Fake Saint of the Year: You Wanted the Perfect Saint? Too Bad! - Ch. 21.1

[MangaDex]

 

[EchoGirl]

can't go wrong with sweets tho i kinda wish they'd skip past this a bit

 

[lowarctic]

hero is majorly annoying as are the poorly written female characters, I hate to hate but I hate it

 

[Kaarme]

Why wouldn't that world have any sweets? Where did Elrise get the ingredients, then? If there are ingredients available, there are sweets. If there are no ingredients, there are no sweets. It's that simple.

 

[jhs_reika]

Saint upon killing the Witch will become the next Witch. That's why Elrise masqueared as the Saint: to prevent the real Saint from killing the Witch.

But imagine if there's a plot twist.

Eterna, the real Saint, in her attempt to prevent her best friend Elrise from becoming a Witch, dealt the killing blow to the Witch.

Thus the tragedy continues.

 

[Zimgirl123]

Oof that hurts thats a real emotional gut punch
i wonder if this foreshadow is going to hurt even more then the light novel then that scene finally comes around.

 

[Kyto1984]

Why wouldn't that world have any sweets? Where did Elrise get the ingredients, then? If there are ingredients available, there are sweets. If there are no ingredients, there are no sweets. It's that simple.

No, there were no ingredients prior to Elrise. The world was essentially Mad Max due to the Witch's army. The (fake) Saint managed to push them back to near-annihilation and revitalize the land. The world finally managed to grow crops again and the potato was introduced and pushed into circulation.

The food culture was near the stone age before Elrise brought in this era of peace; so she's considered a gourmet chef with just basic isekai knowledge.

 

[zokoi19]

No, there were no ingredients prior to Elrise. The world was essentially Mad Max due to the Witch's army. The (fake) Saint managed to push them back to near-annihilation and revitalize the land. The world finally managed to grow crops again and the potato was introduced and pushed into circulation.

The food culture was near the stone age before Elrise brought in this era of peace; so she's considered a gourmet chef with just basic isekai knowledge.

I wish the manga explained that. Instead we have to rely on the novel to know the world building.

 

[Doutorfunga]

That's some handwave, what happened after Elrise admitted she was a fake?

 

[Gtcvenkai]

I wish the manga explained that. Instead we have to rely on the novel to know the world building.

Not sure if they will explain it in the future by prior to Elrise actually performing the duties of the Saint, trade between cities was extremely dangerous and only the absolute necessities would could travel between them. It's mentioned that the only standing cities at the time were literally walled off fortresses as just stepping outside of them meant you were very likely to encounter a demon that will rip you apart. Demon infested territory were also barren wastelands that could not grow anything so even if humans could reclaim an area they'd have to spend a ton of time and resources to repair the damage and fortify it against future demon attacks. The fact is food was essentially just as basic as basic gets. Like I'm talking vegetable straight from ground into mouth basic. It was so bad even royalty starved. The novel stresses that Elrise being what she is, is a god given miracle. Territory that demons that controlled were taken back when in the past it took generations of saints to even contest for in only a few minutes. Land that would've taken decades to recover were just magically restored and by the time the story starts proper, trade between cities was abundant because by that time, encountering a demon on the road was a super rarity on the account that Elrise pretty much wiped out 99% of them. Elrise didn't just save the world at this point, she returned it back to a thriving ecosystem single handily.

That's some handwave, what happened after Elrise admitted she was a fake?

This is going into spoiler territory so I'll put that bit in a tag. However what isn't a spoiler is Elrise's imagined version of it. Based on Elrise's knowledge of the game she knows for certain the curse goes to whomever makes the fatal blow on the witch. Since she knows she's not a suitable vessel for the curse, it'd die with her so no witch would be born. She plans to reveal the truth of the saint as she's dying to the knights and then shuffle on to the afterlife so she can view the resulting happy end as if it were a game CG. She also imagines that after she reveals she's a fake that they'd ditch her body where it fell, maybe spit on it a few times but she'd like to imagine she was pleasant enough that they would toss her in a shallow hole if only to get her corpse out of sight. She then imagine that they would celebrate the real saint Eterna and everyone is smiles and happy.

As for what happens:

Spoiler: What really happened

Elrise does die after doing what she set out to do. She kills the witch and the curse transfers to her. She had to do this because plan A just got shot through the heart. Elrise reveals the truth to her knights and the "hero" party present and then she dies, all while Leila was sobbing her eyes out. Elrise's soul then goes back to earth where Niito shows her the aftermath of her death in which everyone was in utter despair. Leila is practically in a coma from crying until her body was shutting down, Vernel tried to kill himself a few times and was resorting to starving himself because the dark power was keeping him alive. Eterna refuses to even touch anything remotely saint related because in her eyes, she's completely unworthy of anything after Elrise's accomplishments. The church was also informed of the truth but refused to revealed she was a fake and instead granted her a new title "The Great Saint", they state that there was no way they can say that she's a fake after she did far better than any legit saint before her. As for her corpse, it was preserved in pristine condition and a grand tomb was being constructed for her while legions of followers go to her preserved corpse to pray, mourn and pay respects.

