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.

Gravis had created his Will-Aura, his classmates had looked at

them

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

like Gravis was a

now showed the

supposed to be

was what

see you later," Heavenly Senior said with

a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "If you need anything,

Springs was looking with the same expression at

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

didn't even interact with Gravis

was no point

people

old foggies looked at each other and

Gravis.

other ones, and they felt

for the best

looked at Gravis

rather close. After

Master Linus was the one with

Linus by such a degree, Master

people might feel a feeling of estrangement when their friend suddenly managed to find success on a global or cosmic scale. It was

person had taken on the identity

was what Master Linus

talk with Gravis, but he also felt

probably too occupied with other things to

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

some polite words,

for Zero's Essence, her

distant brother. They were theoretically related,

was just like an

only talked with

didn't have much in common, which made a conversation

Mortis' and Gravis' gazes

need to talk to

what

inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and

felt that Mortis' feelings came from an irrelevant place and that Mortis had more than enough qualities to

were overshadowed by one shared

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

of them knew that both of them felt that all of these

the finality of their future in mind, any current emotional problems