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

uncomfortable for them to

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

was like Gravis was

Senior now showed the same

supposed to

was what the expression

see you later," Heavenly Senior said with an

that didn't

nodded. Happy Springs was looking with the same

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

Light didn't even interact

no point in talking

people of

three old foggies looked at each other and left without

very interested in Gravis. Maybe Gravis could change

the other ones, and they felt that it was

was for the best to let

looked at Gravis with

and Gravis were rather close. After

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

by such a degree, Master Linus felt like

suddenly managed to find success on a global or cosmic scale. It was like the person they had always

like a different person had taken on the identity

was what Master Linus felt right

to talk with Gravis, but he also felt

too occupied with other

couldn't even imagine,

after some polite words, Master Linus

Zero's Essence, her feelings towards

had always seen Gravis as a very distant brother. They were

was just

that, Zero's Essence only talked with Gravis about some superficial topics and also

didn't have much in

Mortis' and Gravis' gazes

perfectly, and they didn't need to talk to

felt what the other

demotivated, and pressured, and Gravis

from an irrelevant place and that Mortis had more than enough qualities

feelings were overshadowed by one

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

them felt that all of these feelings

finality of their future in mind, any current