I spent the next day together with my brother and we were all together as a family. Alex and father were with us as well. Since the crown was quite something else, it soon started to be obvious that they had misled all the people and collected more taxes to simply have more money to spend on luxury. The crowning ceremony wasn't anything grand. No one wanted to make it grand besides that Ryan wanted it to be public so I was there in my dragon form carrying him around as Micheal set the crown on his head in front of everyone on the grand plaza. People cheered and everyone was happy.

I am glad Ryan is the king.

It could be worse.... Well at least it's not an idiot like the last king...

Still can't believe he was against my family because of an oracle which they even misinterpreted... what utter nonsense that is!

It's just a shame and soo sad that soo many people lost their lives because of that.

Well it was a small ceremony and it was not planned at all. Ryan insisted it to be a small one since the whole empire wasn't looking good on the economical side at all. He was definitely a wise king.

It was on the same day that the previous king was executed in public. My brother was leading the execution and he was counting all the different crimes this king had committed. It was quite a long list. There was black magic, sacrificing, slavery, fraught and embezzlement as well as assassination attempts and being a traitor to the current crown since he did try to kill us. Anyways it was a really long long list.

After that was done, he was brought to the guillotine and the crowd cheered when everything was done. Since he didn't even deserve to be buried and reincarnated into the life cycle, I was the one burning his body together with Aneko.

At least the last king can't hurt anyone anymore!

There will not be any harm done to the people of this empire!

My family is also surviving and the curse will not be triggered... What a relief.

I wonder what is going to happen next...

It's actually been a couple of days since that happened and I could see that everything started to stabilize itself. My brother was working hard to be the king. He had Ilya on his side and the two started to form a close bond including Micheal and Alex. The four of them were nearly always seen together.

Alex was also getting his own classes to take over the duchy from our father and he was really blooming. At first he was against it but soon he started showing more and more interest and working better and harder than anyone else. He had to be strong to support his older brother. Personally I think the idea of him helping out his brother was keeping him motivated. I knew my two brothers by now and Alex was the kind of guy who wanted to do everything to help out. He was strong and independent but he was loyal.

Then there was Ilya. I heard from Aneko that his successor is also doing better nowadays. It seemed that he was studying magic to be able to understand the magic around me. Something about that was keeping me on edge since it was kinda sounding as if Ilya wanted me as a small guinea pig but what did I know about that. He was still a sweet kid, very talkative as well. Oh well as long as the magic tower was doing great, everything was good.

Micheal was also pretty much working hard to get the church back to its former glory and I was helping him out every here and now. Not today though. I just needed a rest from everything and was flying around the area to just be free of everything.

Wow...

A lot has happened since I came back...

I managed to stop that disaster and I survived...

I also found great friends and a family...

Family...

My chest was hurting each time I would think about family. I thought it was because I was missing them but now I realized it was not them that I was missing but something else. I was missing my previous life, my family and everything there. No one knew how I got here and even now, no one knew where I came from besides that I was in the silent forest.

For some reason I was flying even towards the silent forest. Call it destiny or even me wanting to see the forest again. I don't know what it was but I was a bit drawn to it. Well that place was a mystery to me and I never returned to see for myself what happened that day at all. Of course I was curious and of course I wanted to know what the place was all about. I just heard rumors about it being dangerous and all but I never found anything in the forest while I was running around back then in the rain.

I really came here....

Let's see...

This was where my father was fighting the assassins and I came running from this direction...

Huh, what's that?

Now that I was flying above the forest and the weather being quite sunny, I could see that there was actually a lake in the direction I came running from back then. There was not much I could remember but I did remember seeing that one big tree. It was a bit different than the other ones since it was larger and I could spot it very easily from above. According to my memories I ran past it and just continued running straight.

What a beautiful lake!

Look at how sparkly and clear it is!

Wow!

Since I was a dragon now, I could cover very large distances in a heartbeat. This was how I quickly got to the lake and even landed close by to look at it. The water was soo clear that I could see the stones and pebbles on the ground. It was definitely something I have never seen before. The water was colorless but at the same time it was reflecting the blue sky as well. Together with all the green around it, it made the small lake pop out even more.

Beautiful...

It's still pretty silent... no animals and no beats.

I definitely can see why they call it the silent forest but I do think they said something about it being dangerous... when nothing can hurt me now....

Still how can it be this silent?

The only howling that could be heard was the howling of the wind as it was passing some of the trees and even the leaves of the tree were rustling slightly. It felt really nice being here especially for a break which I did come for. This may not be the place I originally was thinking of going but it had the same touch. Well not that I had a place in mind to begin with. Actually I just wanted a place to be alone and rest from all the hectic events of the past.