 

[BananowyJE]

Cool to know the SUPER IMPORTANT INFORMATION from chapter comments.
Meh, at least the "sweets uuuoooh 😭" face was funny

 

[Mangamoz]

Oof that hurts thats a real emotional gut punch
i wonder if this foreshadow is going to hurt even more then the light novel then that scene finally comes around.

 

[hsun]

Spoiler: Spoilery

There'll be individual T, this T is a T. T went somewhere, before they go, they give Elrise a barrel of soup and Elrise jumped because how good the soup is. T become a sauce chef where the dude from. The dude give Elrise his last few personal soup. Elrise can stand up again after consuming soup from the dude and T, the house she slept in is on fire. And then Elrise defeat the arsonist with the power of hope.

Yes.

 

[kaikalaila]

As for what happens:

awww man, that

Spoiler

depressing as fk. Super bitter sweet

 

[MagnaDrake]

Not sure if they will explain it in the future by prior to Elrise actually performing the duties of the Saint, trade between cities was extremely dangerous and only the absolute necessities would could travel between them. It's mentioned that the only standing cities at the time were literally walled off fortresses as just stepping outside of them meant you were very likely to encounter a demon that will rip you apart. Demon infested territory were also barren wastelands that could not grow anything so even if humans could reclaim an area they'd have to spend a ton of time and resources to repair the damage and fortify it against future demon attacks. The fact is food was essentially just as basic as basic gets. Like I'm talking vegetable straight from ground into mouth basic. It was so bad even royalty starved. The novel stresses that Elrise being what she is, is a god given miracle. Territory that demons that controlled were taken back when in the past it took generations of saints to even contest for in only a few minutes. Land that would've taken decades to recover were just magically restored and by the time the story starts proper, trade between cities was abundant because by that time, encountering a demon on the road was a super rarity on the account that Elrise pretty much wiped out 99% of them. Elrise didn't just save the world at this point, she returned it back to a thriving ecosystem single handily.


This is going into spoiler territory so I'll put that bit in a tag. However what isn't a spoiler is Elrise's imagined version of it. Based on Elrise's knowledge of the game she knows for certain the curse goes to whomever makes the fatal blow on the witch. Since she knows she's not a suitable vessel for the curse, it'd die with her so no witch would be born. She plans to reveal the truth of the saint as she's dying to the knights and then shuffle on to the afterlife so she can view the resulting happy end as if it were a game CG. She also imagines that after she reveals she's a fake that they'd ditch her body where it fell, maybe spit on it a few times but she'd like to imagine she was pleasant enough that they would toss her in a shallow hole if only to get her corpse out of sight. She then imagine that they would celebrate the real saint Eterna and everyone is smiles and happy.

As for what happens:

Spoiler: What really happened

Elrise does die after doing what she set out to do. She kills the witch and the curse transfers to her. She had to do this because plan A just got shot through the heart. Elrise reveals the truth to her knights and the "hero" party present and then she dies, all while Leila was sobbing her eyes out. Elrise's soul then goes back to earth where Niito shows her the aftermath of her death in which everyone was in utter despair. Leila is practically in a coma from crying until her body was shutting down, Vernel tried to kill himself a few times and was resorting to starving himself because the dark power was keeping him alive. Eterna refuses to even touch anything remotely saint related because in her eyes, she's completely unworthy of anything after Elrise's accomplishments. The church was also informed of the truth but refused to revealed she was a fake and instead granted her a new title "The Great Saint", they state that there was no way they can say that she's a fake after she did far better than any legit saint before her. As for her corpse, it was preserved in pristine condition and a grand tomb was being constructed for her while legions of followers go to her preserved corpse to pray, mourn and pay respects.

good lord. Now I have to know if the story ends there or theres some shenanigans still going on afterwards.

 

[ivv]

the spoiler comments here are fire.
the ending reminded me of an H game i played recently...

Spoiler

although there, the hero became the 'witch'.
and they tried that idea similar of Leila's (to not fight it)...
It didnt worked out well.

 

[Rainmoarr]

Not sure if they will explain it in the future by prior to Elrise actually performing the duties of the Saint, trade between cities was extremely dangerous and only the absolute necessities would could travel between them. It's mentioned that the only standing cities at the time were literally walled off fortresses as just stepping outside of them meant you were very likely to encounter a demon that will rip you apart. Demon infested territory were also barren wastelands that could not grow anything so even if humans could reclaim an area they'd have to spend a ton of time and resources to repair the damage and fortify it against future demon attacks. The fact is food was essentially just as basic as basic gets. Like I'm talking vegetable straight from ground into mouth basic. It was so bad even royalty starved. The novel stresses that Elrise being what she is, is a god given miracle. Territory that demons that controlled were taken back when in the past it took generations of saints to even contest for in only a few minutes. Land that would've taken decades to recover were just magically restored and by the time the story starts proper, trade between cities was abundant because by that time, encountering a demon on the road was a super rarity on the account that Elrise pretty much wiped out 99% of them. Elrise didn't just save the world at this point, she returned it back to a thriving ecosystem single handily.


