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 when Mortis

wanted Gravis to become

Gravis

was impossible for Orpheus to kill Mortis, and even if he managed it,

he offended Mortis,

didn't mean that it hurt any

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

as he heard Mortis'

Opposer didn't say

them, and it was

didn't say

Gravis would let him make his

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

Gravis also noticed how

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

one could even argue that this counted

with pain.

haven't drawn my killing intent. You planned for everything, and I see that you are just as shrewd

From this day forth, you are nothing more than a random person with

took another

expected this, but it was still

their emotional bond, but he knew that it was too

not

why Orpheus had been so afraid

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

would have reacted very similarly to how Mortis had

kill him,

from Mortis with regret and concentrated on

hadn't said

was rubbing the bridge

had no issues in forgiving Orpheus if he

took away a lot of the

an emotional apology and more

Gravis hated schemes.

planned this very thoroughly," Gravis commented after a while of

don't want

like you don't want to come clean but want to keep our emotional bond

important to me, and I can't give up on our connection.

Gravis sighed with frustration.

another time in our life," Gravis said. "You knew that,

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 lightning.

you didn't tell me. The main reason was that you wanted to flee from the pain

essence, you have acted like a weakling that flees from

"I ran away from the pain because you are too important to me

sighed again in

these dangers apply. I'm a true adult now, and I'm not influenced by the temperament of lightning. This

he tried

It wasn't easy.

how Orpheus felt, but one shouldn't forget