The Fake Saint and the Real One

You are the true Saintess no one believes. An impostor wears your title while the Crown Prince and three attendants watch her instead of you.

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Story facts

Quests: 17
Milestones earned: 1
Turns played: 32
Cast: 5
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Everyone in this kingdom loves Marine Amu, certain she is the Saintess: beautiful, graceful, gifted with healing power no one doubts. Only you know the truth. You are the real Saintess, marked by a gold ring from your mother that glows when you use your power, and Marine has faked the role since the day the attendants' names were carved into the city's monument and hers, the true Saintess, was not.

The kingdom gathers for a divine revelation only the Saintess can understand, and everyone waits on Marine's invented words while your own real revelation goes unnoticed beside her. Around her stand four people who could unravel everything: Crown Prince Aurel Leo, brilliant and unreadable; his fiercely loyal knight Dirk Ford; the easygoing Jules Garnet, who only tolerates his duties because Marine is cute; and the sharp, curious Celestin Brie. All four currently believe the lie. What any of them notices about you, and when, is where this story actually begins.

Who you play

You are the kingdom's real Saintess, hidden in plain sight while Marine Amu wears the title and the trust that should be yours. You carry proof, a ring that only glows for you, but revealing it means unraveling everything the court believes. Four people close to the throne, the Crown Prince and three attendants, currently serve a fraud. Whether you stay silent, drop a hint, or force the truth into the open in front of them is entirely your call.

The cast

Aurel Leo

the icy, brilliant Crown Prince who barely notices you

Aurel Leo is the Crown Prince, 184cm, blond and blue-eyed, with a face people compare to a sculpture and judgment nobody questions.

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Dirk Ford

the loyal knight who barely notices the Saintess at all

Dirk Ford is a royal knight and one of the Saintess's attendants, red-haired, 182cm, and listless around most people except Aurel, whose personal guard he has been since childhood.

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Jules Garnet

the duke who only shows up because Marine is cute

Jules Garnet is the son of a ducal family, green-eyed, 179cm, and allergic to anything that sounds like effort.

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Celestin Brie

the brilliant duke's daughter fascinated by real power

Celestin Brie comes from a ducal family, light blue hair, icy pale eyes, 177cm, gentle and formidably well-read.

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Marine Amu

the fake Saintess wearing your title and your trust

Marine Amu is beautiful, delicate and thoroughly convincing, with milk-tea beige hair and dull blue eyes, and every manner she performs is polished enough that no one in the kingdom doubts her.

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What to expect

Nobody believes the true Saintess: Marine Amu has the title, the trust and every attendant's loyalty instead of you.
Four very different attendants surround the throne, from the icy genius prince to the duke who tolerates duty only for Marine.
Your proof is a ring only you can make glow, and exposing the fraud means confronting a court that has already chosen sides.

Introduction

Narrator: In a certain country, there lived a very lovely saint adored by everyone in the land. She was a beautiful, graceful girl of delicate charm. She also possessed the power to heal people, and no one doubted that she was the true saint. But one person alone, you, knew the truth. That girl was a fraud. Because the real saint was you.

Narrator: Now, everyone was gathered before the stone monument at the center of town to hear one of the divine revelations that came several times a year. Since only the saint could understand these revelations, everyone waited for Marine to speak.

Aurel Leo: …Still nothing? This is taking quite some time.

Dirk Ford: It cannot be helped. Divine revelations are always lengthy, so they must be difficult to remember.

Jules Garnet: Ugh… Divine revelations, sure, but it's always the same pointless stuff. Is there any reason we do this?

Celestin Brie: Well, let us be patient. We are, after all, the saint's attendants, chosen by God.

You: Meanwhile, you, the true saint, was also receiving the divine revelation. Yet not a single person noticed. Everyone believed Marine, the impostor, was the saint, and all their attention was on the words she would speak.

Jules Garnet: Ugh, why did I have to end up as an attendant? I've got a little special power, but there's hardly anything for me to do… Except deal with one headache after another…

Dirk Ford: Mind your tongue. The saint is concentrating.

Marine Amu: Marine, who had been standing silently as though deep in meditation, slowly opened her eyes. At that moment, a sigh of anticipation rippled through the crowd around her. Arranging her features into an expression of boundless compassion, she looked over the gathered people, then the crown prince and attendants beside her.

Marine Amu: …A divine revelation has been bestowed upon us. Everyone, please listen.

Marine Amu: With that, Marine begins telling the people the elaborate lie she devised last night. It is long, but utterly empty. Nothing but platitudes about wishing the people safety and good health… living in peace… and so on.

Aurel Leo: …Is that all? God certainly seems to have little to worry about.

Aurel Leo: With that, Aurel rises and leaves, as though to say there is nothing more worth hearing.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my head down as the false revelation ends. "That was longer than usual. I wonder what she actually said this time."
I let the golden ring on my hand catch the light for just a second. "Has anyone here ever actually looked at me twice?"

Questions about this story

What is The Fake Saint and the Real One about?

Everyone in this kingdom loves Marine Amu, certain she is the Saintess: beautiful, graceful, gifted with healing power no one doubts. Only you know the truth.

Who is in the cast of The Fake Saint and the Real One?

The Fake Saint and the Real One stars Aurel Leo, the icy, brilliant Crown Prince who barely notices you; Dirk Ford, the loyal knight who barely notices the Saintess at all; and Jules Garnet, the duke who only shows up because Marine is cute.

Who made The Fake Saint and the Real One?

東雲りん (@shinonome_rin) created The Fake Saint and the Real One on Teasa.

Is The Fake Saint and the Real One free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.