The Author's POV

"The world looks peaceful, doesn't it?"

While I trailed Matthew from behind, I looked around at everything that was going on around me. The world, as he pointed out, was quite different from the world that I lived in.

People running around with smiles, no gates or demons to worry about…

It was extremely peaceful. Enough to make me jealous.

'Is this how the world would've been if Jezebeth and the demons never existed?'

It was rather good.

"You think too much."

Matthew smirked as he looked at me.

"True, the world looks peaceful, but that's merely what you're perceiving on the surface. Reality is, the world is a lot less idealistic than you'd imagine."

He continued forth, and I followed from behind him. He didn't elaborate further, but he seemed to be hinting at something.

I honestly didn't understand his words. When I looked around me and saw the world, which appeared to be in much better shape than the war-torn world that I was a part of, I had a hard time believing that this world could be as terrible as he hinted at.

'Merely what you're perceiving on the surface…'

Was he hinting that something big was happening in the shadows?

"We're nearly here."

The first thing that caught my eye in the distance was a familiar skyscraper. It was a building that I had frequented in the past, and its appearance in this world was identical to how it appeared in the world that I belonged to.

'The Union Tower.'

"We want justice!"

I heard faint chants in the distance.

'At least, that part of the Union Tower didn't change.'

Be it my world or this world, there'd always be a couple of people protesting there.

The further we went, the louder they got, and it wasn't long before I had a better grasp of what they were yelling.

My expression changed a little.

"Life imprisonment!"

"Sentence those criminals to the death!"

"Kill them!"

Hearing the contents of their words, my brows slowly furrowed, and I looked toward Matthew.

"What's going on?"

Were some big time criminals being persecuted?

The reaction seemed rather extreme.

"You'll see."

Matthew merely smiled at my question and continued moving forward.

secrecy was driving me a bit crazy, I decided to follow him closely and no longer said a word. I was a patient

"Kill those traitors!"

streets and make an

"Murderers!"

group of people carrying signs and speakers, shouting

sorts of profanities while waving the banners in

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

every nook and cranny of the square beneath the Union Tower. It was so loud that it was

"We're here."

crowd and stared at the large tower

I stopped beside him.

were trying to show

The riot?

something special

Matthew smiled.

couple of minutes. You'll get an idea

"Okay."

any clues, but there didn't seem

too long to

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

opened with a deliberate pace, revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of his power was immediate, and everyone in the square became silent as

'…He's still the same.'

it this world, or the other world.

He never changed.

has been

calm voice reached the

the surroundings as everyone held their

in the matter increased,

what this verdict is

He soon continued.

of the evidence, and a lot of discussions, we, the Union, have come to the conclusion that the

pictures materialized next to him, and my

the

on, but I had no time to focus on it as all the noise

individuals depicted in the images presented by Octavious, I felt my mind

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

sole creator of the Keiki style, and a former honorary member

known as Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of Levisha style,

as Grandmaster Gravar, sole creator of Graver style, and a former honorary member

names slowly, Octavious turned his head to stare at the

day forth, I hereby declare that the

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

shattered as the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another by crying and

fainted from joy, while others started praising the Union

at Matthew, who smiled at me like he understood

you still think

trying to process what had just happened, but it finally dawned

to be the Heroes of my world suddenly

it was that was happening, was definitely

am I supposed to

cluelessly. The sudden revelation baffled me and