The Saint is Not My Sister, The Real Saint is Me - Episode 42

“You’re leaving? That’s a lie, right, Yuna Onee-sama? There’s no way you’d abandon this devastated land and go home, right!? That would be too cruel!”

“I’m leaving. Even you, Emil, were willing to abandon your duties as a saint when things didn’t go your way, weren’t you?”

I don’t understand how she can say that like it’s someone else’s problem. She’s done the exact same thing before.

“If there’s a real saint, then someone like me isn’t needed, right? By all means, don’t worry about me. Just use the power of the saint to save the land. I won’t take credit for Emil’s power.”

“Wa—Wait, Yuna Onee-sama!”

As Emil reached out to grab me, Lord Rein swatted her hand away.

“Don’t touch Yuna.”

“Wha…?”

“Let’s go, Lord Rein.”

Ignoring Emil, I headed back to the inn to collect my belongings before returning to the Ainakura Ducal Estate.

“A saint abandoning the land…! Is it really okay to say something so selfish, Yuna Onee-sama!?”

Do these people not realize what a massive case of hypocrisy this is?

“… ‘Waaah, I came all the way to this filthy, remote town as the saint of the Finable Empire, and this is how they treat me? So cruel! As a saint, I should be treated with more respect!’”

“! That’s…!”

“‘With such horrible people here, I don’t feel like helping this land at all! Let’s just go home already!’”

Of course, I was mimicking Emil. Sound familiar? It worked on Father, so I thought I’d try it on Emil too.

“P-Please wait, Yuna-sama!”
“We sincerely apologize for our past rudeness! We are deeply sorry!”

This time, all the residents of Aqua prostrated themselves on the ground, begging and apologizing one after another.

“We blindly believed Emil-sama’s words and treated Yuna-sama terribly. We sincerely apologize!”
“So please! Please don’t abandon Kotokoris Territory! Lend us your strength! Save us!”

“Why…!? Why is everyone bowing their heads to Yuna Onee-sama!? Until now, you all hated her!”

“Shut up and be quiet! This is all your fault! You ruined Kotokoris Territory!”

Shouted at by the townspeople, Emil trembled violently, her eyes welling up with tears.

“… Are you sure? Until now, you never believed a word I said, yet now you choose to believe me over Emil?”

“After hearing everything, we have finally realized the truth! Emil-sama’s claims were full of contradictions! And the royal family officially recognized Yuna-sama as the true saint!”
“Emil-sama was the fake saint all along! We are truly, deeply sorry!”

The townspeople continued bowing and apologizing profusely.

It seems Lord Rein’s words finally helped them understand just how disastrous things would be if they let me go.

“So, you’re acknowledging that I, not Emil, am the real saint?”

“Yes, of course! Yuna-sama is the true saint of the Finable Empire!”
“I always thought Yuna-sama was far more fitting as a saint than Emil-sama!”
“Even when she tried to hide it, Yuna-sama exuded a natural grace!”

The townspeople, who had previously treated me with contempt, were now desperately trying to curry favor with me.

It was infuriating in its own way, but right now, I had a more important message to deliver—one that my sister still hadn’t grasped.

“My condition for healing this land is simple. The Baron of Kotokoris must publicly declare before all the residents that his beloved daughter is a fake saint.”

“… Eh…?”

My sister looked devastated, as if she had been betrayed by her most beloved sister—as if she were the tragic heroine.

How dare she act like the victim? I’m the one she betrayed. I’m the one she hurt.

“That’s a lie, right, Yuna Onee-sama? You wouldn’t… You wouldn’t do something so cruel to me, right? Because if you did that… it would make me look like a liar…!”

No, not “like” a liar—you are a liar.

“You knew I was the real saint, but you told everyone that I was stealing your power.”

“I-I just wanted to make sure that, whenever you decided to come back to me, everything would be ready—”

“I will never return to you, Emil. You and I are no longer family. And I absolutely despise that you still call me ‘Onee-sama’ as if nothing has changed.”

The liar who stole my power and falsely claimed the title of saint—let her be exposed by her beloved father in front of the very people she adores.

Let her receive the same cold stares and cruel whispers that I endured.

I will never live in Emil’s shadow again. I will never live for her sake. This is my declaration of independence.

“I remained here because Baron Kotokoris refused to admit the truth about his beloved daughter. But I’ve had enough. You have until tomorrow. If he does not acknowledge it by morning, I will leave. I leave the persuasion to you, residents of Aqua.”

“H-Hey! We need to get to Baron Kotokoris right now!”

“We have to make him admit it, no matter what!”