The narrator tells us that he was raised in the temple, where he was selected to attend the church school. When he was thirteen, he met his future wife in the yard of the tulip castle, where a bishop's meeting is held. She was not taller than him at the time, but she walked up to him and asked him where he came from. The woman was the heir to the family that was mentioned in the church. She secretly tutored him in archery and taught him some techniques of her family. She told him that as a member of the family, she was able to break clan rules, and that there was nothing she could not do about it. He ran to the castle and saw an elder, who dispelled all of his fantasies. He told the narrator that there would not be a future between them. After that, he became a candidate, and started his penance. That night, meteors streaked across the sky, but no one made a single wish. The narrator thinks that the woman really did not want to be disappointed again. He says that he fell asleep the night before and woke up the next morning to find that his wife had gone to the caravan. He tells his wife that it was she who saved him from the beastmen that night. She brought him here and now she has found you. He is grateful that her visit is important for her family