Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis realized that she had comprehended the True Law of Control, and he smiled.

It definitely wasn't easy to comprehend the True Law of Control, but the Sect Master's mind was already very susceptible towards the Law of Control.

Of course, the Law of Freedom would be a different story.

Manuel's mind was also very susceptible towards the Law of Control, but he still hadn't comprehended the Law of Freedom, even though he already knew all of the other Laws.

Comprehending either one of the Law of Control or Law of Freedom was relatively easy.

Comprehending both of them was nearly impossible.

After all, they were polar opposites.

One was about evaluating all the variables and possibilities and comprehending the entire complexity of the situation, which would give someone insight into what options everyone had and what they could do.

The Law of Control was the peak of complexity.

Meanwhile, the Law of Freedom was literally ignoring everything and doing whatever one wanted to do. Nothing else. That was it.

The Law of Freedom was the peak of simplicity.

Yet, comprehending the True Law of Control was still quite an achievement.

"Surprised?" Gravis asked the Sect Master with a smirk.

The Sect Master was surprised when she heard Gravis' words.

It took her some time to understand what Gravis meant.

"You already know this Law?" she asked.

Gravis nodded. "Yep. How else could I be in control of the situation?"

The Sect Master took a deep breath.

No wonder she had felt like she had had no control over her interaction with Gravis.

Her lack of control hadn't been an illusion but reality.

She realized this now even more than before.

She comprehended the entirety of control, which allowed her to truly see that she wasn't in control.

One would think that knowing more about control would allow one to be in control more, but that wasn't always true. Sometimes, knowing more about control only makes one realize that there was truly no way to be in control of a situation.

The Sect Master also finally realized that Gravis had given her an opportunity to comprehend the Law.

that was throwing the Sect Master

that Gravis was Orpheus' brother, and she knew that she had quite a shaky

wanted to punish

killed Gravis back then, and Gravis knew

just now, she had debated killing

essence, Gravis should see her

Gravis suddenly helping

She didn't get it.

sense in

It felt completely random.

thoughts shot through her head, and even though she knew everything about control, she had no idea how to navigate

seemingly nothing logical about

uncomfortable

exactly what

why, but you

Sect Master

she was

How?

he know something she didn't

Master said as she

no idea what

realities and possibilities with each other to comprehend the current situation, but

was like Gravis didn't act like a

suppressed a laugh as he looked at

knew the True Law of Control for a loop with only

that she would probably never comprehend the Law of Freedom in

mind, and there wasn't

had a possibility to comprehend the Law of Freedom in the future,

straight-up impossible for

you that opportunity was that I wanted to," Gravis said. "That's the entirety of my reason. I was impressed by your great change and wanted to see if you could

"That's it."

thinking, the Sect Master

out

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

Sect Master thought for another second. "Was it for an altruistic or

"I simply wanted to see if you

thought about Gravis' words

to you, which would give you a lot of

that's just a natural consequence of doing someone else a favor," Gravis said with a shrug. "It wasn't really my target. If you want to, you can, but you honestly don't have to. If you simply did nothing, I wouldn't mind. I only wanted to see if you could do it. I

"Why did you say that? You could have achieved a lot more by simply saying

scratched the back of his head with an uncomfortable

so hard

to do something, and she was trying to insert all kinds

have a

the potential stuff you can give me isn't worth