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 had looked at

for them to look

that they disliked him but

like Gravis was

showed

supposed to be

was what the

later," Heavenly Senior said with an awkward smile

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

Happy Springs was looking with the same expression

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

of Light didn't even

point in talking to

people

three old foggies looked at each other and left without

interested in Gravis.

of estrangement as the other ones, and they felt that it was better

was for the best

looked at Gravis

Gravis were rather close. After all, Gravis had

on the basis that Master Linus was the one

become more powerful than Master Linus by such a degree, Master

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

was like a different person had taken

Master Linus felt right

but he also felt like he

probably too occupied with

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

after some polite words,

for Zero's Essence, her feelings towards Gravis

brother. They were theoretically related, but they had nothing that really connected

just

Zero's Essence only talked with Gravis about some

simply didn't have much in

and Gravis'

each other perfectly, and they didn't need to talk to know what the

of them felt what the

inferior, demotivated, and pressured, and Gravis

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

feelings were overshadowed by one shared

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

of them felt that all

finality of their future in mind, any current emotional