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.

decided to follow him closely and no longer said a word. I

"Kill those traitors!"

them hanged in the streets

"Murderers!"

before a large group of people carrying signs and speakers,

shouted all sorts of profanities while waving the banners in the

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

"We want justice!"

the square beneath the Union Tower. It was so

"We're here."

to the crowd and stared at the

I stopped beside him.

you were trying

The riot?

something special about

Matthew smiled.

of minutes. You'll get an

"Okay."

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

to wait too long to see a change

"Someone is finally out!"

"Judgment will finally prevail!"

"Justice!"

revealing a stoic figure with languid eyes. The effect of his power was immediate,

'…He's still the same.'

or the

He never changed.

verdict has

reached the ears of

filled the surroundings as everyone held their

their demeanor, my interest in the matter increased, and I couldn't

what this

He soon continued.

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

hand, three pictures materialized next to him, and my

Extortion at the highest level. Murder.

had no time to focus on it as all the noise drowned

the images presented by Octavious, I felt my mind

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

the Keiki

creator of Levisha

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

turned his head to stare at the images next to him

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

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

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

joy, while others started

the sight, and I looked over at Matthew, who smiled at me

you still think that

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

were deemed to be the Heroes of my world

was definitely something that Kevin

supposed

sudden revelation baffled me