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King Grey had closed his heart off to all but one, standing by his side his old friend, now right hand, was the only person he could trust.

But fate had other plans it would seem.

Around the same time King Grey breathed his last, so did his only friend.

Reborn as Fayden Leywin, twin brother of Arthur Leywin, Markus begins a new life, his second chance, and he'll be damned if he lets anyone he cares about die.

Chapter 1: The light at the end of the tunnel

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I always believed that there was no afterlife, that after death we would simply stop existing. The whole phenomenon of "the light at the end of the tunnel" was absurd to me. I considered the people exclaiming "I saw the light" after waking up in cold sweat fools.

Yet here I stand, corrected of my notions, slowly gravitating towards the glaring light. The last thing I remember was resting in my room in the barracks when I felt a burning pain at my neck and my vision slowly descending.

Not a surprise that someone would want me dead, after all working as his right hand man, one makes many enemies.

'So, if heaven and hell does exist shouldn't there be flames and screaming awaiting me at the end?' I thought to myself. I knew for sure I was not a saint, after the amount of killing I had done hell was the only destination for me.

It seems like fate has other plans however. When I reached the end I was greeted with blurred browns and reds and muffled noises. Another presence beside made itself known by issuing a weak cry. I tried to speak but the only noise which came out was a similar cry.

"Congratulations Sir and Madam, they are healthy twin boys." Excuse me what? Normally people would think 'have I just been reborn' , but what I thought was 'Does this means I have to survive puberty and school again?'. I also noticed that I understood the language which gave me some form of relief.

After regaining my vision I scanned my surroundings expecting to be in the white room of hospitals, instead I saw a dimly lit room that looked that it came out of a satanic ritual. Noticing my doctor I saw a face riddled with wrinkles and greying facial and head hair with glasses thick enough to stop bullets.

I looked around and spotted my apparent parents, my father had a sharp and clean shaven face with ashen hair and blue eyes and V shaped eyebrows. However his idiotic grin and teary eyes ruined my assumption of him being stern.

My mother on the other hand radiated a motherly warmth and beauty, she had a gentle face, perky nose ,distinct auburn hair and brown eyes.

"Hi little Art , little Fay, I'm your daddy. Can you say dada?" said my father. I deadpanned at the sheer idiocy of him, hoping it is due to the emotions of having children. I saw the doctor roll his eyes and my mother scoff at the edge of my vision. "Honey, they were just born" my mother said.

"Hmm, they aren't crying. Doctor I thought newborns were supposed to cry when they were born" my mother asked. By the time I finished observing my immediate surroundings I heard the doctor lazily replying, "There are cases where the infant does not cry. Please continue resting for a couple of days Mrs. Leywin, and let me know if anything happens to the boys, Mr. Leywin."

The following couple of weeks after was a new kind of hell for me. I had little to no motor control over my limbs nor over my excretion. I also learned that babies don't grab your finger because they like you, its a reflex that causes them to grab it.

On the bright side I had an excuse to be lazy and relax. Oddly enough my brother wasn't like the typical baby. I also found out that my name was Fayden Leywin and my brother's , Arthur Leywin.

I also found out we were born in our parents room. I hoped that this was my world in a time without electricity, in a past long forgotten. However all my hopes were obliterated when one day our mother healed my brothers leg from a scratch he got after our father recklessly swung him around. It was not a motherly bandage-and-kiss type of heal no it was a full blown green light emitting from my mothers hand, which led me to wonder 'Where the hell am I and why am I here?'

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Chapter 2: Life after Rebirth

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Our mother, Alice Leywin, and our father, Reynolds Leywin, were the best people I have encountered. In my previous life after losing my parents I suppressed my emotions to all but one, yet i found myself growing to care for my new parents. Mother was a kindhearted and warm person, almost angelic while our father was a idiotic yet charismatic person.

She often took us to the rural town she called Ashber, with me and Arthur strapped to her on opposite sides. Tents stood on both sides of the dirt trail with merchants and salesmen selling all sorts of things, from everyday necessities to weapons, armors and...weird glowing rocks? People carried weapons freely. One man of roughly 170cm was displaying an axe bigger than him. My brother was no better, he was as confused as I was. Mother seemed to talk to us often, probably to enhance our understanding of the language. I found myself falling asleep fairly quickly..... Damn this infantile body.

Later that day sitting beside my brother on mothers lap we were watching the prayer like chant our father was reciting for almost a minute, while I found myself inching closer to the edge of our human seat while Art almost fell off in anticipation. After an eternity of waiting multiple fist sized stones levitated and were flung to a nearby tree.

Wait...that was it?

I saw art flailing his arms, on closer inspection I noticed the disappointment in his face too.

But my idiotic dad thought our actions were in awe and replied with, "Your daddy is awesome, huh?!"

No, no you're not, atleast not in elemental magic.

His fighting prowess with his iron gauntlets however was impressive. His fists were powerful enough to break the sound barrier, at the same time it was fluid enough to leave no openings. His high-class skill would be difficult for the old me to counteract without my weapons. In spite of all this all he was to me was my idiotic father.

This new world was simple enough where ones power and wealth decided the kind of life he would live. All in all it was quite similar to my old world, minus the technology and magic replacing ki.

This world still had the system of wars, whereas in my world it had become obsolete where disputes between countries was settled with duels between the rulers or their representatives if they were unfit to duel at the moment. I was one such representative, the loyal right hand man of my king. The smaller disputes were settled by small scale battles with limited firearms.

Enough about my old world. The currency system in this world was straightforward as well, with copper being the lowest form of currency, followed by silver and then gold. Nothing in Ashber cost more than a few silvers, so I hadn't seen any gold, yet. It seemed a few coppers per day was enough for the average family.

100 coppers = 1 silver

100 silvers = 1 gold

I started honing my new body with the skills I learned in my previous life.

My comfortable regime would soon change however.

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Chapter 3: To the library

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I was not the king, but his right hand. I did not have armies at my feet but i led them with his discretion. I was his blade in the dark doing all the dirty tasks not fit for the king. I out-dueled representatives when the king was not fit to do so. I took down all the assassination attempts under the cover of shadows.

