Jin Lisi thought that appearing with his noble status, he would be a distinguished guest at the castle and could show off a bit in front of Lin Tian, but it seemed things were not as he wished. It seemed that Lin Tian was the true honored guest.

Clark, however, seemed oblivious to his awkwardness and spoke to Lin Tian, "About the story from sixty years ago, I heard it from the old folks in town. It's said to be a love story."

"Then it must be an unforgettable love story," Lin Tian interjected.

Clark neither confirmed nor denied Lin Tian's words but said faintly, "More than sixty years ago, there was a young man in his twenties. He was an orphan, with no fixed abode in this world. The bustling big cities had no place for a wanderer like him, so he had to work in the small town to barely survive."

"However, that kind of life gave him no sense of belonging. Every once in a while, the young man would move to a new place, staying only for a short period each time until he arrived at Sorlin Castle."

"The young man worked in a craft shop, and there he met a young and beautiful girl, a resident of the town, but like him, she was also an orphan."

"The girl was very pure and kind, with a pair of clear, bright eyes. From her eyes, the young man seemed to see the light of an angel. Yes, the young man thought she was an angel descended from heaven to earth."

"When God created Eve, he used one of Adam's ribs, so every man is incomplete until he finds his other half in life."

"The moment he met the girl, the young man suddenly felt that his life was complete. That girl was the rib of his life."

"He fell in love with that girl, and, very fortunately, the girl loved him too. One day, the girl said to the young man, upon meeting you, I seem to have found the home in my life. Yes, the young man and the girl were together; their lives were complete, even God should bless them."

"Their laughter scattered across every corner of this peaceful town. The young man worked hard, wanting to earn enough money to marry the girl and give her a stable life, as he felt that this was what a man should do."

"The young man succeeded. He owned a house in the town, though it wasn't big. Everything was ready. The young man proposed to the girl, and as you might guess, the girl agreed."

"At that time, the lord of the castle, an old knight, was willing to officiate their wedding and even hold it in the castle, offering them the most sincere blessings. Yes, this very castle where you are now is the one. Back then, the wedding was held in this hall."

Lin Tian and the other two couldn't help but look around, as if piercing through the dust of history to see the happy couple of the past, as if they could still hear the laughter left in the corners of the castle.

"It seemed as if happiness could continue forever. On the day of the wedding, the residents of the town showed up and interrupted the wedding because the residents said they could not be married." Clark paused here.

Xiao Manxue couldn't help but ask, "Why? They loved each other so much, why couldn't they get married?"

For love stories, girls are the most emotional, so Xiao Manxue's reaction was the biggest. Not to mention she was a girl, even Lin Tian felt that those residents were being meddlesome; other people's weddings were none of their business.

The young man and the girl were both orphans; what right did the residents have to stop two people in love from getting married? To put it bluntly, they were not my parents, not my siblings; they were just nobodies.

Clark pondered for a moment, and then said, "Remember I told you about the Holy Daughter? More than sixty years ago, Sorlin Castle still retained the position of the Holy Daughter."

"Holy Daughter?" Lin Tian was taken aback, then exchanged a glance with Miss, as if he had guessed something.

Clark looked at Lin Tian, saying calmly, "You should have guessed. At the wedding, those residents said the girl had been chosen as the new Holy Daughter, and until the Holy Daughter's term ended, she could not marry."

"Such a pure, kind, and holy girl being chosen as Sorlin Castle's Holy Daughter seemed only natural and destined. The Holy Daughter is an important position in Sorlin Castle, responsible for communicating with the divine beings above, ensuring peace and plentiful harvests for Sorlin Castle."

"The girl was too kind-hearted to refuse the earnest expectations of the residents. Moreover, she feared that if she refused to become the Holy Daughter, the divine beings would bring disaster upon Sorlin Castle, leading to no harvests, and many families broken and people dead."

"Furthermore, the Holy Daughter's term was only three to five years. By the time a new Holy Daughter was chosen, and she retired, she could still marry the young man. The girl was truly too kind. Eventually, she agreed with the residents to become Sorlin Castle's Holy Daughter. To the young man, she said, wait for me for three to five years, and then I will be your bride." Clark sighed softly and paused again.

"Damn, those residents are too selfish, interrupting their wedding for those intangible things. Why didn't they let their own daughters become the Holy Daughter? They must have thought it was easy to bully orphans," Lin Tian cursed resentfully.

Xiao Manxue didn't curse, but her expression conveyed the same sentiment: "What if something unexpected happens during her time as the Holy Daughter? It could ruin this couple."

Clark glanced at Xiao Manxue, then slightly lowered his head and continued, "After the girl became Sorlin Castle's Holy Daughter, Sorlin Castle still experienced smooth weather every year until that particular year, which was sixty years ago, the fifth year after the girl became the Holy Daughter."

"In the autumn of that year, there was just half a month to go until the crops and grains could be harvested, but, as fate would have it, a sudden massive storm hit, with fierce winds and heavy rain."

"It was said by the old folks in town, that storm was almost the largest ever recorded in Sorlin Castle. The storm mercilessly destroyed the crops, and even houses were blown down, with some people being buried in their homes, some injured, and some dead."

"The old folks said it was a natural disaster, the wrath of the divine beings, which necessitated a prayer ceremony conducted by the Holy Daughter to communicate with the divine beings, calm their wrath, and avert the disaster."

"At the insistence of all the residents, the Holy Daughter led all the residents to pray to the sky, begging the divine beings to calm down and lift the disaster. However, the prayers were not successful. The winds howled even more fiercely, and the rain poured down even heavier, as if the divine beings sought to pour the entire heaven's water to drown the earth."

"The residents, filled with hope at first, gradually became disillusioned, and finally, residents were despaired, and extreme despair turned into anger!"

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