
u know what I don't get. she has divine powers, she is clearly able to hold the post as saint, what about it makes it fake? because the og soul was not an angel? if she was not worthy of having divine powers, why did she have them? in a world where god is real, then how can someone who has the powers of a saint be a fake saint?

without risking spoiling the entire plot, I'll give a rough outline of how it happens: the main antagonist of this story intends to hold power for the holy temple and control the empire by proxy. to do this, they must remove all power from the saintess without having to gain it themselves, unintentionally transferring said power to another bystander.
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The priest who r*ped her is the main villain and og owner of the body was traumatized. the priest cursed her so her holy power is depleted unless she has s*x.
It becomes some sort of drug and the consequences are dire, she becomes paranoid and desperate. her holy power completely disappears and is transferred to the next 'favored' soul by blood relation.
yes, the ogFL is the saint's sister. they were separated when the priest plucked the saint from her family and brainwashed her into thinking he was the only person she could rely on, hence grooming her. he is a creep and a narc to boot.
the saintess freaked out because if her sister becomes the saint, not only will she be subjected to the same abuse, she will also be easily manipulated due to her pure and kind nature. ogFL is too nice.
so she does everything in her power to avoid that situation, and binds a contract with a monster mage to remove the curse in exchange for having their child. the next condition is that the mage is to destroy ALL of the holy temples, since it is the institution that enabled her abuse and she aims to end the cycle.
in the original timeline, her intentions are misunderstood and she dies, but she chooses another battered soul to do the work for her. and the timeline is fixed. the priest is punished, and most holy temples are destroyed.

lets break this thing down. The idea I really like it. That MC does not go out and is acting like a low ranking adventure when mc is clearly top tier, however. I fucking hate how little he believes in himself and it makes me wanna hit Merlin for having ruined his confidence just because of her own fears. It is really the only thing that I dislike.
yeah sure the s rank party seem to be kinda weak, but when comparing them to everyone not a known hero or legendary party then they di seem way stronger. however I would have likd if it was more like other stories were the s-rank are the top.
I however will keep reading because i like mc is support and i wanna see him meet Allan again.

Story is not bad and even if it can feel a little slow it could be a lot worse. My only really problem is that Ray is so dense to not be able to pick up on how horrible his sister is being treated and that she will not keep using her sword, i get the trauma behind why, but it is something she like and something that makes her able to defend herself when the emperor goes insane and tries to get her killed some day. also she is really hot in armour and a sword and i want that back.
the art might not be great, and the story is not very good, but its like junk food, it feeds me and i crave it even if it might not be the best. as long as one don't expect anything and is just enjoying the vibes, then its great.
This is so real