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.

had created his Will-Aura, his classmates had looked at him the same

for them to

that they disliked him but that they simply didn't feel

like Gravis was

showed

wasn't supposed to

was what

So, see you later," Heavenly Senior said with

welcome," Happy Springs said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "If

only nodded. Happy Springs was looking with the

SHING!

Happy Springs also vanished.

didn't even interact with Gravis before

no point

people of different

foggies looked at each other and left without

Gravis. Maybe Gravis could change

felt the same feeling of estrangement as the other ones, and they

the best to let

Linus looked at Gravis with a complex

rather close.

had been on the basis that Master Linus was the

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

people might feel a feeling of estrangement when their 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

was like a different person had taken

was what Master Linus felt

desired to talk with Gravis, but

too occupied with other

that Master Linus couldn't even imagine,

after some polite words, Master Linus

Essence, her feelings

a very distant brother. They were theoretically related, but

was just

that, Zero's Essence only talked with

simply didn't have much in common, which made

and Gravis' gazes

need to talk to know

felt what the other one

and pressured,

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

their feelings were overshadowed

Unimportance.

Irrelevance.

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

mind, any current emotional problems lost