My ability to adapt to my opponents fighting styles was second to none, this along with my dual blade wielding style made me a formidable fighter. Power prevailed over all in my world as well, and i had no lack of it. I could go toe to toe against the strongest fighters and come victorious, yet my proudest achievement was when I first crawled.

I learned faster than Art because of my previous experiences, although he wasn't far behind, are all babies this fast?

Often he demonstrated more mature characteristics. Always searching around with his intelligent blue eyes. Sometimes staring at me almost as if trying to communicate. Could it be? After all if I was reincarnated why cant there be more. Although I didn't confront him about it, not until I have more evidence.

Father would frequently sit with us and talk about his adventuring days, which apparently was a profitable profession. His stories ranged from his adventures with his party in the "Beast Glades", to how he met our mother in a city called Valden. He proudly told us how mother fell head over heels for him when he went to the adventurers guild, although it seems that if was the exact opposite judging from how mother slapped the back of his neck and told him to stop telling us lies.

At first I didn't agree much to my nickname of Fay, I was feared too much in my old life to have a nickname this cute. But my views changed after glimpsing my reflection in the washrooms mirror. Ashen brown hair came down to my eyes, which were of dark blue hue.

In the weeks I was able to crawl, I had sneaked into the library, only to be soon joined by my twin. I was certain he never saw me doing that. Huh? The possibilities of Arthur being reborn keep increasing don't they?

This led to Mother cursing the day we were able to crawl. "I swear, you both are going to become as hard to manage as your father".

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Closing the encyclopedia I had read I laid on my back and pondered the information I had gained. This world was quite underdeveloped. From what I read there is a scarcity of technological advancement, mainly due to the people being more dependent on magic. Weapons were permitted everywhere other than in presence of royalty or people of high authority. Hell people carry weapons even when shopping for groceries.

This disturbed me deeply, sure the police back on earth carried weapons but that was mainly to deter crime. One day the two of us witnessed a thief stealing a bunch of items from a armory only to be slashed in the back by a polearm wielded by the shopkeeper to which the people cheered, while the thief lay there bleeding out.

This world ran under the system of monarchy, much like my previous world. However the throne was hereditary here, passed on from the King to his son. The continent of Dicathen had three kingdoms the kingdom ruled by humans, Sapin; the kingdom of the elves, Elenoir and the underground dwarven kingdom of Darv. The lack of information on other continents surprised me a bit as ships had been invented, but that shock quickly went away as the ships might not be advanced enough to cross oceans.

The concept of mana was much different to ki though. Superhuman abilities and their wielders were relied upon by countries on Earth, yet the application varied.

Back on Earth, we learned how to condense and utilize the innate ki within our bodies. Very much similar to a muscle. Repeatedly breaking the ki center down through exhaustion followed by rest would cause the ki center to grow stronger, allowing access to a bigger pool of ki. The ki would then be channeled throughout the body via special veins or meridians and utilized for the strengthening of the body and weapon.

Here the ki was called mana, more surprising was the fact that it existed in the atmosphere. Thus the mages draw in the mana from the atmosphere and condense it in their mana core, while in my world ki was only formed and existed in our bodies.

Therefore your innate ki size mattered a lot as it determined the amount of ki you could it. Sure you could somewhat largen and strengthen it but it was a small and limited increase. So ones skill with ki was the most important factor.

My ki core in my previous life was a little above average, however that didn't stop me from becoming one of the best practitioners, my ability to adapt to anyone's fighting style coupled with my skill with my dual blades allowed me to climb to the top. Now since ones mana core can get stronger I should be able to surpass my old self and become strong enough to keep my family safe.

One day in the library I witnessed Arthur crawl purposefully to the very same book i had read as if he knew what to look for.

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Chapter 4: Mana manipulation 101

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(A/N This chapter is almost the same as chapter 4 of the 1st novel so feel free to skip the explanations)

"Beginner's Guide for the Privileged Mage"

"While the power to control mana is largely genetic, there are many cases where children of Magi come out unable to sense the mana around them. A recent censusshowed that roughly one in every one hundred children are able to sense mana, butthe extent of which could only be tested when their mana core first completely developed—anywhere from their early adolescence to late teen years. It will be apparent when a mage first awakens by the initial repellence of the surrounding manawhen their mana core manifests. This results in a translucent barrier forming aroundthe awakened that lasts a couple of minutes."

I was flipping through the pages when one caught my eye

"...Mana can be used in a couple of ways. The two most common methods of utilizingmana are: enhancement of the body with mana (augmenter), and emission of mana tothe outside world (conjurer)..."

"...augmenters are most commonly seen amongst warriors who utilize mana,channeling it through their body to strengthen themselves and their attacks."

"...The practice of conjuring is seen in Mages, who, after utilizing their mana, can castspells to give off a certain effect on the surrounding area or directly at a target."

Weaknesses and Limitations

"While augmenters can possess incredible strength, defense and agility, theirweakness lies in their limited range..."

"Conjurers possess unfathomable powers, being able to bend their surroundings to their will. However, such powers come with limits. Unlike augmenters, who utilizemost of the mana in their own mana cores, conjurers need to borrow mana from theoutside world, in addition to their own mana core, to exert mana into their surroundings in the form of a spell."

"While both types of Mages, or Mana Manipulators, for the more scientifically accurate term, depend on and are categorized by their mana core, augmenters and conjurers also have different ways of measuring their aptitude."

Flip.

"An augmenter's prowess or talent is measured by the strength of the mana channels in their body, which measures the speed and efficiency in relocating their mana from their mana core into various parts of their bodies..."

"...A conjurer's power and talent, comparatively, is measured by the power of their mana veins, which indicates the speed and effectiveness of absorbing mana from theoutside world to cast a spell."

Flip.

"...Mages (Mana Manipulators) are typically categorized into one of these two divisions since attempting to become proficient in both from an early stage is incredibly time consuming and inefficient. Most are born with a skewed difference in their mana channels and mana veins..."

