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.

had created his Will-Aura, his classmates had looked at

them to

him. It wasn't that they disliked him

was like Gravis was a

Senior now showed the

wasn't supposed

was what

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

welcome," Happy Springs said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "If you need

was looking with the same

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

Light didn't even interact

point in talking

were people of different

each other and left

interested in Gravis. Maybe Gravis

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

best to let

looked at Gravis with a complex

and Gravis were rather close. After all, Gravis had helped him

Master Linus was the one with the power

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

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

a different person had taken on the

Master Linus

Gravis, but he also felt

too occupied with other things to talk to

Linus couldn't even imagine, and he felt

polite words, Master

Zero's Essence, her feelings towards Gravis

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

was just like

with Gravis about some superficial topics and also

much in common,

and

they didn't need to talk to know what

them felt what

demotivated, and pressured, and

more than enough qualities to put him in an equal place

feelings were overshadowed by

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

that both of them felt that all

the finality of their future in mind, any current emotional problems lost all