Mona*Lisa
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Starting that day, Robin teaches Lisa all kinds of things, from martial arts, shooting, and also starting to introduce her business. At first Lisa was surprised to know the type of business managed by her grandfather, but she recalled Hendrik's remark when he was in the car, that the world is cruel, indeed, the world is cruel, for the sake of surviving it is better if you are also a cruel person.

Lisa did all her studies diligently and determinedly, no question what or why came out of her mouth, she only asked her grandfather one thing, "Grandfather, "Grandfather, what's the reason why dad and grandpa don't get along anymore?"

Robin glanced at Lisa who was still casually chewing her breakfast after arriving to ask such a question, "Because your father fell in love with a foreign woman, and of course grandfather didn't approve of them because he already had his own candidate for him, but your father instead chose to run away from home and marry the woman who became your mother."

"And...why does grandpa regret it?" Lisa asked again, this time she had finished her breakfast and continued to drink milk.

"Grandfather was very sorry now, should have been at that time grandfather immediately bless their relationship.You know for yourself that your father was stubborn is not, and the same thing with grandfather, and the same thing with grandfather, we're just as stubborn and selfish, but Grandpa's still watching you from a distance."

Lisa, who was innocent and naive at the time, believed all her grandfather's words, and within a few years, the teenage Lisa turned into a cold-blooded killer, avenging the death of her parents not only to the perpetrator, but also to all involved including their superiors, but when he was about to kill their leader, the man said something that made Lisa doubt what he believed all along.

"Before you kill me, I'll tell you a fact about who the real villain was, Robin, your grandfather was the real monster."

Lisa still stuck her gun on the battered mob boss's forehead, she decided to listen to the mafia boss's last message before he pulled the trigger, "You're a monster too, aren't you? So there's no harm if monsters kill monsters, the strong will survive."

"You're right, the world's working system is about who's strong, but at least I'm still more human than Robin."

"What is the real purpose of your words? Speak clearly before I punch you in the head.!" Lisa was getting tired of hearing her babble, she was eager to end that person's life soon, but she was also a little curious about what she was going to say.

"Robin killed all my family members just to take over my business and my territory, I just took my revenge on him, and just so you know, the victim wasn't just me, I was lucky enough to avenge me before I died, while the others met their deaths before they could take revenge, uhukk, as long as you know, no matter how bad the world's working system is, no matter how bad, we still have a code of conduct not to touch each other's families, and look at you now? Robin has turned you into a monster too, hahahaha" The Mafia boss laughs at Lisa who is now a slave to revenge, which is no different from the man before her.

I'm monster? Yes I know, but why does it feel bad to be heard when he says it....

DORS...Lisa pulled the trigger and the laughter of the man disappeared instantly. But that bad taste was still spreading all over his body, it felt like there was an ant that was roaring all over his body, very uncomfortable.

"AAAARRRGGGH......" Lisa screamed in frustration, she felt something turbulent inside her and tried to squirm wanting to get out, she wanted to let go so she felt light and relieved.

Life is avenged, that's his belief so far, but now his belief seems to collapse, the slogan of the curse will only create a vicious circle that has no end, no end, and making himself even more plunged into the deepest black valley, the monster, did he really want to become a monster as well? After hearing someone say it to himself right in front of his face, his human senses resisted, he did not like and did not want to become a monster.

"Fucking grandfather, he should have taught his one granddaughter good things, ahh but I'm also stupid to be his puppet, if I knew it would feel like this, I would never want to kill anyone." Lisa leaned her back against the wall, she slumped and sat down, then hugged her legs and buried her face on her knees, while the air shower still flushed her body that was still fully dressed.

***

The next day Lisa chose to leave her grandfather's palace, she left a letter to her grandfather as a parting speech, without gratitude, which there is only a saying 'I will use your knowledge on another path' what Lisa wrote at the end of her split sentence.

Robin is quite shocked by the departure of Lisa who arrived, especially Hendrik who already considers her like his own sister, he even has a call dear to Lisa is 'Princess'. But they both realize Lisa's decision to leave this bad place is right, even though they love Lisa so much, they know what Lisa's future will be like if she stays here, may Lisa live a better life out there, that's all their hope.

Lisa decides to live in her mother's country of birth, with her knowledge of the black world and her abilities of course, Lisa thinks there is only one job that will suit her, a secret agent, and her, sounds a lot cooler than a cold-blooded killer, right?. That's how he thought and that's where he started his career as Mona.

***

"My story sounds like a thriller, right?"

Lisa asked Armand who was sitting next to her and listening to every detail of the story, Lisa still did not tell about her joining the union with Armand, he just told Armand that he chose to stay at his mother's birthplace while exploring every place and making some orphanages his temporary residence.

"No, your story sounds more like an action movie, I imagine you as Angelina Jolie, I'm curious to see live you hold a gun and shoot it, wooaahh just imagine it, you must have seen ****."

Armand did not want to make the already gripping atmosphere become more and more horror, let alone know the facts about his wife's past, really beyond reason, really, who would have thought if this woman who looks elegant and simple was once a murderer and the granddaughter of a mob boss, if ordinary men his guts would have been shrunk, but not with Armand, not with his, because from the beginning he had rounded his heart to accept Lisa as she was, and he was also sure of the opposite, Lisa would not betray him let alone turn around and point a gun at him.