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.

classmates

was uncomfortable for them to

avoided talking to him. It wasn't that they disliked him but that they simply didn't feel any

was like Gravis was a

now showed the

supposed

what

So, see you later," Heavenly Senior said with an

said with a smile that didn't reach

only nodded. Happy Springs was looking with the

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

Light didn't even

point

were people of

three old foggies looked at each other and left without

interested in Gravis. Maybe

and they felt

for the best to

Gravis with a

close. After

that Master Linus was the one with the power

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

friend suddenly 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

had taken on the identity of that

was what Master Linus felt right

desired to talk with Gravis, but he also felt

too occupied with other things to

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

some polite words,

Essence, her feelings

always seen Gravis as a very distant brother. They were theoretically related, but they

was just

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

much in common, which made a conversation

Mortis' and Gravis'

need to talk to know what the other

them felt what the

inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and

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

were overshadowed by one shared

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

them felt that all of

their future in mind, any