The Mask Of The Monster - Chapter 109

(From Ella’s Perspective)

“It’s useless…”

“What?” Dad asked as both of us were having the pork stew that Jasper made. I forced him to get out of the house with a box of pork stew. After all, he made it.

“My life is useless. It sucks,” I muttered. And even the food did not taste good. When it happened to me, it meant life was really useless. “And I don’t like that mix of Orangutans, silver-eyed lion, and brown bear.”

“You mean Jasper?” Dad asked tiredly.

“Yes, him. I don’t like him.”

“Why? I don’t think he has done anything wrong.”

‘You are saying that cause you don’t know anything that happened!’

That woman… that Rosaire, she even tried to trick when she was dying. I was sure about one thing- if I had not been my father, Alessandro’s daughter, then that Jasper would force me to work for him. He gave off that kind of dangerous vibe.

Jed agreed with me. He said that I should not even bother to get along with someone as shady as him.

‘Like if I don’t talk to him much, what will he even do? It’s not like he can poison me or something…’

“It’s totally meaningless. It would have been better if I was a bird or something. Like at least, I could shit on those annoying morons’ heads. But what the hell? I am a human! What the hell am I even going to do being a human?” I grumbled.

“You got a letter,” Dad said calmly.

“What?” I jumped up. ‘My life sucks’- this thought completely went away as I looked around for the letter.

“It’s on the table, right over there… Be careful…”

He could not even finish as I had already run for it and grabbed it. I hurt my leg in the process at the side of the table, but it was fine. I could bear this much for the person I loved so much.

On the envelope, there was bold writing- ‘Don’t tear it’. Even he had not said it, I was not going to tear it anyway. It was the first time I got a letter from him. I wanted to save it as a great memory. After all, if I was in my world, I would not have felt the pleasure of getting a letter from the person I loved. The best I could get was a text message with fancy stickers.

“Can I go to my room?” I asked.

“Finish your food first,” Dad said sternly.

“Don’t wanna… I don’t have an appetite tonight.”

“Quickly finish it, Ella.”

“Argh…!”

I finished my food as soon as possible. Leandro mostly made soups since he noticed that I did not drink much water, but he made stew sometimes as well. Perhaps because I was in love with him, I always compared everything about others with him and my mind always chose him no matter what. I just loved everything about him.

I quickly went to my room and closed the door. I sat at the table and finally opened the envelope.

Dear Ella,

I am glad that you have sent me a letter. You don’t have to worry about me being busy. Just send me a letter whenever you want to.

It was better that you went to a diner. At least, you didn’t have to eat coal. Anyway, if you have any kind of problem with food or anything, just tell me. I will send some for you. And listen to what your father says as long as his and my words are the same. Or else, there is no need. Then, listen to me.

I think your dad is glad that we did not do it. Because after we do it, the mark will be fulfilled. And no one would be able to separate us, even death. He doesn’t like me as I told you before. We’re basically enemies. But because of you, we are not fighting against each other for the time being.

And well, about the newspaper thing, you never asked me about it. I thought you would know. I had no idea you thought we are that ancient. Sometimes hearing you say these kinds of things make me want to go to your world to see what it’s like.

By the way, don’t think much about your dad and mom. Both of them were irresponsible in one way or another. It’s actually pretty agreeable when your dad said he never loved your mom. It was a one-night stand after all. If they fell for each other after a mere one-night stand, I think it would be pretty strange. Just don’t think about their relationship much. And more importantly, don’t compare our relationship with theirs. There are a lot of differences between these two relationships.

First of all, all they wanted was to have sex. But it’s different for us. We haven’t yet done it because we decided not to. And there was no feeling between them, only physical pleasure. But more than physical pleasure, we are more absorbed in getting to know each other and spending time with each other.

And I miss you as well. I am gonna be kinda busy these days. But the night after tomorrow, meet me outside the palace. I know you won’t be working there then, but that’s the only place you know outside the forest. I will be waiting there for you. Tell your dad that you will stay at Jed’s and also make sure that Jed tells your dad that you’re with him in case he doubts. It doesn’t matter if your dad finds out though… But he might think we’re doing something strange together…

I like you a lot. I just had to say it. Confirming my feelings, I don’t need to. Because I know what I want. And I want you.

Yours,

Leandro

Important note: Drink a lot of water, don’t stay up at night, don’t run around, get out of the palace as soon as possible, and don’t fight with random people just because they wronged you. Remember, you might not be as strong as them. What if you get hurt? I don’t care if they get hurt or literally die, but make sure you don’t get hurt in any way. Don’t go in front of the king or his father. I mean, try to stay away from them. And don’t too quickly like you always do, don’t stay in the shower for too long, sleep under the blanket, not over it.

His letter warmed my heart up. He again paid attention to every single detail. Though he nagged even in his letter, it still felt amazing to know that there was someone who tried to take care of me to this extent.

He never saw my family before and only heard about what happened. Yet, he tried to understand everything. He told me that it was alright and more importantly, he even gave me an explanation why it was alright. I never knew I would have this kind of person in my life.

I could not wait for the time I would get to meet him again. The night after tomorrow, we were going to meet again. Thankfully, he knew that I had no sense of direction and forgot the pathways very quickly. I knew the way to the palace. Then it would be a problem to meet him there.

I folded the letter and put it in a glass jar. Dad bought that decorative glass jar for me that was filled with paper stars. Since I liked the jar and wanted to use it for a different purpose, firstly, I took out all the paper stars and tied them up with a string. Then I decorated the ceiling with it. Since I colored it a bit too, it looked pretty cool.

All of them were dark brown, almost black. It took me a while to create the perfect color, but it was worth it.

I felt like I was being watched by my Leandro whenever I looked up at the ceiling.

“Kitty! You came here again!” I grinned as a white cat climbed on my lap. She had been coming here since the day I came here. I liked animals more than I liked humans, Leandro was an exception though. So, I liked it when she rubbed herself with me.

‘I read that cats imprint by rubbing themselves against the person they feel protected next to. Then is this her marking me? In that case, it’s so cute! Aww!’

The cat had blue eyes and snow-white fur. She was truly beautiful. The more I looked at her, the more I wanted to kiss her.

“Hey, if you truly like me, then is it alright for me to guess I am your Mommy?” I asked the cat and she meowed in response.. Though she did not understand me, it was still cute how she responded. “Then shall I write a letter to your Daddy?”