Seeing Rama reveal a fearless smile and firmly speak those words, Luo Zhen and the others all fell into a somewhat complicated silence.
"This is something only I can do now, and it is the only compensation I can give Sita."
Those who did not know the circumstances might not understand what he meant, but anyone familiar with the Ramayana would know exactly what this signified.
Everything stemmed from the abduction of Rama's wife, Sita, by the demon king Ravana.
Because she had once been captured, after Rama returned to his kingdom and ascended the throne, ushering the city of Ayodhya into an era of peace and prosperity, the people began spreading rumors that Sita was not a chaste woman, and that the demon king had already defiled her purity.
To avoid going against the people's will and fulfill his responsibility as king, Rama endured the pain and abandoned his pregnant wife by the banks of the Ganges. Although he believed in Sita's innocence and she had proven her chastity many times, Rama felt that this would never convince the people.
Thus, in helplessness and despair, Sita called out to the earth, asking it to accept her if she was truly pure and blameless.
The earth split open, and Sita threw herself into it, proving her innocence to the world—but she never returned.
In other words, although Rama after ascending the throne had become the complete form of a hero and king, possessing a status no lower than Karna's or Scathach's, he truly owed Sita—and had failed her.
That was why Rama said he could sacrifice everything for Sita. It was something only his current self could do.
That was because the Rama of the present had manifested in his younger form. Although he was still immature in mind, his