The Romance between  Aristeides and Mortal

  Once upon a time, Aristeides’s ancestors were all savage barbarians. They had a strong desire to occupy Norway and then carried out a massacre. As a result, the people in Norway still hated those monsters after a century.  

 

The story began at  13^thcentury. Aristeides, who was an offspring of those barbarians, was totally different from them. The only thing they had in common was his considerably ugly appearance. His kind heart seemed to be a benediction from God. Kind-hearted Aristeides met a gorgeous Iceland princess, Jasmine. Their romance wasn’t instantaneous. It took a long time for Jasmine to be touched by Aristeides’s kind heart and then married him. They gave birth to Joe, who was a handsome youngster with an inhumanly beautiful face, not as ugly as his father.

 

The small but warm family lived in Norway because Aristeides ‘s father left him a villa there. Although they treated other people kindly and gave others big hands with great zeal at all times, over two-thirds of Norwegian still hated them on account of the reasons as follows: fist of all, the scene of the massacre was too ghastly to be a slip of the memory of most Norwegian. They considered that the kindness, which Aristeides and his son, Joe, displayed, was only a disguise for their same savage blood relationship as their ancestors. Moreover, people had discrimination against Aristeides’ s ill-favoured countenance; they regarded him as a monster. Beyond doubt, Aristeides knew the society’s outlooks on him and his family. Optimistic and confident, he believed that his sincere kindness would melt the hatred of the outrageous and prejudiced Norwegian.            

 

It was in the dead of the night. Joe went to the forest to hunt a prey. When the moment he was taking aim at a gigantic brown bear, he heard a terrifying screaming. Joe followed the voice and discovered that a fierce wolf was on the verge of attacking a slender, beautiful lady with blond hair. He then sneaked to the backside of the wolf and shot an arrow from his bow. The wolf died in a jiffy. Joe took the lady and the body of the wolf away from the forest.

 

“My name is Anastasia, the princess of Norway. I am obliged to you for saving my life.” The girl said, with a blush came to her rosy cheeks. “ It is my pleasure, my dear princess. I’m Joe. I was wondering what you were doing in the forest. ” Joe asked heartily. “ I was so depressed that I sneaked out from the palace and took a walk in the forest. Frankly speaking, I’ve turned down so many princes’ proposals. Thus, I made my dad furious. I don’t want to marry a guy whom I am not fond of. Because I always believe that my Mr. Right is in somewhere waiting for me.” Anastasia replied with another blush came to her seraphic face. “I believe that, too.” Joe made a breath taking smile toward the lovely princess.“ But promise me that you won’t take a walk in the forest alone, especially at the dark night, ok? It’s really dangerous. Evil monsters and beats are all obsessed with adorable princesses.”

A blast of brisk breeze blew through the leaves and made a sound as if they were performing an appealing melody. Sparkling stars twinkled upon the dark night. The scenery was a catalyzer that sped up the attraction between Joe and Anastasia. They smiled in silence and kept stared at the dazzling eyes of each other. The moment is as romantic as poetry. After saying goodnight and returning to where they separately belong, both of them couldn’t help but kept recalling the wondrous night.

 

Since the unforgettable moment, Joe and Anastasia had met each other secretly only at nights for fear that their relationship would be discovered and be prohibited. “Anastasia, my love. You are a sweet and brave princess.” Joe grinned his crooked smiled at his lover, stopping her breath and her heart as usual. “Why am I brave?” Anastasia asked with a velvet voice. “Because you fell in love with a monster that most people tried to avoid. I am the son of Aristeides. Don’t forget that. ” “So what? I am not extremely insane to have a crush on a monster. People are biased and blind, rumors are nonsense. All I know is that the guy I love is a flawless gentleman and his parents are all nice “people”.” Subsequently, Joe gave her a passionate, deep kiss and touched her silk-liked hair tenderly. Anastasia felt the hands that were lighter than a moth’s wing. For the time being, the spotlessly white moon witnessed the permanent romance of a monster and a mortal.

Richard Leroy, a solemn king of Norway, was invariably refrained from talking. If fairy godmother was going to fulfill his wishes, this was the first one Richard would say, “ I wish my precious daughter, Anastasia, could marry an extraordinary prince and live happily ever after.” Consequently, it would not be surprising that he became indignant and hysterical knowing the relationship between Aristeides’ s son and his daughter.

It was snowing outside, and the strong north wind blew agitatedly. The fire in marble fireplace raged. “Go kill that monster’s son immediately. ” the king shouted with great anger at the hunters and assassins assigned by him.

In the villa was Joe only. Aristeides and Jasmine went to visit an orphanage. Joe was gazing at the overcast sky; the color of it was eerie and unpleasant, furthermore, the weird weather gave him some creeps. But nothing could remove the happiness of the pregnancy of Anastasia.

 All of a sudden, some rocks were thrown to the villa. Joe then came out and found out what happened. What he didn’t know was that it was a snare to catch him.     The hunters and assassins led Joe out of the villa successfully and brought him to a forest. They bound him to a stake with a strong rope and abused him. One of them then came up with an evil thought. They took turns to rape him, again and again. Satisfied with the cruel torture, they slashed at Joe and took out his heart and ate it.

 Aristeides and Jasmine returned home and found the villa empty. Unexpectedly, someone knocked on the door. It was the herald of Richard Leroy, the hypocritical king. He sent a message that the honorable king prepared an immense surprise in the forest and hoped wholeheartedly that Aristeides could accept it.    

 Confused and curious, Aristeides headed to the forest. After seeing the sanguinary scene, Aristeides yelled crazily to the murky gray sky and carried the bloody body of his beloved son from the forest. Grieved and helpless, Aristeides decided to use his organs and energy to bring Joe’s life back, that is, sacrificed himself. Jasmine tried to stop him at first because she didn’t want to lose such considerate husband, having everlasting shoulders that could be leaned reliably, but she didn’t make it. Aristeides said with his tears rolling down, “My love to you will last forever and ever even I die. Our son deserves to possess a great future. Not this kind of treatments. In addition, I want to be buried in Norway because this is my hometown. Promise me? Sweetheart. ” Jasmine wept and nodded slightly. 

  The operation was finished. Joe opened his eyes and leaned weakly against the bed. He was too gloomy to eat, sleep, let alone smile. The situation continued several days. Joe was totally trapped in the restricted prison of the nightmare and his father’ s death. The misery was liked an enormous slug that unstoppably kept sucking his blood and spirit.

With the support of Jasmine and Anastasia, it took a long while for Joe to recover and become better. He turned the depression into the love to his affectionate father, family and the unborn baby. Three of them buried Aristeides with sorrow and respect. They made up their minds to be distant from the heart-broken country in the long run. You may be wondering where the family went. As a matter of fact, rumor had it that they moved to Denmark or the Netherlands. But none would truly know their whereabouts.  

The story of Aristeides terminated for Norwegian after the event. The things they left were only his grave, abandoned villa and a pathetic memory. Some Norwegian spat out curses at the Aristeides’s grave, others held a champagne dinner to celebrate the doom of the monster, still others burst into tears owning to the tragedy and the complete sacrifice, sheer love that a father contributed to a son.