The Saint is Not My Sister, The Real Saint is Me - Episode 21

“Yuna Onee-sama, I didn’t know you were also a saint! From now on, let’s work together as sisters!”

And just what kind of mouth says something so ridiculous…

“If you had said that when I first revealed my powers, I might have accepted it.”

If Emil had announced to everyone that not only I, but also she was a saint, then I could have accepted us calling ourselves saintly sisters. But instead, Emil watched as I was treated horribly by everyone. Rather than helping me, she actively contributed to my isolation.

Do you really think, after all that, that I can now suddenly trust you and work together?

“Y-Yuna Onee-sama, I really do love you, you know?”

Yeah, I know. I’ve never doubted Emil’s feelings for me.

Emil loves me—probably more than anyone else here. Maybe even more than Luki-sama, whom she took from me.

“So please, for the family, for me, live again, Yuna Onee-sama. I love you, Yuna Onee-sama.”

Those words—”I love you”—I’ve heard them so many times.

But to me, they sound like a curse.

Do you think saying “I love you” will make everything okay? That it will bring me back into the family? That it will make me live as your shadow again?

Don’t be ridiculous.

“Of course not. Why should I live for you, Emil?”

“…Eh?”

“I already severed ties with you all. I have no intention of returning to this so-called family. I will live for myself.”

“Why…? Yuna Onee-sama, until now, you’ve always lived for me…”

“I’ve endured it all for so long. But I’ve finally reached my limit.”

My love has dried up. There’s not a single drop left.

“To prove that the Saint of Kotokoris is a fraud, I deliberately withheld my power from the place where you prayed, Emil.”

“…!”

“If you truly have the power of a saint, then the land you prayed over should be flourishing with greenery, right?”

After all, you made such a grand performance out of it.

“T-That’s… my power works slowly to restore life, so…”

“Then until that place revives, you will remain a fake saint.”

A land that will never be revived.

I’ll grant it my power only after everyone in the Finable Empire fully recognizes that Emil is a fraud.

“I’ll say it again—Emil is not a saint. She is a fraud.”

“…! T-That’s so cruel, Yuna Onee-sama…!”

And with this, I’ve proven that the Saint of Kotokoris is nothing but a lie.

From now on, Father will no longer be able to use the power of the “saint” as a shield for his arrogance or as a means to gain massive rewards.

I really wanted to take back the power I gave Emil as well…

The magic I possess allows me to grant power to others. What I granted Emil was an enhancement to her healing magic. Thanks to this, she was able to perform miracles.

I wondered if I could take that power back, but it seems that’s impossible.

“Lady Emil, until this land recovers, you are forbidden from calling yourself a saint. Consider this an official decree from the royal family.”

Since this is a royal order, if she defies it, she will face appropriate punishment. Rein-sama declared this firmly, addressing not only Emil but also my father and mother, who stood behind her.

“T-That’s a lie! Emil is the true saint, and Yuna is the fake one?! There’s no way we can believe that!”

“That’s right! There’s no way that useless, unlovable daughter could be a saint! Yuna must have done something underhanded!”

What terrible parents.

Even after all this evidence, they still refuse to accept that I am the real saint.

I suppose it’s only natural—they never saw me as part of the family. To them, Emil was their only daughter and the only saint.

“Baron Kotokoris, Baroness Kotokoris, do you have no capacity to learn?”

“I won’t allow you to speak ill of Yuna. Do you want to be thrown back into prison?”

(Rein-sama…)

You’re truly getting angry for my sake…

I thought I wouldn’t care anymore about what this so-called family says about me, but having someone stand up for me like this… it still makes me happy.

“W-We deeply apologize! Please, not prison! Please, have mercy!”

“Please forgive us!”

And so, in this public setting, with the royal family’s representatives present, even if my father and mother refuse to acknowledge the truth, it has been proven to everyone that I am the real saint and Emil is the fraud.

Now that the Kotokoris family has lost their so-called “saint’s power,” they can no longer use it to manipulate Rein-sama and the royal family.

It must be humiliating for them—after casting me out as a failure, the daughter they abandoned turned out to be the true saint.

I despise Emil. I despise Father and Mother. I despise them all.

“Baron Kotokoris, I have already told you once before. The next time we meet, you are to speak to me with proper respect.”

Even if you glare at me like that, it’s pointless.

“You have ignored my warning a second time. Now then, what shall I do? Since you still refuse to apologize to me, perhaps it’s best if you go straight to prison.”

Even though Father bowed his head to the Emperor and Rein-sama, he never once apologized to me.