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.

Law of Sentience when

wanted Gravis

Gravis to become

even if he managed it,

he

that it

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

as he heard Mortis' cold

didn't

was between the three of them, and it was

didn't say

his own being, and Gravis would

didn't try to kill Orpheus, everything

noticed how deliberate

the apology. After all, Orpheus went in with a plan that increased the chances of

even argue that this counted as a

Mortis with pain. "I'm

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

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

took another shaky

but it was still difficult for

more to Mortis to regain their

not a forgiving

reason why Orpheus had been so

he had just gone over an emotional hurdle, which made him emotionally fragile. On top of that, Gravis had also been influenced by the temperament of

back then, Gravis would have reacted very

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

Mortis with regret and concentrated on

said

was rubbing the bridge of his nose

would have had no issues in forgiving Orpheus if he

took away a lot

felt less like an emotional apology

Gravis hated schemes.

this very thoroughly," Gravis commented after a

want

clean but want to

and 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 to me than coming clean,"

Gravis sighed with frustration.

me after I returned from the lower world, we wouldn't have met another time in our life," Gravis said.

Orpheus didn't say anything.

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

reason was that you wanted to flee from the pain

acted like a weakling that flees from any

because you are too important to me as a

sighed again

I'm a true adult now, and I'm not influenced

he tried

It wasn't easy.

knew how Orpheus felt, but one