Lightning Is the Only Way

When Gravis heard Aris speak, he felt like he was meeting someone completely new.

Aris had always had inner conflicts. Some parts of human psychology and beast psychology battled in his mind. One side told him that he should get into contact with others more and join a group, while another part of himself told him that he didn't need all that. He only needed power.

Gravis knew of all these inner conflicts, but when he saw Aris again, he felt that the conflicts had been resolved.

The Opposer had told Aris that he should go into a world where the tempering was organization-based, not species-based. In that world, humans and beasts joined the same powers, and they lived in relative harmony with each other. The enemies were not the ones that didn't look like them, but the ones belonging to other powers.

Apparently, living in such a world for such a long time had done a lot to shape Aris' personality.

Well, that and time. After all, Aris had spent nearly 200,000 years in that world.

"Aris," Gravis said with a smile on his face as he came closer. Then, Gravis looked Aris up and down. "Honestly, when I just saw you, I thought that I saw another version of myself. You really resemble me."

Aris smiled slightly.

Pack!

Gravis' eyes widened as Aris pulled him into a hug.

"I missed you, father," Aris said.

Gravis was taken aback as he heard Aris' words.

Without noticing it, Gravis' feelings were going wild.

Gravis had always told himself that his children were beasts and that it was normal for them to not want to spend any time with him. He knew that, and that was why he always gave them their free space.

However, this didn't mean that Gravis didn't wish for a deep connection with his son.

After all, Aris was his son!

Even if they hadn't met for a long time, Aris was still one of the most important beings in his life.

hug and embraced

the first time that Aris had hugged him of

for being such a

answered as he gently pushed Aris away. "As your father, it was my duty to help you on your way.

looked into each

I saw how hard it was for

their children left for a fight, and whenever I saw that, I was

having to fight off other beasts. It was hard to see

chances were not high for you to return alive, and

his arms on Aris' shoulders. "But here you are!

matured, and I now realize how much

that," Gravis repeated. "You've never

more serious voice. "Even

Aris, and he saw that Aris fully meant

by sheer luck a couple of times," Aris said. "For Heaven, I count as a beast, and I

am still alive is precisely because I am your son. Even when you were not

working really hard to stay important to Heaven so that we don't

to Aris, and an awkward

said awkwardly. "I

of thousands of years he had

Working hard?

Eeehhhh.

on Gravis' shoulder. "You're human, just like half of all beings. You can't work yourself to the bone at all times, and you need your

inclusion of all the natural worlds, only one beast arrives for every two humans. Humans don't have worlds

scales when an outcome is uncertain. When two parties have the same power, it's

saved my life several times while not even being there. In a sense, it hurts my

again, forcing you to prove your power to us. You could have just abandoned

about humans, and the fact that you were willing to help us so much is not something many people would

to reach the Nascent Nourishing Realm, and we would get the gift of life. Our mother abandoned us, and there was nothing to it.

love for you, and we only saw you as a more

still never stopped loving us. You helped us time

After all, you also have to think about your own power and