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

"Kill those traitors!"

in the streets and make an

"Murderers!"

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

shouted all sorts of 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 Union Tower. It

"We're here."

and stared at

I stopped beside him.

this what you were trying

The riot?

something

Matthew smiled.

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 all just mindlessly screamed toward

have to wait too long to see a change

"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.'

or the

He never changed.

has

reached the ears

silence filled the surroundings

increased,

this verdict is

He soon continued.

have come to the conclusion that the following three individuals are guilty

pictures materialized next to

Genocide. Extortion at the highest

time to focus on it as all the noise drowned out from

toward the three individuals depicted in the images

"H,how is this possible?"

It didn't make sense.

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

creator of Levisha style, and a former honorary

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

his head to stare at the images next to him before loudly

forth, I hereby declare that the three of

"Waaahhh!"

"Wooooooohhh!"

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

while others started praising

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

think

saliva, I slowly shook my head. I was still trying to process what had just happened, but it finally dawned on me that something seriously messed up was

the people who were deemed to be the Heroes of my

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

supposed

me and left me clueless as