Over there, Tong Jinnian watched his daughter smiling at Yunqing, with an expression of admiration and fascination, and couldn’t help shaking his head and sighing.
Oh, what more could he say?
Indeed, daughters can’t be kept when they grow up!
As a father, he felt quite sour!
anwhile, Yunqing and Xu Bing began discussing literature and art, even ntioning the origin of "Beauty and the Beast".
"Fairy tales aren’t created out of thin air; they also have their origins. According to legend, the inspiration for "Beauty and the Beast" ca from a human-animal romance more than five hundred years ago. At that ti, this story was known by every person in Europe.
The protagonists of the story were a beastman nad Patos and a woman nad Catherine.
Of course, in actual history, that beastman wasn’t a prince, nor were there talking furniture and props around him—those are rely beautiful fairy tales, not to ntion wilting roses and witches."
Upon hearing Yunqing’s words, Tong Xi was astonished once more.
Oh my, there’s actually a real-life version of "Beauty and the Beast"?
Wow, the scale is quite grand!
A human-animal romance... My goodness!
If this story is rely a fairy tale, then indeed it is filled with romantic tones and a kind of tragic sentint. But set in European society more than five hundred years ago, and known by all... that makes it sowhat shocking.
"Yunqing, you can’t be joking, right?"
Yunqing smiled, "Of course I’m not joking! I just ntioned that person as a beastman, which was due to the people’s perception at the ti when technology was undeveloped. This was because Patos was covered entirely in hair, and even his father thought it was impossible for him to be his son.
Back then, people couldn’t explain this phenonon and considered him a freak, even cursed. However, he rely had a hairy exterior; otherwise, he behaved no differently from a normal human."
Listening to Yunqing, Tong Xi suddenly understood.
"Ah, I get it. Actually, this so-called beastman might have just had hypertrichosis!"
After all, in modern society, we still have cases of what’s terd as ’hairy children’, and although such conditions are rare, they do exist!
Yunqing nodded with a smile.
"Yes, that’s true. But at that ti, people didn’t understand or know about this condition, so from birth, that child was considered a monster in others’ eyes. Yet, aside from more hair, he was no different from normal people, and was treated as an extraordinary rarity, given to French King Henry II as a gift."
Tong Xi was completely taken aback.
A living person being treated as a gift, that kind of feeling... must be so heartbreaking.
"What happened afterward?"
Tong Xi was eager to know the outco; what ultimately happened to the so-called beastman!
"Well, here’s where the plot twist cos in. The King, upon seeing this hairy half-beastman, unexpectedly developed a sense of compassion and decided to give him the best education, the best life, allowing him to beco a noble among nobles. Just like that, he, similar to the Beast in the movies, received excellent education, including mannerisms, clothing style, knowledge level, all encapsulating the noble deanor."
Tong Xi was extrely surprised, thinking that the beastman receiving the King’s favor could be considered a fortunate event!
"So, how did he et his wife? What kind of story unfolded between them?"
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