大輔完成學生會會議後,經過熱鬧的街道回家。因為大輔住私人屋苑,比較接近市區,所以人比較多。
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每次上學放學,都會經過一間玩具店,專賣科幻系列模型。玩具店裝修較陳舊,有歲月痕跡,和附近的屋苑和大樓相對,玩具店的時間彷彿停止了。但是,縱使大輔有多忙有多累,他總會停下一分鐘,欣賞玩具永店櫥窗內的精美模型。今天也不例外。
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他停下腳步,看進櫥窗。今天的櫥窗有所更新,換上了幾款最新《星星大戰》飛船模型,其中一款頂部是圓錐體,然後底下是一條直柱,外形猶如雨傘。
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「現今的飛船設計真奇怪。」路克搖頭嘆息。
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「奇怪?你誕生時不夠奇怪嗎?」大輔回敬他的守護甜心。
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「一點都不奇怪。你的願望和理想固定了,所以我誕生,天經地義。」
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「我不是指這個。當時你就在這玩具店前誕生,大聲向我打招呼,害得我的媽媽以為我有病!」
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「好的。我承認我當時的行為不成熟,不過那是過去,別放在心中。」
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大輔笑了一聲,繼續在看新型模型飛船。
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「不過路克,你說得對。飛船設計真的十分匪夷所思,以前七八十年代的飛船才是酷。現在的畫師真的完全不懂設計這作品的飛船。」
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「哥哥,你又來了。」
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一位身型比較矮小的小孩子從玩具店門口跑出來,熱情地抱著大輔。不過,大輔已經習慣。
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「小次郎。」他撫摸小孩子的頭,摸得變成散髮。
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此時,玩具店店主也出來,向大輔打招呼。
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「又來看模型了嗎?大輔仔。」
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「別叫我大輔仔!」大輔害羞了。
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「小次郎很想念你,一直喊著要見你。」店主輕輕拉開小次郎,不讓他再抱著大輔不放。
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大輔蹲下:「小次郎很厲害啊。今年讀小學六年級呢。」
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「嗯!準備升中學了!我也會好像太空人一樣一飛沖天!」小次郎說到最後的時候,舉起雙手,令大輔和店主不禁笑了出來。
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「好!好!好!」大輔拍拍他的肩膀。
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「小次郎,先回去做功課。」
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「是的,爸爸。」小次郎回到店裡去。
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「對了,大輔。」
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「唔?」大輔的目光放在店主身上。
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「謝謝你小時候陪我的兒子玩。」
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「啊?為什麼?」對於突然道謝,大輔感到愕然。
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「小次郎為人害羞,怕陌生人,因此交際的時候常常碰釘子。他唯一就是喜愛模仿《星星大戰》的情節玩角色扮演。」
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店主看進商店,小次郎坐在收銀機旁邊做功課,似乎做得相當高興。
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「在幼稚園的時候,小次郎在班上常常說《星星大戰》的故事,沒有小朋友理會他,有些心腸不好的更會因此欺負。每星期上學五天,總會有一天哭著回來跟我訴苦。那時基本上只有你會跟他玩。」
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「是嗎?我以為小次郎一直都過得很好。」
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「一點都不是。幸好你也喜歡科幻東西,不然小次郎真的會很孤單。」
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「說起來,我是怎樣認識小次郎?我記不起來。」大輔突然有此問題。
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「這個……」店主也被考倒:「好像是有一天你的家人帶你來看模型時認識的?我不太記得了。哈哈。」
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「……」
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「不好意思,先談到這裡。裡面還有客人。」
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「噢。我也要走了,今天功課也不容易。再見。」
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店主揮揮手,笑著回到店中。
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伸一在家中和家人吃晚飯,一家三口共聚天倫之樂,艾倫則留在二樓睡房中,等待伸一送上迷你晚餐。
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(幸好艾倫不是食量大、容易餓的守護甜心,不然我麻煩了……)伸一心中慶幸著。
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「伸一君,學生會的工作怎麼樣?」媽媽問道。
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「啊,還好啊。怎麼了?」
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「沒什麼啦,一開始知道你加入學生會當實習生,我和爸爸也很驚訝。我們以為你會加入魔術學會。」
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「我是被邀請的……」伸一苦笑。
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媽媽微笑:「伸一君,我覺得你變了。」
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「啊?」伸一聽到後,定格了。
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「應該怎樣說呢?我覺得你……開朗了。」
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「真的嗎?」
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「嗯。至從爺爺離開後,你關在房中不肯出來。你只是拿著爺爺的項鍊蹲在一角。不過後來你主動說要參加魔術興趣班後,你的心情也變好了,但也沒有你現在這樣。」
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「噢。是嗎?」伸一開始搜尋他的記憶。這某程度上是要感謝艾倫,他在爺爺離開後幾天便誕生了,而且幫助他走出陰霾。
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「不過說起來,你好像有時會自言自語……」
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「沒有沒有沒有!絕對沒有!」伸一強烈地回應。
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「……那好吧。」之後媽媽繼續吃飯。
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「啊,對了。你們知不知道爺爺的項鍊從哪裡來?」伸一因為放學時的會議而提出問題。
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「他的項鍊?這個我也不知道,」媽媽道:「老公你知道嗎?」
