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.

though his secrecy was driving me a bit crazy, I decided to follow him

"Kill those traitors!"

them hanged in the streets and make

"Murderers!"

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

sorts of profanities while waving the banners in the

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

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

"We're here."

to the crowd and stared at the large tower in

I stopped beside him.

what you were

The riot?

something special about

Matthew smiled.

a couple of minutes. You'll

"Okay."

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

to wait too long to see a change

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

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

'…He's still the same.'

or the other world. Octavious was still

He never changed.

has

the

the surroundings as everyone held their

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

see what this verdict

He soon continued.

the Union, have come to the conclusion that the

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

at the highest level. Murder.

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

the images presented

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

Grandmaster Keiki, sole creator of the Keiki style, and a former honorary member of

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

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

head to stare at the images next to

that the

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

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

while others started praising the

sight, and I looked over at

still think that everything looks

to process what had just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something

deemed to be the Heroes of my world suddenly become such hated

was definitely

am I supposed

baffled me and left me clueless as to