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.

created his Will-Aura, his classmates had looked at him the same

for them to look at

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

was like Gravis

Senior now showed the

supposed to be

was what the

you later," Heavenly Senior said with an awkward

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

Happy Springs was looking with

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

didn't even interact with Gravis before

no point

people of

each other and left without

interested in Gravis. Maybe Gravis could

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

for the best to let things

Gravis

rather close. After all, Gravis had helped him

that had been on the basis that Master Linus was the one with the power

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

a feeling of estrangement when their friend suddenly managed to find success on a global or cosmic scale. It was like the person they had always been friends with was

was like a different person had

what Master

but he also felt like he

too occupied with other things to talk

that Master Linus couldn't even imagine, and he felt

polite words, Master Linus

Zero's Essence, her feelings towards

very distant brother. They were

just

only talked with Gravis about some superficial topics and also

in common,

and Gravis' gazes

they didn't need to talk to

them felt what the other

inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and

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

overshadowed by one

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

them felt that all of these feelings were unimportant in

mind, any current emotional problems lost all impact