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.

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

"Kill those traitors!"

the streets

"Murderers!"

group of people carrying signs and speakers, shouting

profanities while waving the banners

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

the Union Tower.

"We're here."

crowd and

I stopped beside him.

this what you were trying to show

The riot?

something special about

Matthew smiled.

minutes. You'll get

"Okay."

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

have to wait too long to see a

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

doors to the tower opened with a deliberate pace, revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of

'…He's still the same.'

this world, or the other world. Octavious was still

He never changed.

verdict has

voice reached the

silence filled the surroundings as everyone

my interest in the matter increased, and

what this

He soon continued.

of the evidence, and a lot of discussions, we, the Union, have come to the conclusion that the following three individuals are guilty of the

three pictures materialized next to

Genocide. Extortion at the highest level.

time to focus

depicted in the images presented by Octavious,

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

Keiki, sole creator of the Keiki style, and a

sole creator of Levisha style, and a former honorary member

sole creator of Graver

stare at the images next to him

day forth, I hereby declare that the three of them

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another by

fainted from joy, while others

to churn at the sight, and I looked over at Matthew, who

think that everything looks

shook my head. I was still trying to process what had just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something seriously

could the people who were deemed to be the Heroes of my world suddenly become such hated

was happening, was definitely something that

supposed

cluelessly. The sudden revelation baffled me and left