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 classmates had looked at him the same

for them

him. It wasn't that they disliked him

Gravis

now showed

supposed to

was what

Heavenly Senior said with an awkward smile before

Springs said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.

nodded. Happy Springs was looking with

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

didn't even interact with Gravis before

point in talking to

were people of

foggies looked at each other and

in Gravis. Maybe

and they felt that it was

was for the best

Linus looked at Gravis with

were rather close. After all,

been on the basis that Master Linus was the one with

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

on a global or cosmic scale. It was like the

was like a different person had taken on the identity of

Master Linus

but he

too occupied with other

Master Linus couldn't even imagine, and he felt

polite words,

Essence, her

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

was just

only talked with Gravis

much in common, which made a

Mortis' and

and they didn't need to talk to know what the other one was

them felt what

demotivated, and

that Mortis had more than enough qualities to put

were overshadowed

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

them knew that both of them felt that all of these feelings were unimportant

of their future in mind, any current emotional