Vol 2: Chapter 11: When Love Triumphs Over Hate

The Saint and The Hero of Salvation

When Love Triumphs Over Hate

Oh no! Oh no! OH NO!! It was so bad I was panicking.

Hayato's brainwashing has been undone.

And it was because Reno had pulled a crappy rare skill that only appears once in hundreds of years... What's going on!?

Eh, why? Why did it turn out like this? Was it a mistake for me to bestow my blessing on her? Does the Saint have the power to bestow good skills or some hidden ability...?

No no no, this is no time to be thinking about such things.

If I just get out of the church quickly and settle things with Hayato before Reno comes to her senses...things will work out!

I didn't know that Reno was brainwashed! I didn't know that!

This is all the work of that bastard Hayato!

Exactly! Not at all! Not at all! Eh? Or rather, was she the one who was brainwashed? I didn't even notice! So, I'm just a pathetic saint who was declared by Reno to not be family... That's it. What do you think?

I'm a true saint, going to settle things with Hayato, who Reno loves, for Reno's sake.

There is only one thing a Saint does - to act with the happiness of others in mind! Not yet, it's not over yet.

(If that’s the case, let’s act quickly. Let’s go outside…)

I tried to walk towards the exit again.

Then, from behind, someone grabbed me with both hands around my waist.

(Ah... ah... no way... that was too early... has it already rebooted?)

There it was, Reno, hugging me as if to perform a back drop.

It seems I was too late to escape. So you're saying I can't escape from this Reno brat!?

"...Re, Reno, chan...? (Nooooooo! Let me go! Let me goooooo!)"

"Onee-chan, wait, don't go..."

Ahhh...! Aaaahh!! I can somehow predict how this will turn out. I have no choice but to respond in Saint Mode, so I understand. The situation that follows is exactly as I expected!

From this kid, maybe already――――

I can't escape.

The moment I obtained the skill with the Goddess's blessing, I felt the black, filthy, slimy thing that had been nesting in my heart disappear.

At the same time, the feelings of love for Hayato, who had occupied my heart until just now and who I now no longer care about, also disappeared completely. Instead, my maddening feelings for my sister returned...

The memory remains... I remember with frightening clarity what I said. I was absolutely certain that I said that... that I said it.

"You're not my family!!"

What the hell did I just say...

Saying that to Onee-chan... how sad was she?

I can't even imagine... I said such a terrible thing.

Ahh...I'm the worst.

What a terrible thing I've done, trampling on Onee-chan feelings, you human trash named Reno.

It makes me want to die. She would be hurt if someone said something like that to her, but I'm the lowest scum who can say something like this to Onee-chan who helped me. I should just die...

But on the other hand, I want to talk to you again like we used to. I can't help it... I'm the one who threw her away... I threw her away.

--But still, asking for it is so selfish.

"What about Onee-chan ...? Where is Onee-chan?"

I stood up from where I was crouching in the center of the church and looked around.

Onee-chan was heading out the entrance to the church. Her back looked lonely, and I didn't want to imagine what expression she had.

I wonder how much resolve it took for Onee-chan to break up with me. I could never be that ready.

But I have to stop her... If Onee-chan goes outside, we probably won't be able to go back. That's what I had a premonition of... so...

I clung to my sister's waist with all my might.

If a normal person were to do something like this to someone they said such things to, they might get angry. They might even hit the person. It's only natural that they would be despised.

But I didn't want to. I absolutely didn't want to break up with Onee-chan.

I want to apologize over and over again until my sister forgives me. I want to apologize by kneeling down on the ground. I want to apologize over and over and over and over and OVER AND OVER again until she accepts my apology.

Please give me another chance.

"...Re, Reno, chan...?"

Onee-chan seemed confused by my sudden hug. Of course, I had been yelling at her not to touch me, but now I was clinging to her...

'I'm hurt'... If Onee-chan said something like that to me now... I'd be really sad too. I'm sorry. I'm sorry...

"Onee-chan, wait, don't go..."

I'm sorry for being so selfish. I was the one who cut off my sister and now I said I don't want her to go, so I wonder what I'm saying... Just how selfish is that...

But, but! No matter how much I hate myself, I don't want to leave my Onee-chan. I don't want to break up with Onee-chan

I want to become a family with you again.

"Reno-chan... don't you hate it when I touch you?"

"That's not true! That's absolutely not true! There's no way! I really like it when you touch me, Onee-chan! I won't say no, I don't want to... ever again... so... I'm sorry Onee-chan. I'm sorry for saying such terrible things. I'm sorry for yelling at you, for pushing your hand away... I'm sorry for saying that we're not family... I'm sorry... okay?"

I couldn't bear it any longer. For what I had done. I couldn't even confess my sins, which I had to do until the end. There I was, an ugly person who could only repay kindness with insults.

If I continue like this, Onee-chan will abandon me too. I deserve to be abandoned. There's no place for this trash Reno...

"...that's good. So Reno didn't hate me."

"Eh, Onee-chan...?"

"...Can I start over again? Can I become a family with Reno again?"

"----!!"

I knew I should be the one who have to said it... I would apologize over and over again, and if my sister would forgive me...

I have to say it myself... Otherwise, those words would never have been said.

Ones-chan, I said such cruel things to you, so why...? Don't you hate me...? I said things that you can't help but hate me for...? Why are you so kind?

"...I guess it's no good after all. Reno doesn't want to become a family with me again..."

"I WILL!"

"Eh, Reno...?"

"I will! I will! Please let me! Please let me be! I want to be a family with Onee-chan! I want to be, I want to be, I want to be! If Onee-chan gives me the chance! I! I! I!!... I want to be a family with Onee-chan once again!!"

If Onee-chan... if Chris-sama gives me a chance, if we can become a family again, I'll do anything! I want to do anything!

And I will never make that mistake again. I will never betray Onee-chan. I will never forgive those who betray my Onee-chan... I will never forgive myself.

"Reno...Thank you for being my little sister once again."

"...yeah, Onee-chan...! I, I."

Onee-chan had some tears in her eyes.

I think there are a lot of things to think about.

But she swallowed all of that and accepted me again, gently stroking my head.

"……welcome home"

Onee-chan said that as she welcomed me.

--And so, Onee-chan and I... became a family once again.

Anyway, back to normal (not quite)