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 had looked at

uncomfortable for them to

classmates had avoided talking to him. It wasn't that they disliked him but that they simply didn't feel any

was like Gravis was

Senior now showed the same

wasn't supposed to

was what the

problem. So, see you later," Heavenly Senior said with an awkward smile

Springs said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "If you need anything, just call,

Springs was looking with the same expression

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

even interact with Gravis before

point in talking

were people of

each other

very interested in Gravis. Maybe

and they felt that it

best to

Linus looked at Gravis with a complex

like he and Gravis were rather close. After all, Gravis

the basis that Master Linus was the one with

had become more powerful than Master Linus by such a degree, Master Linus felt like they weren't in the same world

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

person had taken on the

what Master

Gravis, but

probably too occupied with other

that Master Linus couldn't even imagine, and he

after some polite words, Master Linus

for Zero's Essence, her feelings towards Gravis hadn't

brother. They were theoretically related, but they had nothing

just

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

simply didn't have much in common, which

and

perfectly, and they didn't need to talk to

felt what the other one

demotivated, and pressured, and

place and that Mortis had more than enough qualities to put

feelings were overshadowed by

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

of them knew that both of them felt that all of these feelings were unimportant

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