Lightning Is the Only Way

The four of them perked up. They had just now entered the highest world, and everyone but Orthar was uncertain about their future paths. The three children wanted to know what their grandfather would tell them.

By now, all three of them knew fully well that they sat on the same table as one of the most powerful beings in all the worlds. The wise words from such a being were worth more than gold.

"Cera, I will start with you," the Opposer said as he looked at her.

Cera felt nervous. Why was she first?

"Your current circumstances are damaging to you," the Opposer said.

Everyone at the table but Gravis' mother was surprised about this. Even Gravis was a little surprised. What was damaging about Cera's circumstance?

"You see your siblings, and you see that they feel things that you don't," Gravis' father said. "You see how Yersi is happy when she sees Gravis, and you see the bond between Aris and Gravis. Yet, you do not feel these things and try to adapt."

"You try to find these feelings that your siblings have to not feel left out, but you just can't. If you continue like this, eventually, you will succeed, but is that truly who you are? Is it correct to adapt yourself to the others around you when it means that you will be someone you are not?" the Opposer said.

Aris and Yersi were quite surprised as they looked at Cera. Was this true? They knew that Cera acted far more like a typical beast in comparison to them. Yet, was she genuinely trying to find these feelings inside her? She always seemed so sure of herself.

After a while, the present people and beasts understood. Cera probably felt left out and different, making her feel like someone else had something that she didn't. This could even result in feelings of inferiority.

"Don't," the Opposer said. "You are you, and being more beast than human is not worse than being more human than beast. Don't try to change who you are. Accept yourself as you are and concentrate on your own growth and power."

At first, Cera didn't want to acknowledge that she strived to have something that her siblings had. Acknowledging this would mean acknowledging that she felt inferior. Yet, as time passed, she slowly accepted it, even if it felt horrible.

Running away from these feelings was easy, but confronting them was hard. If she wanted to progress, she needed to confront these feelings. Fortunately, Cera was old and experienced enough to see the truth with her current circumstances and managed to accept it.

"What should I do, grandfather?" Cera asked. Calling the Opposer grandfather felt unnatural, but she wanted to do it anyway.

split you three up and send you to different worlds

was great and all, but for their own good, the three of them should be split up. Up to now, they had always stayed together and progressed together. The problem with that is that they didn't truly grow

compromises with themselves when constantly being with someone else. Yet, with supreme power as a goal, this was not optimal. One needed to be able to

was more beast than human, she still saw the other two as her closest companions. They

wish is not to reach real power, you can stay together," the Opposer said. "No one forces you into the path to power. It is

he wasn't sure if his siblings also wanted that. If they didn't want to

Cera could accept this. Beasts

as hellbent on achieving supreme power as her siblings. She liked growing more powerful, but she preferred the companionship of her siblings more. She would

had to sigh. It felt horrible to see his three little kids getting separated, but he knew that it was for

want power!" Cera said with

once and then also looked at the

didn't want to leave them, but

With their power, seeing through such a lie wasn't difficult. Yet, none of the three exposed the

will tell you now which worlds would

nodded. "You need to be apart from humans. Accept that you are a real and pure beast. Don't be ashamed of your different emotions

higher natural world. There will be

felt a little uncertain. "But I'm not an

is also possible, but you will have a minimal number of enemies there," the Opposer said. "There are plenty

for a while and nodded. "I accept

and turned

felt a little nervous, but his greed for power was stronger. He wanted to know what his grandfather would tell

your mindset," the Opposer said. "Half of you is thinking like a beast, and half of you is thinking like a human. When you see Yersi feeling for her father, you can understand, but you also feel that it

see, you feel that it is not entirely right. The entire world feels unnatural to

Was that true? Did their brother have

to feeling unnatural about everything and had put it in the back of his head. Yet, when these feelings were confronted like that, he couldn't ignore them. These feelings were hurting him more than he wanted them

you will have mixed feelings about everything. Being human and being a beast are not mutually exclusive. You can be both at once. Simply follow what feels right