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.

crazy, I decided to follow him closely and no longer said a

"Kill those traitors!"

streets and

"Murderers!"

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

shouted all sorts of profanities while waving the

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

of the square beneath the Union

"We're here."

the crowd and stared at the large

I stopped beside him.

this what you were trying

The riot?

something special

Matthew smiled.

wait a couple of minutes. You'll get an idea

"Okay."

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

have to wait too

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

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

'…He's still the same.'

world, or the

He never changed.

verdict has been

the

the surroundings as everyone held their

matter increased, and I couldn't

this verdict is

He soon continued.

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

materialized next

at the highest level.

I had no time to focus

in the images presented by

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

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

Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of Levisha style, and a former honorary member

also known as Grandmaster Gravar, sole creator of Graver style, and a former honorary

their names slowly, Octavious turned his head to stare at the images

forth, I hereby declare that the three of them will be sentenced to…

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

suddenly shattered as the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another by crying and hugging

even fainted from joy, while

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

still 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 messed up was happening somewhere in this

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

it was that was happening, was definitely

I supposed

baffled me and left me clueless as to what