Once, in the Ad Astera Empire, there was a saint - a monk of great virtue.

　In spite of his young age, he was a loving and generous monk, whose personality was admired by many people.

　The monk was also an excellent practitioner of the art of the stick, and his passion was to subdue the demons and demons that infested the earth.

　One day, the monk left his hometown wearing a vestments. The destination is an island of fascination, where a grudge of three hundred years has been buried.

　On the island, there is a demon gate that is said to be the cause of the birth of the demons of the world. If only this gate could be closed - no, it is not enough to close it. If the gate, which is the cause of the birth of demons, could be destroyed, many people would be saved. The young monk set foot on Devil's Island with this belief in mind.

　He had been conquering demons for so long that he was able to enter the Itto-ryu school without fear. After a test run, he became a member of the Eight Banners of Cheonglin.

　Since then, he devoted himself to his duties and gained the trust of the people around him, and he even married a local girl to his wife. He had a full life in his private and public life, and the years passed one, two, three years after that.

　Although he did not destroy the demon's gate, his achievements were on the lips of the people, and the people around him showed him trust and respect. Next to him is his quiet but good-natured and gentle wife. In the eyes of others, his life must have been an enviable one. There is no doubt that the monk himself was happy.

　However, a few years after arriving in Ogashima, he felt a sense of urgency.

　He had never mastered the mind-dressing, the secret of the Itto-ryu style.

　The monk was a foreigner from outside the demon island. It is no surprise that he was unable to reach those from the island who had learned the Itto-ryu from the age of 13.

　However, he was not convinced that there were people who came to Onigashima at the same time or after the monks who had learned the heart attire earlier than the monks.

　Even if they were more talented than the monks, or if they worked harder than the monks, even those who were inferior to the monks learned to wear the heart-dress.

　In fact, the monks' martial arts and magic skills were at the top of the Eight Banners of Qinglin. With the condition that the monks could be counted on the fingers of one hand from the top, among those who hadn't mastered the mind-armor, they could be counted on the fingers of one hand.

　Still, he could not learn the mind attire.

　What is the mind-dress - it is a form of the power of anima.

　So what is the Same Source Existence (anima)?

　Man has another self in his heart, deep in his soul. This is called anima - even if we are told this, we cannot find anima. No matter how much you meditate or fast, your other self has no form or shadow, nor does it emit a single voice.

　Still, it was good to be young. It was good when you were young, because you could stand on the battlefield by your own strength, even without the mind gear.

　However, as one ages to 30 or 40, one's strength will inevitably decline. The monk's body, which had been engaged in fierce battles since his youth, deteriorated quickly.

　It was difficult for them to fight in the front line. However, he could not choose to support the monks from the rear. In the first place, there is no division of the battle of Onigashima into vanguard or rear guard. Demons can appear at any time and from anywhere. A sorcerer who cannot defend himself is nothing more than an impediment.

　To the monk who was struggling to stay in the Eight Banners of the Blue Forest despite feeling his own limitations, his wife said hesitantly, "Don't push yourself that far.

　There's no need to push yourself that hard. I have fought hard since I was young. It's time for you to take a break," he said. I think it's a noble way of life to step back from the line and train the next generation.

　When the monk heard this, he was furious.

　It was a legitimate argument that had no room for rebuttal. The monk himself had asked himself this question many times, and each time he had been able to overcome his own weaknesses in order to achieve his goal of destroying the demon gate.

　If it had been the words of someone other than his wife, he would have been able to ignore them.

　But he couldn't forgive her because they were the words of his wife, who had supported him closer than anyone else. He felt as if his efforts and aspirations had been cut down to nothing.


　--That day, the monk raised his hand for the first time since they became husband and wife.


　--That day, he heard the voice of the anima for the first time since he had become a Buddhist monk.　


　The anima is the other self that lives in the heart, in the soul. It is the naked nature that cannot be faked or deceived in any way.

　The ideal self, which is the result of hard work and discipline, does not necessarily overlap with the anima.

　The ugly and distorted voice of the anima does not reach those who live righteously and purely.

　Attunement is the overlapping of one's self and anima.