The implication I thought was that Elysia's people were subjects, vassals, or a conquered people to Rachel's Empire. So as a saint Elysia had a duty to give herself to someone from the Empire for mana. Elysia could have chosen this willingly for many reasons, a) if she does it for Rachel no one else needs to, b) she's less likely to be harmed or killed by being useful, c) other mana users could treat her worse, etc. That she also ended up liking Rachel is a separate issue because that is definitely not how their relationship started and from Rachel's perspective, there's no way she would assume that Elysia's feelings had changed.
But also it's hilarious that Rachel saw a marriage and thought "close enough". Maybe the worst thing is that when Xiya hears what she told her sister she will once again misinterpret how Rachel saw their previous relationship.
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