"Hey let's take a bath first! I'm so smelly!" Saber protested to Frank.
"Okay everyone let's take a bath! Assemble at the well!" Frank commanded them. They hurriedly went outside and made a platoon. Frank stood at the front while his hands were on his back, making a simple speech.
"Our trials for the past years are not so simple but we succeeded in sealing the Tirad Pass dungeon, but as we returned home. One hundred years have already passed and all our relatives didn't recognize us, even our sons and daughters have passed away.
"We may be forgotten but we will continue to protect the kingdom. Now that we are old, the seal will gradually weaken and it will come to pass that it will be breached.
"I have a proposition, We will revert to our younger selves with our memories intact by sacrificing our Peak stage and our body, as well as our power. We will become thirteen years old with our bodies on younger selves. So how about it?" Frank asked them.
"So you will have to cast [Rebirth] to us?" Baggus questioned.
"Well, do we have a choice?" Splinter added.
"So now we will create a rune," said Frank.
Baggus stomped his feat then the ground glowed with runes.
"Done!" Baggus hastily said.
"Okay next is to burn your Mana as I cast it to the runes," Said Baggus.
They all encircled the rune and Frank cast [Rebirth]. Their body and the rune glowed as they all shouted, their Mana well decreased and their bodies gradually getting younger. It took an hour and they were successful.
"This is the most sacred spell a Holy Priest has," Lumiel said while he held his mother's hands.
"Huh huh huh" Frank panted and now was a young boy. They were all drenched in sweat that was mixed with impurities in their bodies. His clothes were now bigger than him and he was shorter than Lumiel's.
"No! I became short again! My Mana well is like a first-stage earth realm now and my Mana regeneration is now of a beginner," said Frank in dismay.
"Hey Frank my Mana has decreased drastically, every single one of us is a one-man army and now look at us, we're like a bunch of crybabies," said Shinpatsu.
"We don't have our power anymore so how are we gonna protect our kingdom?" Mistiban questioned him.
"HaHaHaHaha! Didn't you forget that we still have a century of experiences and memories? All we have to do is to train ourselves again!" Frank said to Mistiban.
"I haven't thought of it, you're a genius! And about our clothes," Mistiban pondered.
"Oh, I have tons of clothes!" Lumiel said.
"Lumiel, lend them your clothes!" Isabella commanded him.
Lumiel then takes all his clothes from his big wardrobe and carries them outside.
"Here Mom!" He said while carrying the clothes he had and gave it to each one of them.
They all washed at the well and they haven't felt refreshed because they haven't washed for months. Lumeil and his mother prepared for their supper and the Grandmasters didn't waste their time cultivating their Mana well and practicing their basic skills.
"Hey, Frank let's play outside for now," Saber suggested.
"Huh? So you wanna challenge me by playing Dodge ball?" asked Frank.
"Yep!" Saber replied.
"Attention everyone! Let's play dodgeball!" Frank announced.
"Okay! Alright! We haven't experienced fun for some time," said Saber, itching to go outside.
"Let's all go out!" he added.
They hurriedly went outside and played. They displayed their experience in the field even when they were in their kid's form.
"Hit me, Saber!" Maldor challenged him.
"Here dodge this!" he replied, throwing the ball at him.
Lumiel watched it for some time and he enjoyed watching it.
"Hey, Lumiel come play with us!" Frank said to him.
"Heheheheh! Okay, let's go!" He replied to their request.
Lumiel played with them and he never felt honored to play with the heroes.
"Okay let's play!" he said.
They played outside and he gave his best to evade the incoming balls that were thrown at him. After they played, Isabella called them to eat. Sitting on the seats with a table full of food.
"Wow, this is like a feast! look at the grilled chicken, the beefsteak, chopped grilled pork, and pork soup mixed with tamarind," Maldor said in astonishment. "Ho! I'm drooling on the food!" Lumiel said to them.
Lumiel was looking at the food his mother prepared and the other kids couldn't wait to eat. They sat at the seats and they all made a prayer before the meal.
"Now before we eat, I would like to talk for a bit. Would you like to be my adopted son and go to school tomorrow?" asked Isabella.
