Lightning Is the Only Way

At this moment, it was like they had never been apart.

Gravis and Stella kissed for a long time.

However, when their lips parted, Stella still felt a bit uncertain about everything.

Yes, Gravis' words made logical sense, but feelings didn't always follow logic.

In a certain sense, Stella still felt useless to Gravis.

Gravis had known Stella for a long time, and he could take a good guess at what she was thinking right now.

"Stella," Gravis said quietly, looking into her eyes. "You're trying to take control over reality."

A skeptical look appeared on Stella's face.

"My power doesn't secure your survival," Gravis said. "Whenever you temper yourself, I have to go far away to make it impossible for me to interfere."

"Do you think I have any kind of control in that situation?"

Stella only looked into Gravis' eyes.

"I don't," Gravis continued as he embraced Stella. "Every time I see you fighting, I'm scared that this will be the last time I will ever see you. Every single time, I'm sickened with worry, and I want to do nothing more than to just help you."

"However, in a certain sense, this is a selfish feeling. I don't want to lose you, and that's why I'm feeling this way. If I followed this feeling, you wouldn't be able to grow. Additionally, I know that you would only be unhappy if you stopped cultivating."

"You're like me in that sense," Gravis said with a smile. "We both want happiness, but we also can't stop cultivating. It's simply who we are."

"Yet, to accomplish that, I have to give up any form of control I have over your life. I can give you a walking stick and some support, but you have to walk the path with your own two feet. I can't help you with that."

"I can only trust in you."

Stella looked into Gravis' eyes for a while and then looked away again.

'Is all of this only because I want to have control over Gravis' life?' Stella thought.

'That sounds bad, but is controlling someone necessarily bad? Not really. Dealing with something Gravis couldn't handle would be me taking control of the situation.'

Stella looked back at Gravis, and her heart warmed as she saw his eyes.

'Yet, even if I had the power to deal with his problems, it would only hurt him if I interfered.'

'Cultivation is a path that has to be walked alone.'

'I'm the only person that has control over my Cultivation, and Gravis is the only person that has control over his Cultivation.'

into each other's eyes

Then, Stella's face relaxed.

everything makes much more

Stella's eyes shot

Gravis only smiled happily.

Silence.

is no right

Gravis nodded.

circumstances, a seemingly wrong choice

perspective, and control is

nodded again with

reality, can't you?" Gravis

now?" Gravis asked. "I can help you, but you also need to be powerful enough to receive

seen Manuel back then, right? Orpheus and I tried so hard to make him understand the Law of Freedom, but he just couldn't comprehend

Control, and

come

comprehended the

quickly went back to

Freedom, and now he has taught me

the Law of Perceived

Yet, Stella only smiled.

right direction, but I have to comprehend everything

the Laws of Control and Freedom, but that only worked because I already had the ability

started to

and they wouldn't part from each other for anytime

only stayed with each other,

Gravis had realized that he needed to

a long time with Gravis' mother about reasons for cultivating and the complexities

eliminate deeply seated doubts in someone's mind in just a single day, and after talking with Gravis' mother,

was in a very similar situation

help the

comparison to Stella, the Economistress had lived for far longer,

me, this cranky old donkey would get tired of his life, and he would be stuck in this situation for eternity," the Economistress

and our other children wouldn't even exist, and without them, he would still be as cranky and angry as on the

at the way the Economistress phrased these

the Economistress added with a smirk. "I'm actually helping him with his power

Stella

Opposer supposed to be on an unimaginable

help him

on. I'll show you,"

SHING!