This is the perfect place to think about what to do next.

My brother is the king and he is working hard to get the empire back on the right track. The people are following and trusting him... looks like everything is going well. There is no need for me to do anything there....

Then what am I supposed to do now?

Should I try help Micheal more?

I am already helping him the best I can and even now there should be more people coming over to the church to pray and just talk their mind off. Some are there to mourn too... I am just glad Micheal did that monument. They do deserve a place to be recognized and not forgotten over time. These soldiers did have a family as well after all... ahhhhh....

The church is doing great even without me.

There is no need for the Saintess anymore.

Not as if that went out according to plans.

I found it funny thinking back to when I decided to become a Saintess and how it turned out. I totally thought that the people around me were kind of dumb and ignorant to a certain point where they were oblivious to reality. Oh how wrong I was. It was that day when I got announced as a Saintess that I could see that. I mean my brother and my family found me thanks to that title. Thinking back on it, it was definitely very obvious that it was me since I did show some signs of healing. I was stuck in a child's body but I still could use just a very slight potion of my power. I believe the only reason why I was a kid was because I was not able to use all the powers I had. Maybe it would have been even too much for a child's body. Who knows what would have happened to my body if it would have been too much. Maybe there were some backlashes I would have felt or even death? I don't know and I found it scary thinking about it.

Hmm... should I go back to the magic tower and look how they are doing?

Ilya should be there studying... maybe I shouldn't go there. He would come over to me and start talking like a waterfall. I don't need to listen to all that.

Yeah, no. I really don't need to listen to what he can do now and how much he has learned. I know he will be a great magician one day.

The book even said that.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

For some reason, I was still trusting the book's content even if I had changed it.

As I was laying on the ground, I started yawning. It was just relaxing to be here. No noises besides nature and no worries at all. This was really truly peaceful. Not needing to think about anything or even worry about anything was just relaxing. I was worried soo much all the time that when I didn't had to worry about anything, I found myself getting sleepy in this place. Was this pent up stress? Ah who cared. I sure needed some good rest. After all, I deserved this one.

" ....."

This sleep was really peaceful. My mind was not thinking about anything and I wasn't even dreaming at all. It felt really good except for that beeping noise which was really annoying. Penetrating and not stopping at all, I even thought that it was getting louder and louder.

"Mhhhmmm...."

The alarm was sounding just like my alarm which I had set to not be late in the morning since I really liked to sleep a lot. Thinking about it, it sounded just like it!

NO WAY!

My eyes flew wide open and I sat up immediately looking at my surrounding. It seemed that I was in my room and a lot of papers were around me. I was even sitting on my chair with my pen still somewhat in my hand. Did I fall asleep while studying? Was I that tired? I didn't know. In fact, I was honestly very confused since I could still remember that I was just laying around a lake. What else did I do? I don't know.

A vivid dream?

Ah it must be nice being a dragon!

I wish I could be one forever... flying around and just feeling free!

As I was thinking that, I heard a knock at my door and looked at it as it was getting opened. There was my grandmother with a tea cup in her hand. Ah yes, this was how I liked to be greeted. A tea in the morning was making my day a lot better.

"Good morning... don't tell me you studied the whole night?!"

"Nooo! I just fell asleep here."

"Hahahaha be careful to get enough sleep."

"I will..."

I got up from the chair to get my tea from her and hug her. She had a point. I couldn't remember what I was dreaming nor when I fell asleep. My body must have been really tired for this to happen. Maybe I should really start it slow and make more breaks. I wouldn't like to collapse because of all the stress one day. Well not as if it wasn't feeling this way. I had too much to study but I am used to this now.

"Thanks for the tea."

"Come and eat whenever you are ready."

"Will be right there in a second."

"Alright"

That was when my grandmother left my room and I returned to my desk sipping the tea. I still had a bit of time to look through all the papers laying around and prepare myself for the day. That was until I could see that book on my desk.

"Huh..."

I can't remember leaving this book here....

I took the book in my hands and looked at the cover. It was really nice with the dragon emblem but the content was not really my cup of tea. Still somehow it felt like a deja vu having this book in my hand. It felt as if I had forgotten something very important.

It couldn't be that important since I couldn't remember it and I had more important things at hand right now. So I put the book back at my desk and rushed packing my bag to get to the dining table and eat my breakfast together with my family.

And another great day... let's do the most out of it!

Plus note to myself... get some more rest in the future whenever I can!

~~END~~