Lightning Is the Only Way

"Gravis, why are you looking like this?" Stella asked. Gravis' troubled expression made her a bit worried. She thought she had a pretty accurate read on Gravis' personality, but this didn't seem to fit him.

Gravis sighed. "Difficult," he said. "There are things that have been revealed to me in the conversation I just had. It's simply difficult for me to find a way to proceed."

Stella combed her hair with her fingers as she looked down. "Well, when I see myself in such a situation, I just go one step at a time."

Gravis scratched his chin in thought. He had also thought about proceeding like this, but he wasn't sure if this was the best course of action.

After some seconds, Gravis sighed. 'Fuck it! There are too many things to keep track of. Too many different situations are intermingled. Maybe I should really go through it one step at a time.'

'So, first of all, I can't make any decisions as long as I don't know how my issue with my lightning will be resolved. Tackling any of the other issues before that makes no sense.'

Gravis nodded. 'I shouldn't tell Stella about our dynamic and simply continue on like nothing has happened. If she takes the initiative to get closer to me, I can still stop her when it happens and give further explanation. Right now, until the issue with my lightning has been resolved, I will simply talk to her like nothing has changed.'

"Thanks," Gravis said as he turned to Stella. "I wasn't sure how I should proceed, but your input helped me in making my choice."

Stella still had no idea what Gravis' issue even was, which made her feel a bit uncertain. However, if Gravis wanted to tell her, he would do so. Right now, Gravis obviously didn't want to share his worries.

"Okay," Stella acknowledged.

"Now!" Gravis shouted to banish the awkwardness in the atmosphere. "Let's forget about my issues and get working on your issues."

If someone didn't know Gravis very well, they would take that as an insult. My issues? You say I have issues!?

Luckily, Stella was very similar to Gravis and knew what he meant. Gravis was obviously referring to her Will-Aura problem.

Stella nodded. "Yes, please, and thank you, Gravis," she said with conviction.

Gravis nodded too. "Okay, there are two things you need to make interferences in fights become irrelevant to your Will-Aura," Gravis said. "Both of them are very hard to grasp, which is why it is so very rare for someone to be immune to something like this. After all, not even your teacher knew the answer."

Stella got reminded of her teacher but nodded.

"This means that it's challenging to grasp both of these things. Understanding only one thing is already incredibly difficult, but understanding both of them is nearly impossible," Gravis said.

"Yet, you need both of them, and both of them rely on you," Gravis said with severity. "I can only marginally help you with them. Everything else completely relies on you."

nodded, her red hair moving with her

himself. After knowing that they were perfectly compatible, Gravis couldn't ignore Stella's

very rare and elusive Law," Gravis explained. "By the way, the Law I

her

a sigh. Such a Law had

be able to watch, see, or perceive the Law yourself, which is why you can't search for it. Even knowing its name might make it harder since you might try to seek out the circumstance and

cultivation. A Law that can't be observed? That exists? Also, knowing about the Law would make it even harder to understand it? How was that even possible? One had to observe

Gravis' abilities and if Stella didn't know Gravis very well due

Comprehending Laws was like doing calculations. The more Laws Stella learned, the more sterile and grey they became, but the description Gravis had

Stella had been young and weak, she still remembered the mysteries of the Laws. Comprehending these unfathomable and seemingly illogical things felt magical and

a part of this

was something completely

subtle sparkle of interest and wonder. She didn't even know what this Law was,

Stella's eyes since they distracted him from his teachings. 'Fuck! Why did you tell me about our connection, Arc!? You're making this far harder than

Arc was laughing

you the category and explain to you why it is

Stella nodded with motivation.

you know about the Laws of Perceived Reality or Situational

think I've heard about Situational Laws before, but only a little bit. I think I also

Gravis nodded.

and several secondary categories

asked with furrowed brows. How could some categories be primary and others secondary? Laws were Laws, and they all had about the same strength as long as they were at

said. If he explained these things, he would need to explain to her why these four categories were necessary for becoming a powerful God. That would open

the four primary

several topics wasn't to Stella's liking. Did he truly

perceive to hard to perceive," Gravis

to hard? Stella knew that Gravis was referring to categories, but the difficulty of understanding a Law didn't depend on the category but on its tier. Gravis simply

a second," Stella said

"Yes?"

are saying a lot of things that don't seem to fit the basics of cultivation. You should know that I

with some discomfort. She didn't want to question Gravis, but she also couldn't just accept such claims. "Could you

blinked a couple of