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 a

"Kill those traitors!"

in the streets and make

"Murderers!"

group of people carrying signs and speakers, shouting

while waving the banners

"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 that it was starting

"We're here."

crowd and stared at the large

I stopped beside him.

were trying to

The riot?

there something

Matthew smiled.

wait a couple of minutes. You'll

"Okay."

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

wait too long to see a

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

the tower 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 it spread throughout the

'…He's still the same.'

the other world.

He never changed.

has been

reached the ears of everyone

surroundings as everyone

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

this verdict is

He soon continued.

discussions, we, the Union, have come to the conclusion that the following three individuals

moment he extended his hand, three pictures materialized next to him,

Genocide. Extortion at the highest level.

list went on, but I had no time to focus on it as

in the images presented by Octavious, I felt my mind go

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

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

Levisha, also known as Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of Levisha style,

known as Grandmaster Gravar, sole creator of Graver

turned his head to stare

day forth, I hereby declare that the three of them

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

was suddenly shattered as the sound of cheers reverberated throughout.

fainted from joy, while others started

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

think that everything

happened, but

be the Heroes of my world suddenly become such hated

was definitely something

am I supposed to

at Matthew cluelessly. The sudden revelation baffled me and left me clueless as