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.

follow him closely and

"Kill those traitors!"

in the streets and make an example of

"Murderers!"

a large group of people carrying

profanities while waving the banners in

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

chants spread throughout every nook and cranny of the square beneath the

"We're here."

stopped right next to the crowd and stared at the large tower

I stopped beside him.

were

The riot?

there something special about

Matthew smiled.

wait a couple of minutes. You'll get an

"Okay."

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

too long to

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

a deliberate pace, revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of his power was immediate, and everyone in the square became silent as it

'…He's still the same.'

or the other world. Octavious

He never changed.

has

the ears of everyone

filled the surroundings as

my interest in the matter increased, and I

see what this

He soon continued.

going through all of the evidence, and a lot of discussions, we, the Union, have come to the conclusion that the following three individuals are guilty of

pictures materialized next to him, and my entire face went

the highest

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

in the images presented by Octavious, I felt my mind go

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

Keiki, also known as Grandmaster Keiki, sole creator of the

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

Gravar, sole creator of Graver style, and a former honorary member of the

to stare at the images next to him

day forth, I hereby declare that the three of them will

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

the sound of cheers reverberated throughout. People were comforting one another

joy, while others started praising

looked over at Matthew, who smiled at me like he

you still think that everything

just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something seriously messed up was happening somewhere in this

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

happening, was definitely something that

am I supposed to

me and left me