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.

bit crazy, I decided to follow him closely and no

"Kill those traitors!"

the streets and make

"Murderers!"

group of people carrying signs and speakers, shouting toward

profanities while waving the banners in

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

and cranny of the square beneath the Union Tower. It was so loud

"We're here."

stopped right next to the crowd and stared

I stopped beside him.

this what you were

The riot?

there something special about

Matthew smiled.

minutes. You'll

"Okay."

there didn't seem to be anything as they all just

wait too

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

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

'…He's still the same.'

the other world.

He never changed.

verdict has been

reached the ears of everyone

the surroundings as

demeanor, my interest in the matter increased, and I

what this

He soon continued.

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

pictures materialized next to him, and my entire face

Genocide. Extortion at the highest

but I had no time to focus on it as all the noise

gaze directed toward the three individuals depicted in the images presented by Octavious, I felt my

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

the Keiki style, and a former honorary member of

Levisha, also known as Grandmaster Levisha, sole creator of

Gravar, sole creator of

names slowly, Octavious turned his head to stare at the images next to him before

hereby declare that the three of them will be

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

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

fainted from joy, while

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

you still think

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

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

that was happening, was definitely something that Kevin wanted me to

am I supposed to do

looked at Matthew cluelessly. The sudden revelation baffled me and left me clueless as to what to