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.

secrecy was driving me a bit crazy, I decided to follow him closely and no

"Kill those traitors!"

in the streets and make an example of

"Murderers!"

stood before a large group of people carrying signs and speakers,

of profanities while waving the banners in

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

beneath the Union Tower. It was so loud that it was starting

"We're here."

to the crowd and stared

I stopped beside him.

were

The riot?

something special about

Matthew smiled.

wait a couple of minutes.

"Okay."

clues, but there didn't

wait too long

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

eyes. The effect of his

'…He's still the same.'

or the

He never changed.

has

voice reached the ears

the surroundings

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

see what this

He soon continued.

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

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

at the highest level. Murder.

time to focus on it as all the noise drowned out

directed toward the three individuals depicted in the

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

creator of the Keiki style,

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

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

head to stare at the images next to

declare that the

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another by crying and hugging

from joy, while others

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

still think that everything looks

just happened, but it finally dawned on me

could the people who were deemed to be the Heroes of my world

was definitely something that Kevin

am I supposed

at Matthew cluelessly. The sudden revelation baffled me