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

Gravis to

Opposer wanted Gravis to

Orpheus to kill Mortis, and even if he managed it, this would make Gravis hate

he

didn't mean that it hurt

Mortis like another brother, just like Gravis. In essence, Mortis

he heard Mortis' cold

didn't

them,

didn't

and Gravis

try to

how

of the apology. After all, Orpheus

viewpoint, one could even argue that this counted

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

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

took another

it was still

Mortis to regain their emotional bond,

not a

Orpheus had been so afraid of telling Gravis

world, he had just gone over an emotional hurdle, which made him emotionally fragile.

then, Gravis would have reacted very similarly to how Mortis

wanted to kill him,

Mortis with regret

hadn't said

the bridge of his nose

have had no issues in forgiving Orpheus if he hadn't apologized in such a

took away a lot

less like an emotional

Gravis hated schemes.

very thoroughly," Gravis

don't want to lose

clean but want to keep our emotional bond

I'm sorry for that. This is too important to me, and I can't give up on our connection. Our connection is more important

Gravis sighed with frustration.

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,

Orpheus didn't say anything.

forced to abandon you due to the issue with

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

that flees from any form of justified

ran away from the pain because you are too

again in

adult now, and I'm not influenced

temple as he tried to make a

It wasn't easy.

one shouldn't forget