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https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/seijo_no_hazu_ga_douyara_nottoraremashita/
its this one i think, with the short haired bitchass. the plot u were mentioning is the second arc i think.
the only thing i can remember is the fl can see and talk to the spirit residing in a stone, and i think that means she is the saint? and theyre at the temple i think. and due to some pact the spirit made with this old guy's ancestors he has to listen to his orders and his orders were that he has to make the stone glow for a certain girl and not the fl when they have the ceremony to choose who the new saint? is. even though it's not her. and the girl doesn't think it's her either. like the fl was talking to the spirit in front of everyone but since no one else can see or hear it they said she was pretending and that the other girl is the real person who can talk to him. he's in the form of a child i think because he's running out of power and i think he made the pact with those ancestors because he was young and lonely and they took advantage of him? the spirit apologizes and says he doesn't have a choice and makes it glow for that other girl, and they make that other girl the new saint or whatever. and they have the fl be like a nun sort of who helps the saintess in the background but actually doing most of the work and they have the new saint purify long distance using like orbs or something but the fl does most of the purifying cuz the saintess doesnt have nearly enough power and everyone knows it.