Monica Campanella

Monica Campanella (モニカ・カンパネルラ, Monika Kanpanerura) was a citizen of Lotto Valentino during the 1700s. She was classmates with Huey Laforet and later Elmer C. Albatross at the Third Library under the watch of Dalton Strauss and Renee Paramedes Branvillier, her alchemy teachers. She was later revealed to be Maribel Boronial, the younger sister of Esperanza C. Boronial, the governor of Lotto Valentino.

Background
Monica was born as Maribel Boronial, the second child of the Boronial family.

When Monica is ten years old, she attends a Dormentaire party along with her parents. During the event, the eldest son of the Dormentaire Family, Gardi Dormentaire, attempts to rape her in his room. Just before he can lay his hands on her, Monica's parents barge in to stop Gardi, but are brutally murdered by him with a candle stick. Before Monica knows what is happening, she grabs a candlestick and lights Gardi's room on fire, then stabs Gardi in the neck, killing him. As it is impossible for the Dormentaires to accuse Monica of killing Gardi whilst leaving out his 'habits' and his murder of the late Boronial Duke, they decide to cover up the incident. Monica is forced to abandon her name and status, and the Dormentaires declare the fire and deaths an accident.

1705
Five years after the incident, Monica's new identity is the illegitimate half-sister of Esperança, and she lives her life as an alchemy student. In the morning, she goes to the Third Library to study Alchemy under Renee Paramedes Branvillier and a few other professors. After school, she goes to her home at a Patisserie, where the woman who works and lives there looks after her. Sometime after she enrolled at the Alchemy Academy, she began to have a crush on one of her classmates, Huey Laforet. Due to her crush, she follows Huey to his headquarters and discovers that he is actually a counterfeiter responsible for replicating gold that cannot be told apart from real gold.

In order to assist him, Monica becomes a serial killer called the Mask Maker to target key members of a drug trade to help Huey gain more profits without his knowledge. Soon after Monica confesses her feelings for Huey, Monica and Huey meet Elmer C. Albatross, a new student at their class. Monica finds her past and her identity at risk when she discovers that principal Dalton has revealed information about every student to Elmer, as well as the fact that Elmer currently lives with her brother, Esperança. When she realizes Elmer knows too much for her Mask Maker identity to be kept safe, she personally visits her brother's manor to threaten Elmer as the Mask Maker that night. Much to her surprise, Monica discovers Elmer at her window later in the night when he confronts Monica of the truth. There, he suggests to Monica to pretend she had seen the Mask Maker to make Huey pay more attention to her. The next day, when Huey agrees to walk home with her for her safety, she finds strange men at the Patisserie confronting her guardian for Monica's whereabouts. Confused and surprised, Huey and Monica run away from the patisserie towards one of Huey's hideouts where he hides his counterfeit gold, and Huey reveals his role as the person responsible for the counterfeits. Monica does not yet reveal her knowledge. Later Elmer comes barging in with a girl they had saved earlier, named Niki. Huey demands to know how Elmer knows of his hideout, and Elmer reveals that it was Monica who had told him. As Huey only officially introduced this place to Monica that night, Monica is forced to tell Huey how she knew, as well as the fact that she is the Mask Maker. Soon afterwards, with the help of Elmer and Esperança, the angry mob that had been at the Patisserie is arrested. Monica then reveals to Huey and Niki that she is Esperança's sister, and Huey decides to merge the Mask Maker and the counterfeit operation together, making Monica, Huey, Elmer and Niki the first members of the organization, the Mask Makers.

1710
For four years, the relationship between Monica, Huey and Elmer remains close as they live a simple and happy life. One day, after being rejected by Huey to see a play, Monica is walking with Elmer along the harbor when she spots a Dormentaire ship coming to shore. There is an obvious change in her the next day, as she does not look at Huey at all, unlike how she usually stares at him. Huey, in hopes of cheering Monica up, decides to go with Monica to watch the play she suggested, but Monica only tells him she would go with him on another day before leaving. Worried for Monica, Huey decides to follow Monica and skip alchemy class for the rest of the day as they stay at a tall hill, gazing down at the buildings of Lotto Valentino. While happy that she could spend time alone with Huey, she is not able to gather the courage to tell Huey what is going on in her mind, but by the next day, she has resumed some of her normal behavior. A few days later, when they go see the play, they both realise the play is actually based on Huey's past, and both are emotionally shocked. Monica cries as they leave the theatre, appologising for taking Huey there, while Huey starts having doubts about Monica's loyalty. For the next few months, they both disappear and do not turn up at school nor at their usual homes. A few months later, Elmer reveals to Niki that he has known where the two of them are all along, and he finally decides to take action. He first goes to one of the Mask Maker hideouts, which is where Huey is staying. He persuades Huey to trust Monica again, and makes him admit that he thinks that he would like to love Monica. After that, Elmer arrives at Esperança's manor where Monica has been staying. He tells her to go to an abandoned house later that night to confront the writer of the play and ask how he discovered the story. Monica does as she is told, but when she turns up at the house, only Huey is there. Huey then proceeds to confess his feelings for Monica, and they reconcile and embrace. Soon afterwards, the two of them officially become an item, and things go on like this for a few months, until a new play is put on the theatre. This time, the play is based on Monica's past, and it is the story of when she murdered the eldest son of the Dormentaires. There are a few changes in the story, like how the protagonist from the previous play was also there, and the ending was different. Afraid that the villagers would soon realise who the protagonists of the stories were and drag Huey into danger, Monica surrenders herself to the Dormentaires. What Monica is not aware of, is the fact that she is actually bearing Huey's child as well. 188 days pass after her arrest, where she stays in a prison cell aboard the Dormentaire's ship, and Huey has done quite a lot during the 6 months they are seperated. In order to save Monica, Huey has assembled over three hundred Mask Maker members and they all gather to create chaos in the Dormentaires headquaters to save Monica. When Monica is finally freed from her prison cell, it is thanks to the playwright who has apparently joined the Mask Makers. When the playwright mentions Huey's name, Monica follows enthusiastically to the deck of the ship, only to face another Mask Maker stranger. The stranger turns out to be Lebreau Fermet Viralesque, who stabs Monica with her signature weapon, a stiletto, and kills her. She then falls overboard into the water, where Huey and Elmer spot her. As she disappears beneath the water, she smiles a genuine smile one last time towards Huey and Elmer.

Personality
Monica has been noted by Elmer to display different facets of her genuine personality according to who she is talking to, as well as the situation they are in. She is often cheerful and bright, and shows an air of innocence around her when in Huey's prescence. As the Mask Maker, her voice is more mature and strong. When talking to Elmer, she shows him her mature side.

Appearance
Monica is described to have long blonde hair and blue eyes.