The light eventually faded from his vision.

And when he finally got his eyesight back, he found himself sitting on a bench on the side of a stone street.

He looked over to the other side of the street and was shocked when he saw a man in blue robes with a staff wave his hands and create a bowl full of apples, before handing it to a young boy.

He stood up and looked around. All around him were people going about their daily lives, dressed in odd clothes and using what he could only assume to be magic.

From what he read in the pamphlet Aqua had given to him, Quirks didn't exist in this world, except for the other reincarnated people around the kingdom.

His mind was going a million miles a minute as it adapted to his new power, and Izuku could see everything. Every piece of technology ever created, from simple things like the wheel, all the way up to the complex and powerful support gear of his homeworld.

He just sat there, half focused on the outside world, half focused on the wave of information currently sorting itself into his brain. It almost felt like he had a search engine for blueprints in his head.

After a few minutes, which felt like hours to Izuku, his mind finally calmed. Izuku could feel the presence of the new information, but it was no longer moving, distracting him.

It felt amazing. Was this what people felt when they got their Quirk?

But it didn't feel good enough for him to ignore the rising feeling in his chest. He recognised the feeling, it was the start of a panic attack. But what was there to panic about?

Oh right, he died.

He died and went to an entirely different world, one where he will never see his classmates, Kacchan, All Might, or… his mum, ever again.

And that's when the panic attack fully swept over him. He fell over, side hitting the dirt, as his breathing increased. His mind was running too fast for even him to follow, going over scenes of policemen coming to the apartment and telling her that he had died.

His panic-addled brain showed him scenes of his mother crying, of his dad being called from his post oversea's just to laugh and say, 'good riddance' when told his Quirkless son had died.

Of course, there was a small part of his brain that knew he was panicking, that knew that his dad probably didn't think that way. The two, maybe three times he had talked to the man, he had genuinely seemed to care about Izuku.

He as about to loop around to the start of the panic cycle when he felt a hand on his back. He opened his eyes (when had he closed them) and saw Aqua looking down at him with a concerned look on her face.

"Yo, Izuku, you alright there? You're breathing pretty heavily… oh, crap! Are you having a panic attack? I mean you did just die after all that's to be expected of you but… I'm not helping am I?"

People walking past them seemed to just be ignoring them, sparing only small glances to the thin, weak-looking boy lying on the ground.

It was nothing Izuku wasn't used to. Being ignored by everyone around him whenever he needed help, that was just part of his life. Except this time, someone was at least trying to help him.

"Izuku, I realise that this is really scary, travelling to a new world always is, but I'm freaking out over here as well and I need you to be OK so that I can break down after you."

The part of Izuku that wasn't panicking, while it was small, appreciated her honesty, and somehow, it actually helped him calm down slightly. The part of him that was panicking gave way to the part of him that wanted to help people, and he could feel his mind slowing down.

It took a few minutes, but Izuku eventually calmed down enough to sit back up. That was when he got a good look at Aqua's face. Her eyes were puffy and red, and she was vibrating slightly.

She looked at him, seeing he was coming down from his panic attack. "You all good now?" and when he nodded, she sighed in relief, before wrapping him up in a giant hug, pushing her face into his shoulder.

"Thank you thank you thank you I was going to be erased and then you suggested I come with you and they let me thank you so much you saved my life!" She said, but Izuku didn't really hear it.

He got the gist of it, sure, but his brain was currently focused on rebooting, because he was being hugged, by a girl! And not just any girl, but a goddess of all people.

"YoUr WeLcOmE!" Izuku yelled, standing up. It was louder than he wanted, and his voice majorly cracked when he said it. Aqua was surprised as well when he stood up, as her butt hit the ground.

Izuku looked around, looking for something to distract himself with. He thought back to the pamphlet he was given by Aqua.

He reached for his bag and grabbed his notebook, and pulled out his pen. He started writing out the few things he could remember from the pamphlet.


1- The starting town is called Axel

2- I'm not meant to tell the inhabitants I come from another world, if asked about my origins, say I'm from a distant country and change the subject

3- Once in Axel, I will be left mostly to my own devices, find the adventurers guild and pay the admission fee, choose a class, and work your way up to being able to defeat the Devil King.

4- The language of the locals has been downloaded into my brain, I should be able to speak with them as if talking Japanese.


He was sure he would add onto that list later on as he remembered stuff from the pamphlet, but for now, that would be enough. Stuffing the notebook back into his bag, he looked around for the adventurers guild.

"Uh, Lady Aqua?" She looked up at him, and he helped her get to her feet. "We should probably go find the adventurers guild. I'm sure you'll be wanting to be pardoned and get to go home as quickly as possible."

He started walking towards what looked like a town square, hoping to get directions, when he noticed Aqua wasn't following him. He turned back to see her looking around.

"Lady Aqua? What's wrong?" She walked over to him and just shrugged, surprising Izuku.

"Honestly Izuku, I'm fine with not going back for a while. Defeating the Devil King is going to take a while, and as long as I'm here, I don't have to do any of my godly duties."

She then looked around, seeming confused. "So Izuku, do you know where the Adventurers Guild is?"

Izuku almost dropped to the ground right then and there. She didn't know her way around the town? She had been sending people here for over a decade, and had never actually learnt what the town was like?

