Chapter 4. Sparkling sword

Amar and Faputa were on their date. They walked together on a crowded street of a village.

Their next destination was a vendor servicing hot dishes.

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Looking through a binoculars, Riko who stood faraway to observe them exclaimed "That was a great ideal that I have Faputa dress well tonight. Look at Amar, he is so handsome when he wears nice clothes."

The friend next to Riko answered, "Amar was definitely serious when he referred to it as a date."

The other friend said, "Is it ok for us to track them like this? I felt so guilty somehow..."

"No, just continue. We need to protect them carefully, right?" Riko said firmly.

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Amar and Faputa really had so much fun together.

Then Amar leaded Faputa to a lake in a nearby isolated land of the village.

'This place is our final destination tonight.' Amar signed to Faputa.

The lake was so beautiful and reflected the hills and trees. It looks like a scene from a fairy tale.

'It is so beautiful, sosu. Faputa really likes it, sosu.' Faputa exclaimed with her sparkling eyes.

Amar smiled lightly 'May you stand here? I have a thing to show you.'

Then he stood at a position quite near the edge of the lake and had his back facing the lake.

A little bit of worry could be seen on his face. He must feel nervous.

He started to sign.

'I know that Faputa likes Reg.

He is your haku.

If there are people you like, behind his name.

They must be Riko, Nanachi and so on.

My name may be seen at the end of the list.'

Faputa kept her silence as if she could sense a little bit of sad feeling from Amar.

Then Amar smiled lightly and continued.

'But it is ok.

Faputa brought so much joy in my life that I have never imagined.

That is the reason why I want to tell you my feelings for you now.'

Amar quickly ran to a rock and lit a small fuse. There was a row of fireworks hidden there.

He came back to his previous position and pulled out the sword 'Amorydeseo'.

'My teacher remarked that the pieces of the sword colliding with each other caused an interesting sound while I washed it' He signed.

'And this is it. 'Lạc Nhau Có Phải Muôn Đời? - Get lost in each other forever?' song.'

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After Amar started up, the sword 'Amorydeseo' shined and released its pieces. Those crystal pieces flew out to form a big circle around Amar and Faputa. They looked like they were standing under a starry ball now.

The frame of the sword appeared some strings and Amar turned those strings like a musical instrument. The pieces released pleasant melodies while colliding.

The song started to form.

Amar, who could not hear anything since his birth, started to perform his song for Faputa.

The fireworks which were set up before started to shoot according to the rhythm. They wrote the lyrics of the song in the night sky. The reflection was sparkling by the lake to make a beautiful scene.

The lyrics was written by Faputa's mother language, which should be lost with the Hollow village's destruction in Sixth layer.

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'How small is this world for us to see each other forever?

The day you came, bringing an unforgettable song

A song of dreams

A song of hopes

Giving my life a bit of joy

A bit of love'

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Amar remembered the time how happy he felt while 'talking' all night with Faputa. They smiled a lot.

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'How big is this world for us to get lost in each other forever?

Among those rushing crowds,

Where would you stand waiting for me?

at the vendors?

at the end of that year's street corner?

Please wait for me a little bit, just a little bit.'

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Amar remembered the time when he went up the Sixth layer in this fake world to search for some leftover things of the Hollow's village to learn Faputa's mother language to translate this song.

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'Dawn came to welcome the early sunlight

and we went on a date to our frequent places

Sunset down at the corner of a deserted street, we still laughed and talked aimlessly.

As this love is all for you, please do not make this heart tired of missing you

Please promise to always be with me'

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Amar remembered the time when he asked the musical delver to teach him how to read a music sheet and practice with 'Amorydeseo' to perform this song. It was so hard.

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'Days are still that warm with your voices and your smiles

with both happiness and sorrow.

Under the sunny afternoon lights, the winds secretly whisper the songs for lovers

What could I do when this tiny heart keeps dreaming of the moments to embrace you?

Life is like a endless dream

Because of you'

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The performance was finished.

Amar signed to Faputa while seeing a little bit of tears in her eyes.

'Faputa, your feeling is your feeling but my feeling is my feeling.

I love you from the bottom of my heart.'

Before Faputa responded anything, the 'Amorydeseo' sword suddenly glowed and vibrated violently. The 'world' quickly resonated and started to break.

Faputa quickly run towards Amar and held his hands.

'What happened?' She signed.

Faputa startled while seeing the cracks on Amar's hands and body. It looked like he started to be broken as the 'world'.

Amar blinked his bittersweet eyes while speaking in his mind. His hands could not sign anymore.

'Amar is the sword 'Amorydeseo' and Amar is this 'world' too. If this 'world' is broken then Amar is broken too. This 'world' is created by my distorted wish.'

'You must tell Faputa sooner. Why?' Faputa asked him.

'Even if I told you before, will you not release me from my distorted wish?' Amar replied.

'I am sorry, Faputa. I put so much burden on you, my feeling and my wish.' He continued 'However, please remember. My wish came true because of you. Thank you, Faputa.'

While Amar's body was totally broken, Faputa could see his past in the pieces.

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His mom cried 'How can they kidnap and turn my son into a sword?'

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'Is it true that this egg could turn my son back to a human?' his mom asked an Interfere Unit.

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'I do not see any reaction from him. Why? I could feel his soul is still here. Oh, it is definitely useless because his body is a sword.' His mom desperately said. She got older and older till her death without seeing any reaction from the sword.

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Time flew and the first signal appeared. The sword turned into a 'world' that became a rest place which could grant wishes to the travelers who stuck into this 'world'.

Even knowing the nature of this 'world', no one could pass the test to break this 'world'. They surrendered in front of the temptation.

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His wish was 'to live in love'.

Did the citizens love him sincerely because he granted their wishes?

Till his wish was fulfilled, his story still went on.

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'I am not a prince but will you love me sincerely, my dear princess?'

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Faputa cried a lot while shouting the voice that no one could hear.

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The shine slowly disappeared.

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"What happened?" Riko asked in her confusing look while sitting on a pile of ruins at the entrance of the Seventh layer - the real Seventh layer.

Riko said, "Did Amar...?"

Faputa hugged Riko and cried, "Amar disappeared, Riko."

Riko sobbed.

All of them still remembered a vague memory.

Riko asked "Faputa, did he tell you what is his wish? We will help him if we can..."

Faputa answered "His wish was ... It was 'to live in love'. That is the reason why his body turned into a place that could grant wishes for people, sosu"

Then she cried louder "But how can this kind of love from the citizens satisfy him? How about me? I still do not have enough time to tell him ... anything, sosu."

Riko tried to stop her tears "Faputa, let's go. We could find the answer if we continue our journey."

They supported each other as they walked.

Leave behind an unfinished story.

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P/s from Purple: The readers who likes SE or OE could stop at this chapter. However, the readers who likes HE could continue to read the next extra chapter.