Once upon a time in a faraway land, a Fleet admiral lived in a Navy HQ. Although he had everything in his heart desired, the Fleet admiral was spoiled, selfish, unkind to anyone and avoid any emotions. But then one winter night an old Begger came to the castle and offered him a single rose for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her hideous appearance, the fleet admiral sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away. But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances for beauty as it's found within.
And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal the enchantress. The fleet admiral tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart. As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and place a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed by his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle with a magic mirror as his only window from the outside world. The rose she offered him was truly an enchanted rose which will bloom until his twenty year. If he could to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair and lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a beast?
