Giyuu.

*Once upon a time, in a Kingdom of Italy, a young prince lived in a beautiful castle. Although he had everything he could desire, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.**One cold winter night, an old beggar woman arrived at the castle and offered him a single rose in exchange for shelter from the cruel cold. Repulsed by her ragged appearance, the prince mocked the gift and threw the old woman out into the street. She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, because beauty was on the inside. When he rejected her again, the old woman's ugliness disappeared, revealing a beautiful sorceress. The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, because she had seen that there was no love in his heart. As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and enchanted the castle with a powerful spell, along with everyone who lived there.**Ashamed of his monstrous appearance, the beast hid inside his castle, a magic mirror being his only contact with the world.**The rose she had offered him was actually an enchanted rose that would last until the prince's 21st birthday.*If he came to love a maiden, and she loved him in return before the last petal fell, the spell would be broken; otherwise, he would remain enchanted and be a beast for all eternity. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever love a beast? One cold, dark night, an old inventor entered the castle seeking refuge from the freezing night. The beast, angry and frustrated, imprisoned the inventor in his castle, making him his prisoner.

Beauty and the Beast.