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.

his secrecy was driving me a bit crazy, I decided to follow him

"Kill those traitors!"

in the streets and make an example of

"Murderers!"

long, I stood before a large group of people carrying signs and

profanities while waving the banners

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

square beneath the Union Tower. It was

"We're here."

stopped right next to the crowd and stared at

I stopped beside him.

were trying to

The riot?

there something special about

Matthew smiled.

wait a couple of minutes. You'll get an

"Okay."

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

have to wait too long to see a change

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of his power was immediate, and everyone in the square became

'…He's still the same.'

or the

He never changed.

has been

the

surroundings as

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

this

He soon continued.

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

materialized next

at the

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

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

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

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

known as Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of Levisha style, and a former

Gravcar, also known as Grandmaster Gravar, sole creator of Graver

stare at the

I hereby declare that the three of them

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were

while others started

over at Matthew, who smiled at me

you still think

just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something seriously messed up

to be the Heroes of

was that was happening, was definitely

I supposed to

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