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.

to follow him closely and no longer

"Kill those traitors!"

them hanged in the streets and make an example of

"Murderers!"

before a large group of people carrying signs and speakers, shouting toward the Union

of profanities while waving the

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

of the square beneath the Union Tower. It was so

"We're here."

next to the crowd and stared

I stopped beside him.

this what you were

The riot?

something special

Matthew smiled.

couple of minutes. You'll get an

"Okay."

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

I didn't have to wait too long to

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

languid eyes. The effect of his power was immediate, and everyone in the square became silent as it spread

'…He's still the same.'

it this world, or the

He never changed.

verdict has been

calm voice reached the ears of everyone

silence filled the surroundings as

demeanor, my interest in the matter increased, and

what this

He soon continued.

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

pictures materialized next to him, and my entire

at the highest level.

time to focus on

my gaze directed toward the three individuals depicted in the images presented by Octavious, I felt

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

sole creator of the Keiki style, and a former honorary

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

also known as Grandmaster Gravar, sole creator of

stare at the images next to him before loudly

the

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

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

from joy, while others

sight, and I looked over at Matthew, who smiled at me like he understood what I was

you still think

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

be the Heroes of my world suddenly become

was that was happening, was definitely something that

supposed to do

revelation baffled me and left me clueless