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

was Orpheus' brother, and she knew that

wanted to punish

had nearly killed Gravis back then, and Gravis knew

she had

see

was Gravis suddenly helping

She didn't get it.

made no sense

It felt completely random.

even though she knew everything

seemingly nothing

Gravis saw her uncomfortable

exactly what

but you are not

the Sect

she was thinking

How?

something

Sect Master

idea what

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

was like Gravis didn't act like

only suppressed a laugh as he looked

someone that knew the

would probably never

and there wasn't even

a possibility to comprehend the Law of Freedom

straight-up impossible

that I wanted to," Gravis said. "That's the entirety of my reason. I was impressed

"That's it."

some seconds of thinking, the Sect

you get out

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

another second. "Was it for an altruistic

if you

Master thought about

it so that I might feel indebted to you, which would give you a lot of options to further your own

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 didn't really do it for you, but to sate my

frowned. "Why did you say that? You could have achieved a lot more by

back of his head with an

so hard

to insert all kinds of meanings and goals into

personally, but your help would only have a minuscule effect on my growth.

the potential stuff you can give