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 classmates

uncomfortable for them to look

wasn't that they disliked him but that they simply didn't

like Gravis was a

showed the

wasn't supposed to be

what the

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

didn't reach her eyes. "If

looking

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

even interact with

was no point in talking

were people of different

at each other and left

interested in Gravis. Maybe Gravis could

the same feeling of estrangement as the other ones, and they felt that it was better not

the best to let things

Gravis with

were rather close. After all,

Master Linus was the one with

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

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

different person had

what Master Linus

to talk with Gravis, but he also felt

probably too occupied with other things to talk

imagine, and he felt like he

words, Master

Essence, her feelings towards Gravis

Gravis as a very distant brother. They were

was just like

talked with Gravis about

simply didn't have much in

and

need to talk to know what the other

what the other

inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and Gravis noticed

an irrelevant place and that Mortis had more than enough qualities to put him

feelings were overshadowed

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

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

future in mind, any current emotional