In a small village tucked between the rugged mountains of Artvin, there lived a man who spoke more through his saz than his voice. He went by a name that whispered of ancient wisdom: , meaning "the path to sacred goodness leads through darkness".

"Your pain is mine, and your honey is mine too. Even if you give me death, even if you give me cruelty... this soul is yours."

To Hirai, love wasn't a bargain for happiness; it was a total surrender. He understood that to truly love meant accepting the "darkness" to reach the "goodness". As the song echoed through the valley, it wasn't a lament of defeat, but a vow. He would carry the weight of that love until the very end, for "this soul" had never truly been his to keep—it had always been hers.