"...augmenters do not need very strong mana veins because they mostly utilize themana from their cores, while conjurers do not need very powerful mana channelsbecause they do not release their mana into their own bodies."

"As proficiency level rises, the distinction between augmenters and conjurers lessens naturally, but that is only so at an advanced level..."

It seems my father is a decent augmenter but a below average conjurer.

But what about my mother? What was that green healing light?

"There are a few, rare deviants. The two most well-known types of deviants areelemental deviants and Emitters. While some still remain undiscovered, ones that arehighly sought after are the Emitters, more commonly known as healers. Healerspossess the rare ability to cast their unique restorative mana unto others, directly,recovering injuries and impairments."

Damn mother's strong

Fundamentals of Conjuring

"The proper steps of utilizing mana for conjurers is to gather the surrounding mana in the area, drawing it into your body, then, after circulating it into your mana core to stabilize and purify the atmosphere's diluted mana, you channel it into an appropriate conductor (a staff, wand, ring, of some sort) with the incantations as a mental controller for your will into shaping the mana into whatever spell you want..."

Flip.

"...The more powerful the spell, the longer it will take to draw in surrounding mana,store it in your mana core, where it is condensed and purified, and finally channel and release..."

Flip.

"Because conjuring involves exerting focused mana into a particular spell, conjurers will notice that they have a special aptitude of certain elements (Air, Water, Fire,Earth), but with proper training, can become adequate in the basics of all elements."

Flip.

Fundamentals of Augmenting

"Unlike conjuring, much less time can be spent gathering the surrounding mana. Efficient use of augmenting requires speed and precision in the use of the mana from your core and less from the mana in the atmosphere..."

Ah here it is, something similar to using ki, except one could also use mana from the atmosphere. So the reason there were no conjurers in my old world was because there was no ki in the atmosphere to draw from.

"...augmenting requires proper distribution of mana into different parts of the body, depending on how the user sees fit. While it seems simple at a glance, augmenting requires much insight into the individual's own body. Being able to utilize the mana channels efficiently requires years of both mental and physical practice."

Flip.

"Because augmenting involves extracting mana in its purest form from the user's mana core, there are no highly notable distinctions in an elemental sense at an early stage. However, augmenters are able to control their mana more freely, resulting in vastly different forms of fighting through augmentation."

Flip.

"The phenomenon called 'Backlash' occurs in both types of practitioners. For augmenters, it occurs from depletion of the mana core, causing extreme bodily pain, depending on how strenuous the damage to the mana core is. For conjurers, Backlash occurs from the overfilling of the mana core. This is caused by overuse of spells beyond the practitioner's capacity, or using a spell too powerful for the mana core to handle."

"Haaah" I sighed from the amount of information i just digested.

So I thought to try making a mana core. Since the formation ki core in my old life could be stimulated and quickened, why couldn't it be the same for a mana core.

Thus, I began meditating and forming my mana core. This went on for days, finally one day Art came across the same book i read on mana manipulation, from them he too started meditating. I was now very certain he was reborn as well, since I made sure to never be caught reading the book or meditating by him.

Once Arthur was meditating during daytime running the risk of getting caught, so I also joined him. It was silent for a few minutes when mother came barging in the study looking for us.

"There you are children. Having trouble taking a poop?" she asked unaware of what was truly transpiring.

We voiced our disagreement until she picked us up and checked, I had indeed wet myself while Arthur's nappy had become heavier than usual.

....well ain't that a coincidence

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Chapter 5: Awakening

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Alice Leywin POV:

My boys are the most adorable babes ever, I am not saying this because I am a doting mother.

No.

Art and his patch of glowing auburn hair and Fay with his long locks of ashen hair, with the intelligent, glowing eyes they both seemed to share.

No no, I told you, I'm not a doting mother. I plan on being a strict and just mother for I can't rely on my husband. For God's sake he tried to teach the boys to fight when they just learned to crawl.

I knew both of the little rascals would turn up like their father. They become extremely excited when they see their father practice.

On the bright side they would scurry off to the study instead of playing with the toys or stuffed animals. That at least was the complete opposite of their father.

Both of my son's were interested in many things. I cant get enough seeing their heads turn to take everything in. They were particularly interested in their father's practices.

Reynolds was a pretty competent adventurer back in the day. Being a B-class adventurer by the age of 28 was actually an impressive feat. Acquiring an E-class rank, the lowest rank, required taking a test to prevent us from sending eager but ignorant adolescents to their deaths. As for the higher ranks, I've only seen a couple of A-class adventurers in my years of working at the guild, and I've yet to see an S-class adventurer, assuming they actually exist.

At the Adventurer Guild, or what we just called the Guild Hall back then in Valden, I got to see too many eager teens. I swear, I was surprised they didn't float away from having their overly inflated egos get to their heads.

At least they were ambitious.

One time, I was assigned to proctor a basic practical exam, where the examinee had to simply demonstrate fundamental competency in their mana manipulation, but before the test had even begun, the kid fell straight onto his back because the sword he was carrying had been too heavy for him. Speaking of airheads, Reynolds sure came off as one back then. The moment he saw me in the Guild Hall, his jaw literally dropped and he just stood there until the guy inline behind him elbowed him to hurry up to which he moved along muttering to the receptionist to trade in the goods he had gotten.

He eventually managed to gather up the courage and ask me out for dinner and the rest is history.

The next landmark in my journal is when Art first said "mama".

I coerced him into repeating it just to make sure I wasn't imagining it, this caused Rey to sulk as he wouldn't say "dada".

I won...at least I thought so. Immediately after that Fay said "dada", now it was my turn to sulk as I couldn't get him to say "mama".

But more confusing was that they smiled at each other, almost as if they planned it.

In the end they reversed their roles, Art said "dada" and Fay said "mama".

When I got over the joy of being called "mama" by both of my boys, I couldn't tell whether it was a coincidence or not.