This is going into spoiler territory so I'll put that bit in a tag. However what isn't a spoiler is Elrise's imagined version of it. Based on Elrise's knowledge of the game she knows for certain the curse goes to whomever makes the fatal blow on the witch. Since she knows she's not a suitable vessel for the curse, it'd die with her so no witch would be born. She plans to reveal the truth of the saint as she's dying to the knights and then shuffle on to the afterlife so she can view the resulting happy end as if it were a game CG. She also imagines that after she reveals she's a fake that they'd ditch her body where it fell, maybe spit on it a few times but she'd like to imagine she was pleasant enough that they would toss her in a shallow hole if only to get her corpse out of sight. She then imagine that they would celebrate the real saint Eterna and everyone is smiles and happy.

As for what happens:

Spoiler: What really happened

Elrise does die after doing what she set out to do. She kills the witch and the curse transfers to her. She had to do this because plan A just got shot through the heart. Elrise reveals the truth to her knights and the "hero" party present and then she dies, all while Leila was sobbing her eyes out. Elrise's soul then goes back to earth where Niito shows her the aftermath of her death in which everyone was in utter despair. Leila is practically in a coma from crying until her body was shutting down, Vernel tried to kill himself a few times and was resorting to starving himself because the dark power was keeping him alive. Eterna refuses to even touch anything remotely saint related because in her eyes, she's completely unworthy of anything after Elrise's accomplishments. The church was also informed of the truth but refused to revealed she was a fake and instead granted her a new title "The Great Saint", they state that there was no way they can say that she's a fake after she did far better than any legit saint before her. As for her corpse, it was preserved in pristine condition and a grand tomb was being constructed for her while legions of followers go to her preserved corpse to pray, mourn and pay respects.

Now I'm sad

 

[KaisarX]

Not sure if they will explain it in the future by prior to Elrise actually performing the duties of the Saint, trade between cities was extremely dangerous and only the absolute necessities would could travel between them. It's mentioned that the only standing cities at the time were literally walled off fortresses as just stepping outside of them meant you were very likely to encounter a demon that will rip you apart. Demon infested territory were also barren wastelands that could not grow anything so even if humans could reclaim an area they'd have to spend a ton of time and resources to repair the damage and fortify it against future demon attacks. The fact is food was essentially just as basic as basic gets. Like I'm talking vegetable straight from ground into mouth basic. It was so bad even royalty starved. The novel stresses that Elrise being what she is, is a god given miracle. Territory that demons that controlled were taken back when in the past it took generations of saints to even contest for in only a few minutes. Land that would've taken decades to recover were just magically restored and by the time the story starts proper, trade between cities was abundant because by that time, encountering a demon on the road was a super rarity on the account that Elrise pretty much wiped out 99% of them. Elrise didn't just save the world at this point, she returned it back to a thriving ecosystem single handily.


This is going into spoiler territory so I'll put that bit in a tag. However what isn't a spoiler is Elrise's imagined version of it. Based on Elrise's knowledge of the game she knows for certain the curse goes to whomever makes the fatal blow on the witch. Since she knows she's not a suitable vessel for the curse, it'd die with her so no witch would be born. She plans to reveal the truth of the saint as she's dying to the knights and then shuffle on to the afterlife so she can view the resulting happy end as if it were a game CG. She also imagines that after she reveals she's a fake that they'd ditch her body where it fell, maybe spit on it a few times but she'd like to imagine she was pleasant enough that they would toss her in a shallow hole if only to get her corpse out of sight. She then imagine that they would celebrate the real saint Eterna and everyone is smiles and happy.

As for what happens:

Spoiler: What really happened

Elrise does die after doing what she set out to do. She kills the witch and the curse transfers to her. She had to do this because plan A just got shot through the heart. Elrise reveals the truth to her knights and the "hero" party present and then she dies, all while Leila was sobbing her eyes out. Elrise's soul then goes back to earth where Niito shows her the aftermath of her death in which everyone was in utter despair. Leila is practically in a coma from crying until her body was shutting down, Vernel tried to kill himself a few times and was resorting to starving himself because the dark power was keeping him alive. Eterna refuses to even touch anything remotely saint related because in her eyes, she's completely unworthy of anything after Elrise's accomplishments. The church was also informed of the truth but refused to revealed she was a fake and instead granted her a new title "The Great Saint", they state that there was no way they can say that she's a fake after she did far better than any legit saint before her. As for her corpse, it was preserved in pristine condition and a grand tomb was being constructed for her while legions of followers go to her preserved corpse to pray, mourn and pay respects.

pls tell me that just not how it end

 

[Thepandas12]

Bro really wanted to make those sweets, he came to real life to kindly ask for a recipe.

 

[rachjumper]

😭