Capítulo 171: Learn From Zed

Living hall, Dream Rise House.

"Time has come to move on from the bindings of the past."

Zed looked at his reflection on the waterfall. He felt as if his reflection was freed from invisible shackles.

Moving on from the past didn't mean forgetting it. Instead, it meant accepting the past as nothing more than past and then proceeding on with life.

In Zed's case, he sensed the parts of the past which were holding him. He freed himself from those parts by accepting them for what they were.

In the end, he thought, why should words such as bastard influence him just because the caretaker used to call him as such? Similarly, why should he let the fire of hatred for his parents still live?

[[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.]]

Claudia repeated the immortal words spoken by Buddha.

"Wise words," Zed turned around, "But alas, just like Eva said, wisdom only seems obvious from a spectator's point of view. "