I Became the Burden of a Conscienceless Party

88 – The Ascetic of Kapilavastu (1)

The Ascetic of Kapilavastu (1)

He seemed to have everything in the world.

Born into the royal family of a powerful nation, he displayed the most brilliant talents.

Everyone loved him, and he loved everyone without exception.

He showed a natural talent for magic at a young age and mastered the principles of magic.

That’s what everyone thought.

‘He will be the next king and lead us.’

If he rules the country, he will definitely be able to continue the era of peace.

Yeah, that’s probably why.

“The prince has disappeared! He left behind only one note… … .”

Everyone was saddened by the fact that he had left the kingdom.

He was special.

He was someone who saw things differently from others.

It was then that he came to his own realization and decided to leave the kingdom.

Everyone in the kingdom was sad and regretful of parting with him, but in the end they respected and understood his choice.

“Yeah, that must be right.”

“We failed to be his fence… … .”

A vessel so large that even the great power of Kapilavastu could not contain it.

He was convinced that for him, Kapilavastu was not a safe home, but rather a chain that imprisoned him.

So the prince left.

And as time passed, rumors about the miracles the prince performed often reached Kapilavastu.

“Did you hear that?”

“Well, the prince… … .”

“That was to be expected. Wasn’t the prince a great man to begin with?”

Defeating a giant monster that could eat hundreds of people in one bite.

He subdued a fire-breathing demon and made it repent.

Everyone was amazed by the depiction of a god, not a human being.

However, it did not take long for rumors about such a prince to stop being heard.

“You have become a god.”

“Well, I guess even this big world was just a small fence to him.”

The prince became a god to save humans from the misfortune and suffering they experience.

Such rumors spread little by little, and people also believed them to be true.

It was understandable. The miracles the prince had shown were so great. Even those who had been taught by him were making their mark on history, so who could deny that?

But, someone might have thought,

“Hyung, have you really become a god?”

One day, the prince’s rumors suddenly stopped.

Everyone believed that he had become a god, but one boy thought differently.

“If that’s really true, then that’s amazing.”

As expected, he is special.

Rather than being jealous of the talent that shone brighter than anyone else’s, he blessed it.

Yes, the second prince saw a god in his brother. Instead of clinging to him, who was more outstanding than anyone else, he simply observed his appearance from the side.

At that time, he was just a brother who was more amazing than others.

“Was it really true that you were a god who came to save this world?”

That’s what I thought.

But, this is just a rumor. There are many miracles that are so solid that no one can doubt them.

If that’s the case, then I have no choice but to admit it.

of course…….

“Prince, the next item on the agenda is.”

“hmm.”

It was no longer the prince’s business, for he had taken over as successor after his brother’s departure.

That alone was too much for him. .

Just studying the internal affairs of the kingdom, learning academics, and martial arts was enough to leave me breathless.

Moreover, because he was an ordinary person, he was often compared to his brother and was often ignored by people.

But it didn’t matter.

The prince was already in a position where he could make anyone jealous, and even if he were to be compared to his brother, it wouldn’t be humiliating to be compared to such a great person.

Conformity to reality?

No, it’s different. He was truly satisfied. He also knew that he was blessed in another sense.

Different from birth.

Not only could they enjoy all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but as royalty, no one could fault them for having numerous wives and concubines.

“Honey, it’s time to go to bed. Tonight, you and I… … .”

“Okay, shall we do that?”

Every day, he is loved by beauties due to his status as a prince.

Wealth, power, all that.

It’s a life without any shortcomings.

It’s a life that everyone would envy.

Yeah, he was different from his brother.

He is a different person from his brother who went on a journey to save countless people and eventually became a god.

“… … .”

I’m sure that will happen.

What on earth is this unknown longing that sits in a corner of my heart?

He can do anything he wants. He is in that position. The delicacies of the mountains and the sea, the treasures, the beauties, they are all his.

but…….

“Hyung, have you really become a god?”

As for that suspicion.

Jealous of your brother?

No, it’s different. He’s never been jealous of his brother before.

Because he lived in a different world. His ascetic appearance was different from my luxurious appearance.

It was different from the way he enjoyed all kinds of delicious food while saying that he only needed to eat the nutrients he needed.

There was also a difference in the way he did not pay any attention to women and the way he naturally turned his eyes when he saw a beauty.

Yeah, it’s that different.

“Rumors are just rumors. Even if there were real miracles, it’s just speculation that no one knows whether you really became a god.”

The prince thought.

Maybe I’m living a normal life now.

Maybe you’re sick of all the hardships and want to settle down in the quiet countryside and live an ordinary life.

Or maybe you train to perform more miracles.

In the worst case scenario, you could even die on the street.

“… …Why did you leave everything behind, hyung?”

The prince was troubled.

He knows, because he is the one who acquired this enormous wealth and power.

There is nothing more valuable than this.

Even if you become a god and look down on everyone and receive faith, it may not be as good as holding it in your own hands.

No, it would have been a journey where I couldn’t even be sure if I had become a god.

But what on earth made him give up everything?

“What did you gain from that journey, hyung? What answers did you get?”

Someone scolded him for his extravagant worries. He laughed it off, saying it was because he was full.

But, the more it was like that, the more his eyes turned to his brother’s footsteps.

And then one fine day, the midday sun was shining brightly.

“… … .”

The prince suddenly set off on his journey.

I started following my brother’s footsteps.

However, he has lived his whole life being supported by others. There is no way that a journey that he started without any plan would go well.