Fayden Leywin POV:

A little over 2 years have passed since I started forging my core. I found that Arthur was also forging his own mana core and would complete it a few days after me

However if I awaken and destroy a large portion of the house and then he proceeds to awaken after me and destroy it after it is repaired it could lead to financial problems, so I decided to confront him about it so that we can awaken at the same time.

"Big bwodah Art. Come with me for a minute", I asked after locating him. After he agreed I led him towards the study, all the while thinking if the risks of revealing myself are worth it. The possibilities of him not being a reborn person were low so I was willing to take this risk.

Upon arriving at the study I waited for a few minutes before going through with it, "So does the word ki hold any meaning to you?" I asked more fluently than possible for a baby my age.

His face showed a sliver of surprise before he managed to hide it, "How do you know that term?" he responded sternly.

So I was right, he was reborn as well.

"You're not the only one to be reborn Art. Enough of that now the real reason I called you here, How long till you finish?"

".....about a week" He replied, already knowing what I meant.

"Try to awaken in the backyard, both of us awakening simultaneously will destroy our entire house and put us in a financial crisis"

He agreed with a nod before asking, "Who are you?"

I smiled at this, "Who we were is not important at the moment we will talk about it later, now we are family and I shall do whatever it takes to protect my family, I have a feeling you have the same thought process."

To this he returned my smile and humed in approval.

A week after our conversation we were both ready to awaken, meditating in our backyard.

Then finally on that fateful day.

BOOM!

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Chapter 7: Birthday celebration?

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'Well damn, I feel great. Everything looks and feels so much clearer, I can even count the shredded splinters of wood in front of me.....wait splinters?' I thought to myself before realizing that even with such precaution our was was not unscathed.

Crap

I saw Arthur glaring at the scene as if expecting some form of attacker , before his expression turned into one of confusion. "Now you see why I told you to awaken outside" I tell him.

Before he could respond however mother screamed "MY BOY'S ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!" as she sprinted towards us with a worried look. After seeing us however she whispered, "Oh my..." upon hearing that I couldn't stop a smile from creeping on my face.

"Congratulations on your awakening boys" our father said with a proud smile.

As someone who acted as the kings representative, I apologized.

"I'm so sorry"

"I'm sorry Mom, Dad. Am I in trouble?"

Huh? It seems Arthur had the same thought.

"Haha... No, you're not in trouble boy's. We were just worried. I'm glad both of you are alright" my mother responded through teary eyes.

My idiot of a father, however had a different reaction

"My boy's are prodigies. Awakening at the age of less than three! This is bizarre, and I thought I was fast" he exclaimed. Yet before he could continue.

"What in the world" a passing by neighbor screamed, prompting a sheepish grin to appear on our faces.

"Haha , I guess we should clean this mess up" my father said while rubbing the back of his head.

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A few weeks after our awakening , we decided to keep it a secret for now. Since it would be a rather absurd claim anyways it didn't matter much. My father managed to contact a few of his past adventurer friends to fix the house. Surprisingly none of them questioned why it happened, speaks a lot about my idiot father.

A few days after the fixing of our house our birthday came around(May 29), we were woken up that morning with a present and .....a loaf of bread?

It was cake, sorry mom, dad.

Both Art and I opened our boxes. I found a carefully crafted wooden pair of short swords, well what what went as short swords considering our age. How did they even know?

The fact that they could tell what suited me just by observing me made me quite happy and I ended up hugging them both and thanking them for it.

What was more surprising was that they decided to celebrate our birthdays now when they didn't bother for the last 2 years.

Art asked them as such seemingly unaware that I was thinking the very same thing.

They said that it was due to the low chance of babies surviving till the age of 3.

Well, that was morbid

By the look on Art's face he was thinking something similar.

Another thing I noticed was that there was no mandatory education system and that the basics of reading and writing was taught by the parents.

Soon after turning 3 mother started to "teach" us how to read and write. Seeing Arthur playing the role of a genius son I decided to play along. Saying that our mother was overjoyed that both of us were geniuses would be an understatement.

Father started teaching us the basics of mana manipulation training and body exercises. Even though he simplified the explanations it would go over any normal 3 year old's head.

The basics were somewhat like this, one can judge someone's mana strength based on the color of their core which were classified as : black, red, orange, yellow, silver, white. As you filter out the impurities of your mana it turns lighter. From red to yellow the cores are of 3 stages dark, solid and light.

Due to mother's connection's to the adventurers guild she manages to procure a vast number of books on basic mana manipulation and fighting with different weapons. Since the two of us went to the advanced books first she tried to make us read the simpler ones first but with some convincing from me and Art she relented.

Our Average days went as followed, reading and writing lessons from mother, then augmenting training, then physical training mainly involving running and basic training.

At my free times I would either practice conjuring or spar with Arthur or in the library. This went on for almost a year until one day.

"Honey, I think its best we get the boys a proper tutor."

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Chapter 8: The journey begins

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A *clang* resounded throughout the room as my mother dropped her fork.

"What? Reynolds! They are not even four yet! Besides you said that if one our sons was an augmenter you could teach him!" Mother exclaimed desperately.

"I also never expected the both of them to be prodigies in mana manipulation. No one has ever heard of an awakening at the age of 3. Besides Fay is a conjurer so I can't train him properly anyways." Father said much more calmly.

"But then they would have to leave home! They're only four Reynolds! we cant have them leave home at such a young age!"

"You don't understand, when I observe them while they meditate I cant help but feel that all this is natural for them. Alice, honey I'm holding them back, they have so much potential"

Thus began their quarrel. The two of us glanced at each other and sighed deeply.

So I began thinking what our affinities would be and started thinking of situations with each affinity and how to mould my fighting style around it.

Finally our parents settled down and father looked at us.

"Art, Fay this will affect your future so you two have a say in this as well. How would you feel about going to a big city and having a teacher?"

Great

Give the life changing decision choice to the 4 year olds, very smart dad, very smart.

Arthur decided to take the reins here and said, "Cant mommy and daddy come too and meet teacher together?"

