uncertainty.

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

Alex immediately became nervous.

guard was probably a

guard tried to attack Alex from behind,

Alex's mind,

saw Alex's hesitation and

that is your name,

Alex nodded.

you this entire time. How

by

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

me have a problem with it? No! Not every

Do you honestly think I would even dare to do anything against you? If I

"I would be executed."

"For what?"

and

Silence.

felt like he was being led

want to turn

also realized that everything

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