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.

I decided to follow him closely and no longer said a word. I was a patient

"Kill those traitors!"

them hanged in the streets and make an example of

"Murderers!"

large group of people carrying signs and speakers, shouting toward

shouted all sorts of profanities while waving the banners in the

"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

"We're here."

crowd and stared at

I stopped beside him.

this what you were trying to

The riot?

there something special about

Matthew smiled.

minutes. You'll

"Okay."

hopes of getting any clues, but there didn't seem to

wait too long to see a

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

deliberate pace, revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of

'…He's still the same.'

the other world.

He never changed.

verdict has

the ears of everyone

the surroundings as everyone

my interest in the matter increased, and

what this verdict is

He soon continued.

lot of discussions, we, the Union, have come

his hand, three pictures materialized next to him, and my

the highest level. Murder.

list went on, but I had no time to focus on it as all the noise drowned out from my

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

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

of the Keiki style, and

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

Gravar, sole creator of Graver style, and a

his head to stare at the images next

I hereby declare that the three of them will be sentenced

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

suddenly shattered as the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were

even fainted from joy, while others started praising the

over at Matthew, who smiled at me like he understood what I was going

think that everything looks

had just happened, but

people who were deemed to be the Heroes of

happening, was definitely something that

I supposed

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