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.

the Sect Master for a

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

she had wanted to

Gravis back then, and Gravis

now, she had

see

was Gravis suddenly

She didn't get it.

made no sense in her

It felt completely random.

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

was seemingly nothing logical

Gravis saw her uncomfortable expression, he only

what she was

but you are not asking. Why not?"

the Sect Master for a loop

what she was thinking

How?

he know something she

Master said as

idea what she should

tried to combine all sorts of realities and possibilities with each other to comprehend

Gravis didn't act like a

suppressed a laugh as he

someone that knew the True Law of Control

she would probably never comprehend the Law of

and there wasn't even

Freedom in the future, but

was straight-up impossible

why I gave 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 comprehend the True Law of

"That's it."

thinking, the Sect Master looked at

get out

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

Master thought for another second. "Was it for an

see if you could comprehend the Law. That's

Sect Master thought about

you, which would give you a

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

say that? You could

the back of his head

so hard

and she was trying to insert all kinds of meanings

but your help would only have

way, you could say the potential stuff you can give me isn't worth the effort of lying to