I nodded my approval. Meanwhile Arthur started sweating nervously, huh? What's the matter with him?

Our parents on the other hand started laughing.

" I guess we didn't really think about all of us going together" said my father.

" I might feel better about this if I'm there when he's tested and meets his teacher" mother said with a smile.

" Then it seems like we're going to Xyrus city" Father said while banging his palm on the table.

Seeing that Arthur already packed two books for the trip I only packed my twin swords.

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Morning came and we were ready to go meet up with dads ex-party members. The party consisted of three augmenters and two conjurers, them along with my mother, a rare emitter, and my father, a B-class augmenter we we're ready for the trip.

After strapping my two swords on my back in a X I grasped fathers hand while Art held mothers we followed our parents to meet their ex-party members.

Although hearing about them from my father we never visited them.

The information I got from father about the Twin Horns was that they consisted of:

Helen Shard: Female augmenter, specializing in magic archery.

Adam Krensh: Male augmenter, whose main weapon was the spear.

Jasmine Flamesworth: Female augmenter, who specialized in speed with dual daggers.

Angela Rose: Female conjurer, specializing in Wind Magic.

Durden Walker: Male conjurer, specializing in Earth Magic.

We met up in front of the stables of inn they'd been staying at. My father hugging his ex-party member exclaimed," Fellas I want you to meet my sons, Arthur and Fayden! Go on Introduce yourselves."

"Hello my name is Arthur Leywin. My father has told me great things about his fellow Twin Horns members. Thank you for traveling with us to Xyrus. We'll be in your hands." Arthur says while bowing.

" I am Fayden Leywin, a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for agreeing to accompany us to Xyrus. Please take care of us" I said .

There was a silence for a few seconds

Crap were our sentences too complicated

" Such manners, you sure Rey is your dad, kid?" The red haired spear wielder replied. Upon further inspection he was fairly good-looking, had bright red hair tied in a messy poof at the end, almost like a flame, and a couple of bangs escaping from the hair tie. He reminded me of some sort of vagabond. His eyes were bright and almost seemed like they were always laughing. The first thing I noticed though, was the scar across his nose, reaching both cheeks.

Meanwhile the blonde woman, Angela Rose, came near us I managed to avoid her hand but Arthur got picked up and taken to a death trap.

Your sacrifice will not be in vain Arthur, you were a great brother.

Taking a good look at the woman who was trying to kill Art. I realized she was very pretty. I mean, while not as pretty as my mother, she gave off the whole "royal princess" vibe with her long blond hair that came to a curl at the ends and radiant green eyes that drooped slightly.

Just then a strong pair of hands grabbed him by the knapsack tied to his back and whisked him away. The pair of hands belonged to a giant of a man easily passing two meters in height with staff strapped to his back.

"Angela, you're hurting him" His grunted.

He had very narrow eyes and eyebrows that slanted down, giving him an almost innocent face, compared to his enormous body that stretched passed two meters. The short, scruffy black hair on his head completed the shaggy dog image on him.

Huh? So he's the gentle giant type then.

We looked towards the youngest woman of the group. . She had straight black hair, back half tied up with a ribbon, red, half opened eyes and curt-looking lips, making her seem very brusque. I spotted two short daggers strapped to her lower back, just above the hips.

"Mhm", she slightly nodded and looked away. Arthur looked at me to which I just gave him a shrug and my best 'I dunno' face.

"Don't mind her, she just needs to get used to you" the last member of the Twin Horns, Helen Shard said.

She patted our head lightly and smiled a charming smile. The word that I would use to describe Miss Helen would be sharp. Sharp eyes, sharp, perky nose, thin red lips, and a flat chest, almost boyish, with her shoulder-length hair tied tightly in the back. Clothed in light leather armor covering her ches... I mean, breasts, and bow and arrows strapped to her back, I couldn't help but compare her to an elf, but that thought quickly became invalid after seeing her rounded ears.

I hopped on to the carriage at the rear sitting opposite to Arthur. After the others finished loading in all the travel necessities into the two large carriages we were taking we strapped in lizard like mana beasts, with spikes across their backs and powerful claws, these D-class monsters were a lot more efficient than horses.

So off we went on our journey to Xyrus which I expected to take a Day at max. Oh how wrong I was.

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Chapter 9: Spar?

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By nightfall, when the once distant mountain range doubled in size, we stopped near a cluster of boulders to make camp. It was a good place with rocks blocking off nearly all of the wind and a multitude of fallen branches to use as fuel for the fire.

The worst thing about this body is the amount of sleep it requires, even after sleeping for most of the way I still felt drowsy.

After setting up the campfire father and mother began conversing about the twin horns, me and Art sat at one log alone when Helen sat down between and say nonchalantly, "I heard your old man say that the two of you are prodigies in magic.....have you two truly awakened?"

Arthur replied to this by the truth. She began asking how we felt after awakening and what color our core was, by this time the others have been eaves dropping and Adam asked," Hey Reynold's, do you mind if I test the kids?"

Seriously, normal three year old's would be going up stairs with alternation steps and test balancing on one foot for several seconds

The others weren't too bothered with the idea of having a mock battle with a 3 year old kid.

After hesitating for a bit my father just replied with, "Alright, but be careful. I haven't had the chance to teach him how to properly fight yet. We've just been doing light strength and mana exercises 'til now."

Adam got up from his log and picked up a short stick and said, "Haha, lets see what you kids are made of"

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Retrieving the wooden short swords I had gotten as my birthday present we followed Adam near a clearing at the edge of the camp.

"You both know how to reinforce your weapon right prodigies?" he asked.

The two of us stood side by side inspecting the man standing 5 meters away from us. Flashbacks of my past life dueling representatives and taking down to be assassins for the King came to my mind as my eyes narrowed only focusing on the enemy and my body went to my old stance.

I willed mana into my legs and swords and dashed forward as fast as I could with a with my swords held in front of me, one ready to slash, the other, to stab, from the corner of my eye I noticed Arthur doing the same with his sword held tight in both hands.

