The Saint is Not My Sister, The Real Saint is Me - Episode 48

The moment I saw Yuna-oneesama’s face as she was embraced by Lord Rein, I immediately understood.

Ah, Yuna-oneesama loves this person.

When it was Lord Luki, she looked happy to have a fiancé, but this was different—this was the face of a woman deeply in love.

I don’t like this. Yuna-oneesama belongs only to me. Don’t fall for someone else.

To be honest, even with Lord Luki, I only took him because he was Yuna-oneesama’s fiancé. There was no love involved.
Oh, don’t get me wrong? I do like Lord Luki. Not just him—I love everyone. It’s just that there’s no one special to me except Yuna-oneesama.

If I could make Yuna-oneesama alone again, I would take away the person she loves. That way, she would be alone once more, and she would belong only to me.

I had heard of Lord Rein’s name from Father.

He was my first potential fiancé—Ainakura’s duke’s son, highly capable, handsome, and well-reputed. Father said he was more than qualified to be my fiancé.

Unfortunately, since I ended up marrying Lord Luki, the engagement with Lord Rein never happened. But now, I suppose I could choose him.

If Lord Rein became mine, Yuna-oneesama would be mine again.

Besides, Lord Rein is an excellent magic knight. If I had him, I might even be able to force Yuna-oneesama to return to me.

I was already thinking I didn’t need Lord Luki anymore since he had grown cold toward me, so this was perfect.

Yes, I’ll take Lord Rein from Yuna-oneesama.

That way, the many noble ladies who had their eyes on him would envy me, I might secure the title of Duchess, and most importantly, Yuna-oneesama might return to me. Not just two, but three birds with one stone. No—if Yuna-oneesama came back, I could reclaim my place as the Saint of Kotokoris. That makes it four birds.

It seems Lord Rein had once proposed a marriage arrangement with me. If I confess to him now, he will surely choose me over Yuna-oneesama.

Oh, poor Lord Rein. You were only using Yuna-oneesama as my substitute, weren’t you? But you don’t have to do that anymore.

From now on, I will be by your side. Forget Yuna-oneesama and protect me instead, alright?

From now on, it will be me whom Lord Rein protects.

I believed that without a doubt—until Lord Rein rejected me.

“Even if you were the Saint, I would rather die than marry a woman as wicked as you. I will never choose you. If I had to choose… I would choose Yuna.”

That’s a lie, isn’t it? You would choose Yuna-oneesama over me? Over me, the former Saint of Kotokoris? Lord Luki and Lord Hyuishi both said they loved me as the Saint of Kotokoris!

“…Lord Rein saw me… not as the Saint, but as myself?”

Why? Why does my heart pound like this?

This feeling—I’ve only ever felt it for Yuna-oneesama.

“…I want him. I want Lord Rein. Yuna-oneesama, I want him.”

This is the first time I’ve ever felt this way about someone other than Yuna-oneesama…! I love him. I love Lord Rein!

“Give me Lord Rein, Yuna-oneesama. As my elder sister… it’s only natural that you’d give up the one you love for your adorable little sister, right?”

Yuna-oneesama should live for me.

Everything I want—Yuna-oneesama should give to me.

Just as Yuna saw Rein as her first love, Emil, too, had fallen in love for the first time—with the man who had seen her not as the Saint of Kotokoris, but as herself.

“Even if I’m no longer a Saint, Lord Rein is the one who saw me for who I am… That’s right, I have something Yuna-oneesama doesn’t. I possess a healing magic so miraculous it’s been called divine. This magic is mine alone. Surely, Lord Rein fell for me because of this magic. I’m so happy… My dear Lord Rein.”

With an ecstatic expression, Emil chanted a spell, releasing a brilliant light of healing magic—just as she had when she falsely claimed the title of Saint.

A powerful light of healing magic. This was the power that belonged to her alone, not her sister. Emil had no doubt about that. As long as people sought the miracles of her magic, she could survive—even without the title of Saint. Even without the title, she would still be special.

“I want to see Lord Rein soon… Just like you did for Yuna-oneesama, embrace me tightly next time.”

She was certain that the next time they met, Lord Rein would be hers.

Even after such a clear rejection, Emil still believed it without a shred of doubt.

Just as he had protected Yuna, he would now protect her.

Together with Lord Rein, she would take Yuna-oneesama back and reclaim her place as the Saint of Kotokoris.

Imagining that future, Emil smiled even more brightly within the glowing light of her magic.

—Completely unaware that the light was already growing weaker than before.