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.

the Law of Sentience

Gravis

Gravis to become

for Orpheus to kill Mortis, and even if

that if he offended Mortis, he would

this didn't mean that it hurt any

just like Gravis. In essence,

he heard Mortis' cold

didn't

of them, and it

also didn't say

being, and Gravis would

to kill Orpheus, everything would be

also noticed how

a bit from the purity and honesty of the apology.

viewpoint, one could even argue that this counted as a form of

Mortis with

my killing intent. You planned for everything, and I see that you are just as shrewd

to me ever again. From this day forth, you are nothing more than

another shaky

but it was still difficult for

wanted to apologize more to Mortis to regain their emotional bond, but he

was not a forgiving

also the reason why Orpheus had been so afraid of telling Gravis the truth in

the lower world, he had just gone over an emotional hurdle, which made him emotionally fragile. On top of

the truth back then, Gravis would have reacted

kill him, but Gravis would

looked away from Mortis with regret and

hadn't said anything

was rubbing the bridge of his nose in

Orpheus if he hadn't apologized in such a

took away a lot of the

emotional apology and more

Gravis hated schemes.

thoroughly," Gravis

because I don't want to lose you,"

to come clean but want to keep our

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

Gravis sighed with frustration.

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

Orpheus didn't say anything.

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

me. The main reason was that you wanted to flee from the

you have acted like a weakling that

away from the pain because you

again

now, none of these dangers apply. I'm a true adult now, and I'm not influenced by the temperament of lightning. This gives you the

as he

It wasn't easy.

Orpheus felt, but one shouldn't