After completely abandoning his own future and bringing his reason for being in this world to naught, Yoken determined to set fire to the Kinkaku-ji Temple to fulfill his aesthetic ideals.
自己の将来を完全に断ち切り、世俗的な自分の存在理由を無にしてしまったその後、養賢は自己の美学を完遂すべく金閣寺の放火を決意する。