Lightning Is the Only Way

Silence.

For several seconds, no one said a thing.

Gravis' friends kept themselves out of this since this had nothing to do with them.

Mortis looked at Orpheus coldly.

Orpheus had betrayed him, and it hurt Mortis deeply.

"Worthless."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like the entire atmosphere had changed.

These words were spoken coldly and with hate.

Mortis had completely cut off Orpheus from his life.

This betrayal had hurt him deeply, and he had to repay Orpheus for that pain.

One should never forget that, while Mortis' personality had changed a lot, he was still one with lightning.

A betrayal from one of his family members was unforgivable to him.

However, Orpheus was quite clever while apologizing.

He had specifically lowered himself and had shown that keeping the Emotional connection between him and Gravis was important to him.

Severing this connection was enough for Mortis.

If Orpheus hadn't put much value on their emotional connection, Mortis would have found a different way to repay Orpheus for this pain.

One should never forget that Mortis was nice to his friends but absolutely ruthless to his enemies.

If Orpheus didn't feel sufficient pain by severing their emotional bond, Mortis would have grown more powerful until…

He would kill Orpheus.

Mortis was very similar to Gravis but very different in some regards.

However, Orpheus wasn't stupid.

He knew everything about Gravis' and Mortis' lives in the higher world, and he had planned accordingly. He knew that he had to get emotionally invested in Mortis.

Orpheus knew that he had to feel sufficient pain.

Otherwise, he would die.

Could Orpheus kill Mortis?

Yes, he was more than powerful enough.

However, that would bring problems upon problems.

would forget the Law

Gravis

Gravis to become

was impossible for Orpheus to kill Mortis, and even if he managed it, this would make Gravis

knew that if he offended Mortis,

this didn't mean that

just like Gravis. In essence, Mortis was

grimaced as he heard Mortis'

Opposer didn't say

between the three of them, and it was

also didn't say

being, and Gravis would let him

try to kill Orpheus, everything

how deliberate Orpheus

this took away quite a bit from the purity and honesty of the

one could even argue that this counted as a

Mortis with pain. "I'm

"Don't play this stupid game with me. You know exactly why you haven't drawn my killing intent. You planned for everything,

forth, you are nothing more than a random person with a

another

it was

to Mortis to regain their emotional bond,

not a forgiving

why Orpheus had been so afraid of telling Gravis the

had returned from the lower world, he had just gone over an emotional hurdle, which made

would have reacted very similarly to how Mortis

wouldn't have wanted to kill him, but Gravis would have

away from Mortis with regret

said

rubbing the bridge of

forgiving Orpheus if he hadn't apologized in such

took away a lot

less like an emotional apology and more like

Gravis hated schemes.

this very thoroughly," Gravis commented

want to lose you,"

to come clean but want to

I can't give up on our connection. Our connection is more important to me

Gravis sighed with frustration.

me after I returned from the lower world, we wouldn't have met another time in our life," Gravis said. "You knew that, which was why you didn't do so. In essence, you could even say that you took advantage of

Orpheus didn't say anything.

me after I returned from the middle world, I would have been forced to abandon you due

main reason was that you wanted to flee from the pain

a weakling that flees from any

away from the pain because you

sighed again

these dangers apply. I'm a true adult now, and I'm not

as he tried to

It wasn't easy.

but one shouldn't forget that