Still with the smug look Adam prepared to block the two swings, he blocked the slash but that left him open for the stab so I thrust forward, Arthur meanwhile performed a feint and a special footwork I had only ever seen one person do flawlessly, but he couldn't perform it so perfectly and blinked to his right, Adam who was busy blocking my stab couldn't move in time, while my sword continued its path towards his exposed neck, his expression turned to one of shock.

That's right you cant avoid both attacks.

Oh, how wrong I was

In a split-second he pivoted his right foot in with near inhuman speed and proceeded and upward swing on Art, while the other side of his stick came to strike me, I couldn't move in time and had to block it awkwardly, even then I couldn't stop it from throwing me back a few metres. On the other hand Arthur dodged it and hit his left ankle hard, this seemed to unbalance him for a moment before he performed a full on split, followed by a roundhouse sweep with his legs.

Adam swung his wooden stick towards him again while I went to attack his open side, I didn't see what exactly happened but Arthur flew towards the ground skidding with as much grace as a flat rock on a lake.

That looks like it hurt....a lot.

On the bright side I managed a hit to his ribs.

A few seconds of silence followed suit with seven shocked faces looking at us.

Mother was the first to recover, she rushed towards Arthur seeing he was the most injured and cast a healing spell over him, not long after she came to me asking if I was hurt which I wasn't so I didn't need a spell.

Glimpsing to Adam I noticed Durden thumping his head with enough strength to make him stumble forward.

That's what you get for trying to show dominance against two 3 year old supposed genius kids.

Adam's voice cuts through my thoughts, "Haven't taught them how to fight, my ass! What kind of Hellish training did you make them go through?" he groaned, still rubbing his head.

"I didn't teach them that", my father managed to speak.

He shook his head and came next to us asking if we were ok.

"I'm fine dad" I replied, Arthur just shook his head.

He picked Arthur up and went to pick me up as well but I just replied that I could walk by myself.

He placed Arthur where we were sitting before, I followed him and sat beside my twin.

"Boys, where did you learn to fight like that?"

"I learned by reading the books and watching you dad" Arthur replied non-chalantly.

Father seemingly satisfied with this answer turned towards me.

"I just went by my instinct and randomly performed the hits" I replied.

Somehow I felt saying "You see, I was the King's right hand man who dueled in his place multiple times as his representative from a world where diplomatic and international issues are settled by battles. I just happened to be reincarnated as your son... Surprised?" wouldn't sit well with him.

"Sorry for roughing you up there, little guy. I didn't expect I would need to use that much strength to get you off me."

Adam apologized to Arthur.

Would you look at that. Maybe he isn't a total jerk.

"Your fighting style is... unique. How did you do that step after the feint?" a faint voice said from our side.

"She speaks!" I whispered lowly, but Arthur caught it and snickered a bit before responding with "Thank you?"

"Your instincts are quite sharp, I'd reckon you'd make a strong fighter someday" Helen says to me.

Arthur in the meanwhile started explaining how his technique worked. I tuned out the explanation since I had already learned and mastered it in my old life, but this did help solidify my suspicion on who exactly he was. I figured I'll ask him when we are alone.

Adam, Helen, Jasmine and even father went to the clearing to try out his "feint step" as I liked to call it.

Mother looked at us with a proud expression as if saying "You did well".

Angela though came up to us to put us in that death trap again, but I stepped out of her reach before she could catch me. She seemed to pout that I dodged her both times. I like breathing thank you very much

Again Arthur? Do you like falling in near death situations or what?

"Cute AND talented, aren't you? Why couldn't you have been born earlier so that this sister could snatch you up herself?!"

Uh lady you're raising some red flags here.

Arthur blushed and pulled himself away.

Understandable, almost any straight male would do if he found himself in that situation.

Then why do you always dodge it? a little voice in my head said.

As I said I like breathing.

Durden didn't interrupt this time seeing that Arthur managed to free himself and simply gave us a thumbs up, I responded with a nod.

The night passed quickly as the 4 of them tried to master the feint step while the two of us slept in the tent with Mother.

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Chapter 10: Filth exists in all worlds

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A few more days passed without incident and we finally made it to the foot of the grand mountains, which were....grand.

All the way the four of them kept trying to master the feint step, as I had nothing better to do I kept watching them try and fail. Jasmine was the first to do it and demonstrated it to Arthur, he just applauded at her. It was one of the basic moves Grey had taught me. Well what she doesn't know won't hurt her.

The rest weren't far behind on mastering it, so by the time we reached the foot of the mountains all of them had mastered and altered it to fit their fighting style

Next we had to ascend the mountain to reach the teleportation gate.

Whoever thought it was a good idea to make the teleportation gate atop a mountain.

The front carriage consisted of Durden who was holding the reins in the front, with father besides him to keep him company. This carriage was carrying our luggage.

Helen was currently seated on the top of the second carriage, the one I was riding in, scouting for any abnormalities. Angela sat in the back carriage with my mom, Arthur and me, while Adam walked behind us, keeping guard. While Jasmine steered the carriage, she kept staring back at Arthur as if wanting more techniques.

What is she five?

That reminds me Art and I turned four during our journey to the foot of the grand mountains. Mother surprised us by procuring a cake from....somewhere. When did she get the time to even make it? But hey I ain't complaining, I put a smile and thanked her. While the others simply gave us hugs(this time i made and exception and fell victim to the death hugs of Angela) or pats in the back Jasmine gave Arthur a short knife and showed me some tricks and advantages of dual wielding. Most of which I had already learned in my old life but hey its the thought that matters.

Along the way to the top of the mountains Arthur and I learned more about mana and its two manipulations. We were discussing about how useful forming a cloak of mana around ones body would be when suddenly Helen shouted.

"BANDITS! PREPARE TO ENGAGE!"

I heard footsteps from our right and rear.

"Submit, O' wind and follow my will. I command and gather you around in protection. Wind Barrier!" instantly a gust of wind formed a tornado around Mother, Arthur, Angela and I. The tornado then shaped into a sphere around us.

