Cryhearth Family

They finished their class and returned to their room. Lumiel gained a new friend and eventually had a great experience that his acquaintance shared with him. He was walking to his classroom and there, Stella was already waiting for him.

"You're late!" she said to him.

"Didn't I say that we will visit them later!" she said while pouting her mouth.

"Okay, I'm here now so let's go!" said Lumiel.

Many students were walking in the hallway and were bringing their snacks with them after they brought them to the canteen. Outside the classroom door, they were chatting nonchalantly with their friends about their new classmates.

The Heroes were gathering in the back and were talking to other classmates. Hanna was one of them who was observing, sitting on the desk of the chair and her legs to the other.

"Hey Lumiel, come and join us, this is Frank and the others are Maldor, Branmoor, Snap, Arthras, Baggus, Mistiban, Shinpatsu, Deathbane, Saber, and Splinter. They have the same name as the Heroes! And they have the same family name as you!?" Hanna said to Lumiel while wondering.

"Ah, it's because...," Lumiel whispered to her and she shouted. Lumiel told her to shut her mouth and that it was a secret. She nodded at him but Stella was furious.

"Hey what's the secret, huh? You're telling her but not me? Hmmp!" She snubbed him and never said a word again.

"Hey Lumiel, let's all go home together," Mistiban said to him.

"Sure!" Stella replied to him.

In the afternoon class, they meditate to expand their mana until the time. Lumiel and Stella, as well as Patrick, went to the other room where Hanna was and they gathered together.

"Hey Patrick this is the new students of room B, they're acquaintances of mine," Lumiel introduced them.

They were so popular on the first day of their class and the school was starting to have rumors.

"So they're the rumored grandsons of the Heroes? And they are from the Cryhearth family!" Patrick said while offering his hands.

"I'm Patrick nice to meet you," He said while they shook his hands.

"Um, we will be going in separate ways this time, we're going and I will have to send Hanna home," he said to them.

Hanna and Patrick said goodbye to their new friends and the Heroes, as well as Lumiel and Stella.

"These kids have talents, I hope they will be someone big in the future," Deathbane said to them.

"Patrick and Hanna walked outside the gates, so we're going home together huh," said Stella.

They walked to their home and Stella was questioning them one by one, showing her curiosity about them. While they were talking, Baggus shared his experiences about today's lessons and said that the magic he thought was ancient.

The lessons were newly developed magic made for the convenience of the caster. He was excited to learn all these techniques for the first time in his life.

Then suddenly, the sky went dark and there the clouds began to whirl from the direction of the North where the seal was located.

"The seal has been destroyed," said Frank, and extreme sadness struck the Heroes' hearts.

The Heroes knew that the seal wouldn't last long after the passing of their friend who was maintaining the seal. She sacrificed herself for too long and she was the sole reason why the Heroes didn't come back for almost hundreds of years.

She was Naphtalie Selfyed, a Grand Seal caster of the wizard realm. She was taken care of by the Heroes while she maintained the barrier.

In her last moments, she sacrifices her remaining soul to make the barrier last longer, she says to Frank while lying on his feet, "Go and warn the people, enjoy the rest of your lives, and unite the people to arms when the time comes,"

These were the last words she said to the team and then her soul fused with the seal.

She can't partake in the [Rebirth] because her mana well has already been sacrificed for the seal. For them, the real hero was Naphtalie and because of her, the world has a peaceful time.

The Heroes cried and Stella didn't know why they were crying. The mood was somewhat different from before when they were happily talking with each other.

They arrived home somewhat sad and while Rain opened the gate, Stella was shocked that they lived in the same house.

"Sorry because I didn't tell you, but we're Brothers," Lumiel explained to her.

Stella was shocked that they were brothers. Not knowing all this time.

"Surprise! You didn't expect it didn't you?" Lumiel said.

"You cheater! I know now why you whispered it to Hanna," she said while punching him at his shoulders.

"Hey, I'm sorry! I surprised you didn't I?" Rain said to her.

"How did you become brothers?" She asked.

Lumiel then explained everything to her but didn't tell her that they were the real Heroes.

"Oh, so that explains it! You found them being beggars and you made them stay at your house, then your mother adopted them. So you have brothers now! Whoa, what a great story! It's like the story of the good Samaritan,"

"Stella it's not like that, it's just a win-win process, they help mom, and mom helps them," Lumiel explained further.

"Oh! Okay let's meet again tomorrow, I have something to do, I need to go home first," Stella said as she waved to the heroes and the heroes said goodbye.

At the entrance, their mother was standing and Frank said out loud.

"Men line up!", He shouted and they lined up and greeted his mother one by one. Lumiel included and after that, they changed clothes. They helped clean the house, others were sweeping the floors while others were cleaning the backyard. After that, they prepared for dinner and practiced again until night.