Lightning Is the Only Way

A long period of silence passed in the air.

A new Heaven's Magnate had been born, but this occasion wasn't as joyous as it always had been.

It was a frustrating and sad occasion.

Everyone had believed that they would receive a new colleague.

Yet, they had turned out to be someone that wasn't a part of them.

He wasn't like them.

He didn't share the same problems as them.

He didn't fight like them.

He didn't use the same powers as them.

He was different.

He didn't belong.

They had looked forward to Gravis joining them. After all, most of them had watched Gravis after he had caused the Heaven Clash. They had known that he was different in a way, but they had believed that he would eventually join them.

Yet, in their minds, he didn't.

"Wow, eh," Heavenly Senior said through an awkward laugh. "I wanted to welcome you, but you don't seem like you need my welcome. You look like you're doing very well on your own."

At the Heaven's Magnate Realm, Gravis couldn't see the Law fragments of the other Heaven's Magnates. Because of that, he couldn't completely be certain of what Heavenly Senior was thinking.

Gravis only turned his gaze to Heavenly Senior.

When Heavenly Senior saw Gravis looking at him, he felt a cold shiver run down his spine.

It was like that time the Opposer had looked at him.

He didn't like that sensation.

"So, anyway, welcome," Heavenly Senior said awkwardly. "If you need anything, just call me, okay?"

Gravis nodded. "Thank you."

Gravis didn't fully know what Heavenly Senior was thinking, but Gravis recognized that expression.

He had seen very similar expressions a very long time ago.

Back when Gravis had joined the Research Institute to become a Research Apprentice, he had become part of a class.

his Will-Aura, his classmates

for them

had avoided talking to him. It wasn't that they disliked

was like Gravis

Senior now showed the same

supposed to

was what

problem. So, see you later," Heavenly Senior said

didn't reach her eyes. "If you

was looking with the same expression

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

Light didn't even

no point

were people of different

each other and left without a

in Gravis.

of estrangement as the other ones, and they felt that it was

best to

Linus looked at Gravis with

were rather close. After all, Gravis had helped him

been on the basis that Master Linus was the one

powerful than Master Linus by such a degree, Master Linus felt like they weren't in the

friend suddenly managed to find success on a global or cosmic scale. It was like the person they had always been friends with was no longer the

different person had taken on the

what Master Linus

talk with Gravis, but he also felt like

occupied with other things to

couldn't even imagine,

words, Master Linus

Essence, her feelings towards Gravis

very distant brother. They were theoretically related, but they had nothing that really connected

just like

of that, Zero's Essence only talked with Gravis about some superficial topics

simply didn't have much in

and Gravis'

they didn't need to talk to know what the

what the other one

and pressured, and

that Mortis had more than enough qualities to put him

feelings were overshadowed by one shared

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

that both of them felt that all of these feelings were unimportant in the

finality of their future in mind, any current emotional