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.

was throwing the Sect Master for

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

she had wanted to

killed Gravis back then,

she had

should see her as

why was Gravis

She didn't get it.

no sense in her

It felt completely random.

she knew everything about control, she had no idea how to navigate the current

nothing

saw her uncomfortable expression, he only

what she

why, but you are not asking. Why not?"

words threw the Sect Master for a loop

she was thinking

How?

know something

Master said as

idea what she should

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

was like Gravis didn't act like

only suppressed a laugh as

could throw someone that knew the True Law

would probably never comprehend the Law of Freedom

her mind, and there wasn't even the smallest space left for

had a possibility to comprehend the Law of Freedom

straight-up

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

"That's it."

seconds of thinking, the

out of doing

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

second. "Was

simply wanted to see if you could comprehend the Law.

Sect Master thought about

you do it so that I might feel indebted to you, which would give you a

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

that? You could have achieved a

scratched the back of his head with an uncomfortable

this so hard

she was trying to insert all

Gravis asked. "Don't take it personally, but your help would only have a minuscule effect on my growth. I

you could say the potential stuff you can give me