Chapter 12 - Grandmaster's Rebirth Part 2

"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 in his back, making a simple speech.

"Our trials for the past years are not so simple but we succeed in sealing the Tirad Pass, 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 universe realm Mana well and our body, as well as our power.

We will become like thirteen years old with our body on our 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 foot 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 glow as they all shouted, their Mana well decreases and their body was gradually getting younger. It took an hour and they were successful.

"This is the most sacred spell a Holy Priest has," Stephen said while he holds his mother's hands.

"Huh huh huh" Frank panted and now was a young boy. They were all drenched in sweat that has mixed with impurities in their bodies.

His clothes were now bigger than him and he was shorter than Stephen's.

"Noooo! 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 cry babies," 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!" Stephen said.

"Stephen lend them your clothes!" Isabella commanded him.

Stephen then took all his clothes from his big wardrobe and carried it 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 feel refreshed because they haven't washed for months.

Stephen and his mother prepared for their supper and the Grandmasters didn't waste their time to cultivate their Mana well and practising their basic skills.

"Hey, Frank let's play outside for now," Saber suggested.

"Huh? So you wanna challenge me at playing Dodge ball?" asked Frank.

"Yep!" Saber replied.

"Attention everyone! Let's play dodge ball!" 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 they're in their kid's form.

"Hit me, Saber!" Maldor challenged him.

"Here dodge this!" He replied, throwing the ball at him.

Stephen watched it for some time and he enjoyed watching it.

"Hey, Stephen come play with us!" Frank said to him.

"Heheheheh! Okay, let's go!" He replied to their request.

Stephen then played with them and he never felt so honoured to play with the heroes.

"Okay let's play!" He replied.

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.

"Hoooo! I'm drooling to the foods!" Stephen said to them.

Stephen was looking at the foods his mother prepared and the other kids can'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 sons and go to school tomorrow?" Asked Isabella.

Everyone was shocked and was 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 into anyway," Said Frank.

"Yes, school!" Shinpatsu shouted with joy and they all laughed. Shinpatsu, as well as Deathbane, didn't experience this in their life so they were excited.

"So that means we will call ourselves brothers!" Arthras exclaimed.

"And Stephen is our younger brother!" Snap and Saber said in chorus.

"So that means we're together in this family?" Stephen asked.

"So that means we're gonna enrol at the academy using your family's name!" Frank said to Stephen.

"Uhm our family name is Burg," Stephen said to them.

"Hmmm, Frank Burg, not a bad name! Hehe! I'm excited," said Frank.

"Yes, we're brothers! thank you, Mom," Stephen leapt in joy.

"Before we eat, today is your rebirth day so that means today were all your birthdays too!" Isabella said to them with joy.

"Yes, happy birthday!" everyone chorused then Baggus cast small fireworks and sparkling fountain and congratulate 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,' Stephen said to himself.

"Okay let's eat!" Stephen 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 foods. They helped each other in washing the dishes and they went to sleep at Stephen'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" next morning.

The next morning, after Stephen 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, a hint of gladness was seen in her face.

She was slicing vegetables and spices for the meantime and was smiling.

Frank and his brothers helped her in preparing and the room was quite lively.

"Stephen good morning!" Isabella said to him.

"Morning mom! Everyone is quite busy, you need help?" Stephen 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.

Stephen then went to the well and he takes off his upper clothes. He gets a bucket of water then he poured some to his back.

He still can't believe that he has now brothers helping his mother. He was excited to train with them after they finished cooking.

He was contemplating what will he 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 Stephen laughed.

"Can I call you old brother now?" Stephen 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.

Stephen went upstairs and changed his clothes. He puts the weights on his arms and legs then he stretched himself for several minutes.

He practised his fighting techniques and his sword skills. He lifted and swing the heavy hammer then thumping the anvil again.

He rested and expanded his Mana well and improved his Conjuration. 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, then they cultivated their Mana well. After their cultivation, they practised their basics and their hidden skills.

They managed to went to the bottleneck of the first stage of Mana well in a short time.

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 sits and then Frank talked to her.

"Uhm Isabella we have a favor to ask you, can we all call you Mom if it happens 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. Stephen 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 towards school and Shinpatsu was singing, others were excited to arrive at their destination.