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.

decided to follow him closely and no longer said a

"Kill those traitors!"

them hanged in the streets and make an example

"Murderers!"

people carrying signs and speakers, shouting toward

while

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

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

"We're here."

to the crowd and stared at the large

I stopped beside him.

were trying to show

The riot?

something

Matthew smiled.

of minutes. You'll

"Okay."

to stare at the crowd in hopes of getting any clues, but there didn't seem to be anything

I didn't have to wait too long to see a change

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect

'…He's still the same.'

or the other world. Octavious was

He never changed.

verdict has been

reached the ears

the surroundings as

demeanor, my interest in the matter increased, and I couldn't help but keep

see what this verdict

He soon continued.

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

materialized next to him,

at the highest

on, but I had no time to focus on

toward the three individuals depicted in the images presented by Octavious, I

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

known as Grandmaster Keiki, sole creator of the Keiki style, and

known as Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of Levisha style,

Gravcar, also known as Grandmaster Gravar, sole creator of Graver style, and a

head to stare at the images next to

the three

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

square was suddenly shattered as the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another by

while

at the sight, and I looked over at Matthew, who smiled at

still think that everything

I was still trying to process what had just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something seriously messed up was happening somewhere in

were deemed to be the

it was that was happening, was definitely

supposed

The sudden revelation baffled me and left me clueless as to what