Angela was busy concentrating on keeping the barrier from dissipating while arrows kept bombarding it.

Within seconds the tarp covering the carriage was torn away and I got a better view of how screwed we were.

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There were at least 30 of those bastards, blocking our path forwards and backwards we were trapped.

The bandits on the ground wielded swords, spears and other close range weapons while the ones on the mountainside atop a cliff had bows aimed towards us firing arrow after arrow.

Most of the party seemed to be fine but Helen seemed quite pale, probably due to the arrow embedded in her right calf.

A bald man with a heavily scarred face and the body of a bear, carrying a giant battle axe, spoke out. "Look what we have here. Pretty good catch, boys. Leave only the girls and the kids alive. Try not to scar them too much. Damaged goods will only sell for less,"

How bout I damage your goods? Damage as in smash to a pulp

Now I haven't felt genuine anger in a long while, most of the fights I won and people I killed were simply orders nothing else. Often times the enemy tried to anger me so that I may lose concentration and become reckless, but it never got to me.

Yet this filth, managed to enrage me more than I ever remember feeling. I almost rushed forward with as much killing intent I could muster when mother caught me and Art and tried to shield to shield us from the bloodshed going on.

My father then yelled out, "There are only 4 mages and none ofthem seem to be conjurers! The rest are normal warriors" I could now see how quickly my father returned to his ex-adventurer days leading the Twin Horns, his expression was one of wisdom only possible with years of experience.

"Safeguard Formation!"

Adam was behind us brandishing his spear, with Jasmine and Helen to our left as father and Durden faced the archers parrying the arrows to the best of their abilities.

Meanwhile Durden cast a spell, "Gather and guard my allies, O' benevolent Earth; do not let them be harmed!"

[Earth Wall]

A four meter earthen wall rose in front of Durden.

At that moment my father dashed forward taking down multiple bandits with his augmented fists.

A bandit sneaked behind him and went to strike him, I was about to scream out when an arrow pierced through his chest. Looking towards Helen I saw her nodding towards father.

"Warrior coming your way, Helen!" Adam shouted as he dodged the swing of a mace wielder, delivering a precise swipe to his jugular killing him.

Jasmine was currently engaged in an intense duel against an augmenter, whose weapon of choice was along chain whip. She seemed to be in a disadvantage since her daggers didn't have much range. She was doing all she could to dodge the erratic movements of the whip.

By now the enemy had realized how much she was struggling as he jeered while licking his lips. "I'll make sure to treat you real well before we sell you off as a slave, little missy. Don't worry. By the time I'm done training you, you'll be begging to stay with me," he hissed.

I clenched my fists with enough force to draw a bit of blood. I couldn't do anything, against a fully grown augmenter I'll lose fairly quickly.

I now noticed that mothers hand kept reaching for the wand in her robe, until she decided to draw it. She kept looking around wary of anything that can harm us. Maybe she was not used to such situations?

While I was thinking this something crashed into our carriage, Dad lay there bruised with blood dripping down his mouth.

"DAD!", I yell.

"H-Honey!" Mother screamed after seeing him, in front stood the bear like bandit, Arthur seemed ready to do a suicide charge against him but I put my hand on his shoulder and shook my head.

"We aren't strong enough yet, we'll die for sure if we try to fight." I whispered loud enough for him to hear.

He nods, "Mom you have to heal dad, hurry!"

Something's wrong with mother, she's hesitating almost as if she's...afraid?

"B-but I can't" She managed to say with tears running down her face.

"Its fine Honey, my injuries aren't that critical", Dad says with a grin.

He now looks towards us," Art, Fay listen carefully, once your mother finishes healing me those bad men are going to try and harm her, I'll be able to manage their leader but not if I have to protect you three, so take your mother back down the path we came through and don't stop"

"No dad! I'm staying with you. We can fight! You saw us! We can help!" Art all but shouts at dad.

I can't help but agree, " Art's right dad I'm not leaving you behind to die"

" Listen to me Arthur Leywin , Fayden Leywin, I know you can fight, that's why I'm entrusting your mother to you, don't worry I wont die I'll catch up to you soon so until then protect her ... and protect the baby inside her"

The world seemed to stop as I comprehended what he just said, it all made sense now, why she was so paranoid and holding on to us making sure nothing came close to hurting us.

My mother was pregnant.

I was going to become an older sibling.

"I originally planned on telling you when we arrived in Xyrus, but..." not bothering to finish his sentence my father just looked at us sheepishly.

"I understand, I'll protect her at all costs"

"Okay, I'll protect Mom"

The two of us replied simultaneously

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"Get ready," father said as mom finished healing him, "They've got four mages on their side"

"Sonova- They have a healer! Don't let her escape" the leader roared.

Man if only I had my old body he would be long dead.

Shaking my head to clear my thoughts I grabbed mothers hand while Arthur grabbed her other hand.

Reinforcing my body with mana I pulled her away to the clearing where Adam was fending off the dual wielder, "Hurry down, I'll hold him off"

We were going down the slope when I heard the faint but still permeable *wizz* of an arrow, by the time I had taken my sword out to parry Arthur had already blocked it with his wooden sword. Unfortunately it resulted in it being destroyed.

"The hel-ugh" the archer was swiftly killed by an arrow fired by Helen.

"GO!" she yelled at us before firing another arrow to assist my fatherr

Silently I handed him one of my swords, he simply accepts it with a nod of thanks.

Jasmine, Adam, my father along with Helen were each fighting a mage.

Wait, weren't there four?

"Damien! Forget the plan, just kill them!" the leader barked out.

Shit is that the last mage?

"...respond to my call and wash all to oblivion!" a faint voice finished chanting.

[Water Cannon]

From the cliff one of the so called archers conjured a large sphere of pressurized water.

Crap, well if anything I'll protect my mother.

I glanced at Arthur, who looked like he was thinking something similar. He looked at me and nodded.

Alright, here goes nothing.

The two of us pushed our mother out of the range of the attack, Arthur had planned to protect mother in exchange with both our lives but I wont let that happen, she needs at least one of us.

