(Filipino) THE SWINDLER AND THE BEAST

ONCE upon a time, there was a very handsome and gallant prince, whose job is to fight evil. When he was twenty five, he met his beautiful princess, fell in love with her and married her. He bought her a huge house in a quiet town. She planted and maintained a beautiful rose garden while he was busy working to save people. Despite not having a child due to a reason they could not fathom, they had a perfect fairy tale for two years. But one day, one of the evil guys he fought took revenge on him. A group of villains entered their house when he least expected it. They killed his princess right in front of his eyes, then tortured him physically, broke his leg, sliced his body with knives, and burned one side of his face with cigarettes. If not for his friends who helped him, he must have died. But he wished he did. He had nothing now. He lost his wife and his physical strength to continue his job. His body and face was scarred that merely looking at a mirror angered him. He stayed at his house and didn’t let anyone visit him except for his two friends who helped him before. He became the talk of the town and rumors about him spread like wildfire. He became cold hearted, bitter, scary and ugly… like a Beast.