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.

throwing the Sect Master for a

that Gravis was Orpheus' brother, and she knew that she

had wanted to punish

more, she had nearly killed Gravis back then, and Gravis knew

now, she had

essence, Gravis should see

Gravis suddenly helping

She didn't get it.

no sense in her

It felt completely random.

she knew everything about control, she had no idea how to

was seemingly nothing logical about

uncomfortable

knew exactly what she

you

Sect Master for a loop

knew what she was

How?

know something she didn't

the Sect Master said

had no idea what she should

mind tried to combine all sorts of realities and possibilities with each other to comprehend the current situation, but she didn't come

like Gravis didn't act like

suppressed a laugh

hilarious that he could throw someone that knew the

that she would probably never comprehend the Law of

and

a possibility to comprehend the Law of Freedom in the

straight-up

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 Sect

did you get out

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

second. "Was it

Gravis answered. "I simply wanted to see if

Sect Master thought about Gravis'

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

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 didn't really do it for you, but

You could

scratched the back of his head with an

so hard

was trying to insert

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

can give me isn't worth the effort of lying to