So I tried to push him away as well but my small body didn't have enough mass to propel both of them away even with mana augmenting it, in the end mother was spared but both of us weren't so lucky.

"I'm sorry mom" I managed to say before I was hit full force by the spell and tumbled down the mountain.

The last thing I saw was Arthur using a mana string coupled with the knife Jasmine gifted him to take the mage down with him.

Heh, at least I could save my family in this life.

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The Beginning After the End - TurtleMe

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Arthur Leywin/Tessia EralithFayden Leywin(OC)/Kathyln Glayder

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Chapter 11: The Fall

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As soon as I gained consciousness the first thing I noticed was that I was dripping wet lying on a soft ground which oddly enough had silky grass. Before I could question any further I lost consciousness.

Next time when I came to I opened my eyes, prepared to be blinded by the sunlight. Instead I saw black and blue grass.....wait that's not grass that's fur, I'm on top of a mana beast, shit.

I tried to get up but as soon as I tried moving in the slightest unbelievable pain shot through my body and I passed out....again

When I finally woke up for good I found myself in some sort of cave where the only source of light was a glowing chasm.

Weird.

"I see you're awake" A deep voice rumbled.

I shrieked like a little kid...which I guess I was.

I turned around to meet the source of the voice only to scream louder.

There in front of me was a huge Wolf, at least 20 feet in height. With red glowing eyes and pitch black fur.

"Wh-wh-who are you? Are you the one that saved me?" I stuttered

"You can call me Noctis, and yes I was responsible for your survival." He replied.

"Thank you, my name is Fayden Leywin and if you agree I have a few more questions" I ask him now with my fear lessened, after all he wouldn't save me just to kill me afterwards, right?

"Fine ask away" He agrees.

"Why did you save me? Where are we? and why is no one else here"

"I do not know exactly why I saved you. Maybe i was touched by your self sacrifice and bravery, or maybe I was just bored. We are in a zone between the Beast Glades and Forests of Elshire, hardly anyone comes here nowadays all because of that damn Indrarth, as for why I am here that's simple I was banished by my race." he growled out.

"Who-?"

"Nevermind, its not important. I may be able to create a rift to send you near settlement, but I wont sugar coat it I cant send you to the human kingdom her barrier prevents any rifts from entering or exiting from here, the closest I can send you is in the forests of Elshire but even that could take months." He cut me off abruptly before I could ask what he meant by 'Indrarth'.

"Do not worry about your family, they are safe, as for your brother, I only saw him for a few seconds before he was taken"

"What do you mean taken is he safe?" I all but yelled at him.

"Calm down, young one if he was taken by her you can rest assured he will be safe" he replied in that constant calm voice of his.

I see so they're all safe, thank god. Knowing Arthur he will make it back to them without my help.

"There are some fruits here which you can eat to nourish yourself." He grunted in reply before turning away and walking out.

"Thank you Noctis", I said as I went looking for the mentioned fruits.

After some searching I found some weird looking glowing fruits, might as well eat.

In all this I failed to notice the tears streaming down my face.

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Days bled into night and I kept meditating to pass the time and refine my mana core, if I will have to navigate the forests I'll need all the strength I can get.

"I had thought human mages awakened near the age of 10 so how come you have awakened so early?" Noctis' voice snapped me out of my meditation.

"Yeah while that is the case normally my brother and I are considered geniuses for awakening so early" I answered him

"Hmm he might be able to make good use of it if he has so much talent but before that I must teach him that yes" He seemingly mumbled to himself.

"What are you talking about?" I asked him.

"Tell me can you absorb mana while fighting?" He answered my question with a question.

"Huh, is it even possible to absorb mana while moving?" I reply

"Yes it is , mana beasts learn this naturally but since humans and other races awaken so late their body cant adapt to this change, and if you're the genius you say you are it wont take much time for you to learn it" he demonstrated this by absorbing the surrounding mana while pouncing from rock to rock.

So from then I started to practice absorbing mana while moving. It was agonizingly frustrating at first, the smallest movements would stop the absorption of mana but after months of practicing I could finally do it.

It has been almost four months now since the fall, I wonder how everyone else is doing. I can't imagine how it feels to lose not one but two children at once, who am i kidding of course I can after all I had lost my previous family in one night during my old life. But still I couldn't help but worry, I hope mom didn't do anything rash after our supposed "Deaths".

One day while I was practicing the Dynamic mana absorption technique Noctis came sprinting towards me, " Get ready, it seems Sylvia has made a rift of her own, I can probably interconnect our rifts and get you out earlier." as soon as he said that I immediately ran towards the black and blue rip he called his rift.

He went ahead of me but stopped at the entrance, "Come on, I might as well escape here along with you" and so I did.

As we entered the rift all I felt was cold, but that only lasted a few seconds before its color changed to a mix of multiple colors making a sort of rainbow.

When we exit the rift I saw that we had indeed arrived in the forests of Elshire, courtesy of the fog it is famous for.

"Listen young one, I have to leave now before they notice me but I will leave you with some gifts before I go" He speaks urgently as if someone is hunting him.

"Please call me Fay and there is no need for gifts you've saved my life and now also helped me on my way home I cannot ask more of you" I say with a bow expressing my gratitude.

"Trust me if you are to survive what's coming you will need this" saying this he struck my sternum, where my mana core resided, with his snout and pierced his tongue into my core and let out a shadowy wisp which ever so often crackled with blue and red lightning. During this process Noctis' eyes glowed like torchlights while his body became an ethereal collection of onyx black smoke.

I grunted in pain yet when I placed my hand on my sternum expecting to find a bleeding hole all I found was smooth skin as if he never did it.

He then opened his mouth wide and shot a shadowy blob at me which suspiciously looked like a wolf cub.

"If you go that way you will find yourself near the teleportation gate to Elenoir"

"When you find yourself in need of celestial assistance call out to me and I shall come, until then farewell Fay."

"What-"

And just like that he disappeared.

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