The Saint is Not My Sister, The Real Saint is Me - Episode 37

“You did a great impression of Madame Emil, Yuna.”

“Since we’re twins, our faces are identical, and I captured her mannerisms well, don’t you think?”

As I requested, my father arranged for the best inn in the Kotokoris territory.

Although Kotokoris is a remote region, it has developed significantly due to the emergence of the Kotokoris Saint. The quality of the inns here is far beyond what one would expect from a frontier land.

“Ah, even Baron Kotokoris quickly realized it was an imitation of his beloved daughter.”

“Fufu, Baron Kotokoris’s face at that moment was quite a sight, wasn’t it?”

Now he should have a better understanding of just how outrageous and irritating his proud daughter’s words truly are.

“Mimosa made quite an amusing suggestion: ‘If we have to help them anyway, we should get back at Baron Kotokoris’s household as much as possible.'”

Lady Mimosa proposed that if I had no choice but to unwillingly offer assistance, I should maximize their discomfort.

“Since they’re in the lower position, having to rely on you for help, you should return the favor by treating them the way they’ve treated you. It’ll be fun. Oh, and while you’re at it, make sure to make Luki suffer too.”

That smiling suggestion from Lady Mimosa was a little terrifying… but that’s just my secret.

“I disliked the idea of simply rescuing Baron Kotokoris and Emil, so this at least makes it a bit more satisfying.”

Even now, just recalling my father’s frustrated expression is enough to make me laugh.

“Still, I never saw Madame Emil herself. I was certain she would show up.”

“Now that you mention it, you’re right.”

My younger twin sister, who is disturbingly obsessed with me.

Even though she wasn’t invited, Duke Aina Clara informed me that she attended the banquet celebrating me as the Saint of the Finable Empire. When I heard that, I could only think, How foolish. I was relieved, once again, that I had severed ties with my family.

“Maybe Father didn’t tell Emil that I was coming. Relying on the sister she once called a fraud would mean she never truly believed Emil was the real saint.”

I had wondered why we arranged to meet in Aqua, the town at the entrance of Kotokoris territory, instead of directly at the Kotokoris estate. If they were trying to keep it a secret from Emil, that would make sense.

Since Emil lives at the Kotokoris estate, she would have found out immediately if I arrived there.

I had intended to quickly restore the land and leave before Emil noticed, but then they started saying I wouldn’t be restoring it, which meant I had to stay.

“Still, she’ll find out eventually. Plenty of townspeople have already seen us arrive.”

We came here in the Aina Clara Duke’s carriage, boldly and openly. And it wasn’t just a small errand with one or two attendants—we brought a considerable number of people. It’s only a matter of time before word spreads.

“Baron Kotokoris only thinks about what’s immediately in front of him.”

As someone who abused the power of the Saint for his own gain, my father is completely incapable of strategic thinking.

Even though he dotes on Emil, he has a habit of acting without telling her important things. That was the case when he disowned me and threw me out of the house.

“In any case, as Lord Rein said, once the land is restored, Emil will know I was here. After all, she’s always known the truth—that I am the real saint, and she is the fraud.”

Of all people, Emil knows best that she is a fake and that I am the real Saint.

“Since I’ve decided to stay, keeping my presence a secret is impossible. She’ll probably come storming in by tomorrow.”

I can already picture Emil crying and accusing Father, Why didn’t you tell me!?

“I’d really rather never see her again.”

“I wholeheartedly agree.”

My twin sister—someone I had been with since birth.

I once loved Emil. But now? I hate her. I despise her.

Looking out the window at the scenery of Kotokoris, the land where I spent my childhood, I felt no nostalgia. No joy at returning.

I realized once again that I could never think of this place as my home.

“Yuna? Are you okay?”

Lord Rein, always worrying about me.

“I’m fine. I was just thinking that… more than Kotokoris, the Aina Clara estate feels like the place I want to return to.”

Every time I finish my duties as a Saint and go back there, I feel relieved. The people in that estate always welcome me warmly.

More than this place, where I grew up, the Aina Clara estate is where I truly long to be.

And that is surely because—

“Lord Rein, I can stand up to Emil and Baron Kotokoris because you’re here with me. I can be here because you came with me.”

—Because Lord Rein is by my side.

“…When you say it so straightforwardly, it’s a little embarrassing… but, thank you.”

Lord Rein was the one who found me after I was cast out of my home.

I think, from the moment we met, I already felt it—

That this was fate.

I love Lord Rein.

I’m glad I fell in love with someone like him.

Even if this love never comes true, I won’t regret it.

I’m so grateful my first love wasn’t Luki.

I’m glad… that my first love was Lord Rein.