It took him half a year to begin his journey and reach the village that was only a week away from the kingdom.

The places his brother walked were even more rugged and filled with dangerous people.

Yes, the prince set out on that path.

I walked through a life rife with pain.

Because I wanted to follow in my brother’s footsteps and see what he saw and felt.

Time passed like that.

He is different from his brother who had superhuman strength. He studied all kinds of knowledge, knowledge, and martial arts, but he was not outstanding in any of them.

Yet he was following the same path as his brother.

To put out the fire that my brother had stopped by clapping his hands, I had to draw several times more water than others and spray it.

I had to study various medicines and medical techniques to cure the disease that my older brother could cure just by touching it.

In such a simple and foolish way.

For someone, making something simple much more difficult, yet still doing it.

“Are you… by any chance an ascetic?”

“I’m not someone who deserves to be called that. Unlike my brother, I’ve stopped in the middle of things and taken a different path many times.”

The prince began to be called an ascetic by the people.

A being who went on a journey to heal the suffering of humans and eventually became a god.

Rumors about the culprit following that person.

He was a being who gave up his journey several times, counting the paths and stopping along the way. However, he still set out on the journey again.

That’s why he became famous as an ascetic. He also became famous in another sense.

“Are you that ascetic of Kapila? Oh, you are as handsome as I heard. I heard you were a prince in the past.”

“It’s been a long time since I was called that. The king has already become my younger brother, so I am nothing more than a plaything.”

“Oh my, then you wouldn’t be offended if I, a commoner, said that I loved the prince?”

One day.

Beautiful women began to block his path as if to obstruct his path.

There were three beautiful women named Thana, Arati, and Raga.

“How about it? Would you like to stay at my house tonight?”

She was a beauty he had never seen even when he was a prince.

The prince had been tired and lonely for a long time, but surprisingly, he did not want to give in to the temptation.

You can stop as many times as you want.

It’s okay to get lost as many times as you want.

But he must go on his way again. It has been so long that he has now forgotten why.

The journey that started with the innocent thought of wondering what his brother was thinking as he set out on his journey soon became the path of a practitioner walking the same path as his brother. That was why he knew.

“No, it’s an attractive offer, but not yet.”

A layer of the seven emotions that still remained in him fell to the floor.

So the ascetic of Kapilavastu set out on his journey again.

I walked behind my brother.

After that, countless trials stood in his way. The path he walked was all the paths of the three realms and six realms.

He went through all kinds of hell and stepped into heaven, remaining human.

Yes, and when we reached the end of that road, when we reached the end of the world where it was said that traces of my brother were lost.

“Yeah, you win.”

The heavenly king who had been sending him trials all along welcomed him.

“How can that be? Can you really be sure that the person you’re looking for is at the end of this road? The road has already been cut off. The road you were walking on was just the road you imagined yourself going down.”

“Maybe so.”

“No one knows what lies beyond. The brother you are looking for may not have entered that road in the first place. What you heard may have been a rumor or an exaggeration. That brother may have been a braggart and died on the road.”

“That’s not important anymore. The path I followed in my brother’s footsteps has already become my path, so I just want to see how it ends.”

King of Heaven.

Mara Papiyas was creepy.

She had stood on the summit of the heavens and watched beings go beyond it several times.

A being who was special to be born.

A being that originated there and was born to reach there.

I just indifferently watched the path those people walked.

Isn’t that obvious?

The world they live in is different. Even if they, who were transcendent from the beginning, leave for the world of transcendent beings, there is no response.

Who knows what lies beyond.

There may be a paradise.

So once you set foot in there, you might not want to come back.

Or is there a hell?

Once you take a step, there is no going back, and you may escape the cycle of reincarnation and face eternal death.

‘But, whatever it is, it’s not a place a mere human could have reached. But this guy… … How on earth did he get on this path?’

Mara Papyas was ultimately unable to stop Kapilavastu’s ascetic.

Because the status and power he had built up had become higher than hers.

Yes, because he was the only one who had been touched by the power of the Transcendent beings, whom she had pretended not to know, saying that there was nothing she could do about it.

Eventually, the ascetic of Kapilavastu was freed from the seven passions and reached beyond.

It was the moment when the criminal of the small kingdom reached the same path by following the teachings of the most special one.

And after an imperceptibly long period of time.

“Mara papillas.”

Mara Papyas welcomed the Transcendent One who returned from beyond.

What did you see there?

What kind of experiences did you have to become such an untouchable monster?

While Mara Papyrus was dumbfounded by the power, he said:

“Would you please help me pick up the things I threw away on the street one by one that day?”

Mara Papiyas knew.

The present Jim is perfect. He has become a pure and chaste being.

His blood must be sweeter than that of any of the great monks.

It would be no different from the ‘nobles’ of that world who were born with special circumstances.

But accepting the five desires and seven emotions means defiling the blood again.

Doesn’t that mean that the power and level will be lowered by one level, no, several levels?

“You’ll regret it later? Why would you do something so foolish?”

“I want to look at the world from their perspective again. Only when we can make the same choices from the same perspective can we truly understand the suffering of others.”

Willing to become closer to humans.

***

Jim and the extras finally arrived at the place where Legion Commander Five was being held. It was a small rural town with a shabby shack.

Jim opened the door without hesitation and asked Five, who had been held captive alone, the question he had always wanted to ask.

Yes, Jim, who accepted their suffering and the seven emotions by looking at the world from their perspective and understanding their pain.

“Commander! I have come to rescue you! Is the girl still safe?”

He was now becoming less than human, if not closer to it.