Prologue: For the One I love
I gaze warily but wearily at my opponent, whose teeth are exposed in an evil, feral grin. It is the smile of one who enjoys torturing and brutally killing, the smile of the murderously insane. I say nothing as my Life Points drain away, but make sure to keep my eyes staring into his own. If he's going to kill me, he's going to do it while looking me in the eye.
I did this for the one I love. If he had gone in my place and lost, the world would have had no meaning for me.
They say that love is so powerful that one would give their life to protect the one they love.
I finally understand. However, love isn't just about giving your life for someone you love; that's only a small part of it. Love means to endure everything, through thick and thin, for better or for worse, through pain, hardships, maybe even death, and come out still together. That's what love is: not ever giving up, no matter what, if only for the one you love, until the very end.
The thought makes me smile as I fall to my knees as my opponent points his rod at me, to sacrifice my soul to the shadows…