Everyone was shocked and speechless.
"Well at your age you have to go to school!" she added. Frank was astonished by her proposal.
"Well, we don't have a choice. We don't have a home to sleep in any way," said Frank.
"Yes, school!" Shinpatsu shouted with joy and they all laughed. Shinpatsu, as well as Deathbane, hadn't experienced this in their life so they were excited.
"So that means we will call ourselves brothers!" Arthras exclaimed.
"And Lumiel is our younger brother!" Snap and Saber said in chorus.
"So that means we're together in this family?" Lumiel asked.
"So that means we're gonna enroll at the academy using your family's name!" Frank said to Rain.
"Uhm our family name is Cryhearth," Lumiel said to them.
"Hmmm, Frank Cryhearth, not a bad name! Hehe! I'm excited," said Frank.
"Yes, we're brothers! thank you, Mom," Lumiel leaped in joy.
"Before we eat, today is your rebirth day so that means today was all your birthdays too!" Isabella said to them with joy.
"Yes happy birthday!" everyone chorused then Baggus cast small fireworks and sparkling fountains and congratulated everyone including himself.
'They have their memories of their olds but they are behaving like kids now. I think their minds became like kids too after their rebirth,' Lumiel said to himself.
"Okay let's eat!" Lumiel said and they ate like never before. They didn't eat these kinds of foods for decades. The merry mood continued until they finished their food. They helped each other in washing the dishes and they went to sleep in Lumiel's room. Isabella gave them bed sheets, blankets, and pillows after they cleaned the floor. They slept earlier today because they felt tired for the day. Isabella was happy that her home now was full of joy and she notified her husband earlier by a crow who happened to reply with an "Okay" the next morning.
The next morning, after Lumiel woke up, they were all up and they finished folding their blankets. He went downstairs and his mom was preparing for their breakfast, deep inside she was happy to serve them with gladness.
She was slicing vegetables and spices in the meantime and was smiling. Frank and his brothers helped her in preparing and the room was quite lively.
"Lumiel good morning!" Isabella said to him.
"Morning Mom! Everyone is quite busy, you need help?" Lumiel asked.
"Uhm we don't, just look at us twelve, we don't have any task for you. Just wash first and do your exercises," Isabella suggested.
Lumiel then went to the bathtub and took off his upper clothes. He gets a bucket of water then he pours some to his back. He still can't believe that he has brothers now helping his mother. He was excited to train with them after they finished cooking.
He was contemplating what he would train after he washed his body. He took the towel and went inside the house.
"Okay everyone I will do the rest and you all go wash up," Isabella said to them.
"Okay, mom!" Frank said to her and then Lumiel laughed.
"Can I call you old brother now?" Lumiel asked.
"Yes of course! Right, guys!?" Frank said.
"Yes, of course, we're brothers now," Branmoor replied to him.
"Everyone let's go to the well! Attack!" They went gleefully.
Lumiel went upstairs and changed his clothes. He put the weights on his arms and legs then he stretched himself for several minutes. He practiced his fighting techniques and his sword skills.
He lifted and swung the heavy hammer then thumped the anvil again. As he was resting, his brothers were outside jogging around the house improving their stamina first, which was currently led by Frank.
They executed push-ups, sit-ups, and curl-ups, and then they cultivated their Mana well. After their cultivation, they practiced their basics and their hidden skills.
They rested and then Isabella called them for breakfast. They went inside and left their slippers outside. They sat at the chairs and waited for Isabella to sit. Isabella sat and then Frank talked to her.
"Uhm Isabella we have a favor to ask you, can we all call you Mom if it happens when we're at school and when someone is watching? So that they will not doubt us," Frank asked her.
"Yes of course, even at home! Is that all?" She said.
"Well that settles it for now," Frank said as he sighed.
"Let's eat!" Isabella said and then they all ate and changed their clothes to Stephen's uniforms. Lumiel has many uniforms but Isabella will buy another set of clothes and uniforms for them.
"We will go to school together so that you will be enrolled today with a parent," she said to them.
They walked together to the school and Shinpatsu was singing, while others were excited to arrive at their destination.