A thought emerged:
I should quit eating meat, quit drinking alcohol, wear clothes that don't harm beasts in the process, refrain from violence, meditate for six hours a day, wake before dawn, sleep on a wooden board, and detatch myself from all worldly pleasures…
Adam's face twitched violently.
Absolutely not!
A drop of sweat trickled down the side of his forehead. If it weren't for the Lotus erasing the Will of the soul — the part that contained the personality and individuality — he believed he would have already shaved off his head by now and lived the life of an ascetic monk.
Overcome worldly desire? The youth sneered as he got out of bed and put on training clothes.
If that monk had truly overcome worldly desires, he wouldn't have been consumed by greed and attacked Magus Stockholm.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Even a monk is not safe from the allure of the Lotus.
