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 of Sentience

Gravis

Gravis to become

even if he managed it,

knew that if he offended Mortis, he would

didn't mean that

had seen Mortis like another brother, just like Gravis. In essence, Mortis was a younger version

as he heard

Opposer didn't

the three of them,

didn't

his own being, and Gravis would let him make

long as Mortis didn't try to kill Orpheus, everything

how deliberate Orpheus had

from the purity and honesty of the apology. After all, Orpheus went in with a plan that

could even argue that this

at Mortis with pain. "I'm sorry,

up!" Mortis snapped with hate. "Don't play this stupid game with me. You know exactly why you haven't drawn my killing intent. You planned for everything, and I see that you are just as shrewd and scheming as all these

day forth, you are nothing more than

took another shaky

expected this, but it was still difficult for

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

not a

also the reason why Orpheus had been so afraid

over an emotional hurdle, which made him emotionally fragile. On top of that, Gravis had also

Gravis would have reacted very similarly to how Mortis had acted just

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

Mortis with

said

bridge of his nose

in forgiving Orpheus if he hadn't apologized in such a planned

a

felt less like an emotional apology and more like

Gravis hated schemes.

very thoroughly," Gravis

I don't want to lose

you don't want to come clean but want to keep our

sorry for that. This is too important to me, and I can't give up on

Gravis sighed with frustration.

we wouldn't have met another time in our life," Gravis said. "You knew that, which

Orpheus didn't say anything.

told me after I returned from the middle world, I would have been forced to abandon you due to the issue with my lightning. I wouldn't

reason was that you wanted

you have acted like a weakling that flees from any form of justified retribution,"

from the pain because you are too important to me as a brother

sighed again

I'm a true adult now, and I'm not influenced by the temperament of lightning. This gives you the

temple as he tried

It wasn't easy.

felt, but one shouldn't forget that Gravis