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

was uncomfortable for them to look at

they disliked him but that they simply didn't feel any connection

was like Gravis was

Senior now showed the same

supposed to

was what the expression

Heavenly Senior said with

didn't reach her eyes. "If you need anything, just

looking with the same expression at

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

even

point

were people of different

old foggies looked at each other and left without

were very interested in Gravis. Maybe

other ones, and they felt that it was better

the best to let

at Gravis with a

rather close.

on the basis that Master Linus was the one with

by such a

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 same

different person had taken on the identity of that

was what Master Linus felt

desired to talk with Gravis, but he also

too occupied with other things to

places that Master Linus couldn't even imagine, and he felt like he should leave Gravis to his

words,

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

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

was just

with

have much in common, which

Mortis' and

other perfectly, and they didn't need to talk

what

was feeling inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and Gravis noticed

had more than enough qualities to put

were overshadowed by one

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

them felt that all of these

mind, any