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爸爸吞下最後一口飯後,放下碗筷,一本正經地說故事。
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「你知道那條項鍊是古董嗎?」
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「古董?」伸一大叫,差點翻椅。
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「當然啦,」爸爸繼續說:「這是你爺爺還年輕,去歐洲旅遊時在某間古董店買的。雖然是放在古董店,但爺爺說它很便宜,加上看起來很精緻,所以決定買下來。後來,它成為了爺爺和奶奶的定情信物,一直留到現在了。」
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「……原來如此。」
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「其實我都不明白為什麼我的爸爸會迷上這東西。項鍊鍊子又不是特別物料,上面的水晶球也是很普通,我都不知道為什麼是古董。爺爺說它有魔法,我覺得他是被騙。」
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「真的是被騙嗎?」伸一反問:「我覺得如果爺爺認為擁有它會感到快樂和幸福,我不認為那是欺騙,至少項鍊給他心靈上的安慰和輔助。」
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「唔……這個不知道了。不過兒子,既然爺爺將他心中最重要的項鍊交給你,那麼我希望你也能好好保管。可以嗎?」
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「這當然啦,爸爸。」伸一繼續吃飯。
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(到最後,只是知道Hope Sphere是來自歐洲的古董。那個真的是魔法嗎?)伸一一邊吃,一邊回想在公園和學校圖書館的戰鬥。
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在某間小學的美勞課,小次郎和其他同學在畫水彩畫。大部分同學都在用心、努力地畫,小次郎也是一樣。他點一點白色顏料,塗在畫紙中央,然後點幾下黃色,隨機點在畫紙四角,最後用力壓住深藍色水彩,覆蓋畫紙其他部分。
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小次郎放下油筆,對著自己的得意之作微笑。《星星大戰》的主角「星行者」在畫紙上登場,畫質雖然粗糙,但有神形,捕捉到一兩個「星行者」的特徵。
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「傻行者又來《星星大戰》了!」
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小次郎轉頭,幾個同班男同學以鄙視的眼神盯著小次郎和他的畫。小次郎沒有理會他們,繼續檢查自己的畫有沒有補缺。
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其中一個站起來,拿著骯髒的油筆走到小次郎的畫前:
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「這樣才好看。」
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他用力在「星行者」的臉上畫上一撇,拉出一條不對稱又不現實的粗長鬍子,破壞掉「星行者」的形象。
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「啊啊啊——」小次郎激動地叫了出來。
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「同學請回座位!」
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在課室前的老師已下令,但他的同黨一於少理,也走近小次郎。長得較高的同學一手拿起小次郎的畫,高高舉起。
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「天行者一飛沖天!」
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「快還給我!」
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「傻行者跟不到!」
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「同學!」老師再叫一聲。
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「天行者決定當水行者了。」
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另一位同學抓著原本要用於清潔油筆的水杯,把裡面的水灑到畫紙上。畫紙上未乾的顏料頓時回復流動性,將畫完全破壞。
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「啊啊啊——」小次郎跪下來,絕望地慘叫。
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「夠了!」老師憤怒了:「我已經從其他老師口中,聽說你們常常欺負小次郎!你們下課後到統統到教員室!」
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同學掉下畫紙,一臉不愉,更向小次郎做鬼臉。
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「小次郎,沒事嗎?」老師走到他身邊,蹲下來安慰他:「畫畫不了沒關係。我容許你明天交,明天交到嗎?」
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小次郎凝視變成抽象版「星行者」的畫,只會流下眼淚。
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放學時間,小次郎獨自回家。他手上拿著走樣的「星行者」圖畫,並走到垃圾桶前,無奈地把圖畫送進黑暗深淵之中。
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「唉……為什麼人人都不喜歡《星星大戰》?明明就是一套很精彩的卡通片。」
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因為《星星大戰》有相當歷史,情節又公式化,因此現今的小孩認為卡通很老套,很不入時。同學不斷拿《星星大戰》來欺負小次郎,一開始也只是語言攻擊,後來變本加厲,做出過分的事。有一次他用《星星大戰》文具,結果被同學破壞。鉛筆刨到極短,不能再用;橡皮膠被埋到盆栽裡;間尺更一分為二。
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「為什麼?為什麼?」小次郎想到這裡便哭了。
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「小朋友,發生什麼事?」
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小次郎四處張望,最後看到一位穿白色T恤的少年正在接近他。
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總介。
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「來,告訴哥哥發生什麼事。」總介蹲下,撫摸小次郎。
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「同學……不喜歡《星星大戰》……他們欺負我……」
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「原來如此。你喜歡《星星大戰》?」
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小次郎點頭。
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「哥哥也很喜歡《星星大戰》啊。」
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「啊?」小次郎驚訝。
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「真的啊。哥哥第一個玩的遊戲也是《星星大戰》系列的啊。」
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「哈哈。」小次郎開始笑了。
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「你知道嗎?星行者是一位儆惡懲奸的武士。你也可以懲罰那些看不起《星星大戰》的人。」
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「真的嗎?」
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「真的啊。有了這個,你就是新一代的星行者。」
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總介從口袋中拿出銀蛋,擠到他的手中,小次郎頓時被閃亮的銀蛋迷住,眼睛失去光彩。
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「成為星行者吧。」總介微笑。
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小次郎緩緩點頭。銀蛋裂開,一隻銀色守護甜心誕生了。
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