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 him the

was uncomfortable for them to look

talking to him. It wasn't that they

Gravis was a

showed

wasn't supposed to

was what the

Senior said with an awkward smile before

Springs said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

only nodded. Happy Springs was looking with

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

of Light didn't even interact with

no point in

people of

looked at each other and left without

in Gravis. Maybe Gravis

the other ones, and they felt that it was better not to come into contact

for the best to let

at Gravis

Gravis were rather close.

basis that Master Linus was the one with the

than Master Linus by such a

their friend suddenly managed to find success on a global or cosmic scale. It was

different person had taken on the

Master Linus felt right

Gravis, but he also

occupied with other things

Linus couldn't even imagine, and he felt like he should

polite words, Master Linus

Essence, her feelings towards

always seen Gravis as a very distant brother. They were theoretically related, but they had nothing that really

was just like an

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

didn't have much in common, which

Mortis' and Gravis' gazes

perfectly, and they didn't need to talk to know

them felt what the

feeling inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and Gravis

place and that Mortis had more than

their feelings were overshadowed by

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

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

any current emotional