"No, I don't, I was going to ask you, or one of the locals for directions. How do you not know where everything is?! You're a goddess!" He actually yelled the last part, causing a few people to glace over at them.

Aqua seemed concerned for a moment before smacking her hand over his mouth. "OK, while I am a goddess, you probably shouldn't go around yelling that out, alright? Just call me Aqua."

Izuku nodded and she removed her hand. "But to answer your question, I oversaw a lot of worlds, I can't keep track of everything in all of them, I've only existed for about 15 years, I don't have a lot of experience with this whole goddess thing."

Izuku just stared at her in disbelief. "So you really have been sending people here, while not really knowing much about it?"

Aqua just nodded and had the decency to at least look sorry about it, so Izuku dropped it. That was fine. He could just find the Adventurers guild himself. Or you know, ask for directions.

He spotted a man walking past them and ran over to him, before bowing. "Excuse me, sir! I was wondering if you knew where the Adventurer Guild was? My friend and I are looking to join up!"

The man looked at him up and down then scoffed, before giving Izuku directions. As he was walking off he looked over his shoulder and yelled back at Izuku. "Good luck kid, your gonna need it."

Izuku frowned. He knew he was pretty scrawny, but was he really that bad? "Oh yea, definitely Izuku."

Izuku jumped when he realised he had said that out loud. "Although I'm pretty sure he was just jealous of you because you pointed at me and called me your friend."

Izuku just looked at her confused. Someone was jealous of him? That was definitely new. Then he remembered. In this world, nobody had a Quirk! And everyone who did, the other reincarnated people, would just pass them off as natural abilities!

But this world had MAGIC, for crying out loud. Not having a Quirk wasn't going to get him the pain and abuse that he got in his old one.

Izuku started tearing up at the thought of being treated like a human being, smiling like a lunatic.

Aqua just looked at him, concerned. "Uh, Izuku, are you alright? What's wrong? Was it something I said?"

Izuku shook his head, trying to clear up his tears. It took him longer than he would have liked. "No! You just reminded me that people here aren't going to pick on me for being Quirkless. That's something I've been wanting my entire life."

Aqua didn't really know how to respond to that. Izuku's world was a fairly common one for her to watch whenever she had free time, as the villain fights were usually pretty cool.

She knew how important a Quirk was to a person, and from the small amount of detail she had gotten from his 'Book of Life', not having one had caused him a whole lot of trouble.

She placed her hand on his shoulder and smiled at him. Then she slapped him. "Alright dude, I will not have the future killer of the Devil King himself crying in the middle of the street."

She pumped her fist into the air. "We are going to go to the Adventurers Guild, get signed up, get praised a bit for how awesome I am, and then we're gonna go destroy some monsters!"

Izuku wiped away the tears in his eyes and tried to smile at Aqua, but it was pretty shaky. She sighed and started dragging him along, before realising that he was the one that knew where they were going.

She facepalmed and let him in front, and they walked off together towards the guild.


Izuku was surprised when he saw the guild building.

It was huge! The other buildings weren't small or anything, but this looked like a mini castle! It even had a moat!

Aqua seemed just as impressed. Apparently, there wasn't actually any buildings in the divine realm, just little pockets of space that each god or angel inhabited. Izuku wanted to ask about it further but decided that it could wait.

Still staring at the large wooden doors, he poked Aqua in the shoulder and started walking forward. Aqua still looked curious but followed him in.

He pushed on the door and was hit by a wave of heat and sound. Laughter, music, the clicking of cutlery on plates, people smashing wooden mugs together. It all overwhelmed him for a second.

"Oh! Welcome!" a girl Izuku assumed was a waitress, due to the fact that she was carrying drinks, said as they entered. "If you're looking to eat, grab a seat where you can! And if you looking for work, head on over to the counter!"

Izuku smiled and nodded, bowing to her slightly, getting a confused look from the waitress in return. Aqua just laughed quietly at Izuku, who was still following Japanese customs.

Izuku just stood there and took a moment to look around the guildhall. There were decorations all over the walls and pillars, rings and paintings, as well as a giant skeleton from something that looked like a snake.

As Izuku stood there and looked around, he heard someone yell out to them. "Hey! Never seen you two around here before. Y'all got some weird clothes, you know?"

Izuku let out a small 'eep' and turned to the man. He was built like a truck, with shoulder armour held on by… pink suspenders?

Izuku bowed to him. "We're new to town! These are normal clothes from where we come from." and in a sudden spur of confidence that Izuku didn't know he even had in him, he added; "We heard you guys could use our help fighting the Devil Kings armies."

The big guy just looked at him, then clapped him on the shoulder, laughing. "If dying's what you want kid, dying's what you'll get! Guild admissions over at that desk."

Izuku rubbed his shoulder. The dude was jacked, and it hurt when he smacked him there. "Thank you, sir! Have a lovely rest of your day!" He then walked back to Aqua and brought her over to the counter the man had pointed to.

"So Izuku… Where did that come from? Your whole body language shifted for a moment, you seemed super confident!" Aqua said, skipping behind him.

"Honestly, I have no clue. Maybe its the fact that no-one here knows I'm Quirkless, or what that even means, but I just feel… I don't know how to describe it. Lighter? Like I don't have to prove myself to anyone?"

"That probably sounds stupid, but here, in Belzerg… I know I'm going to miss my old life, and I know that I'm probably going to have moments where I want nothing more than to go back and give my mum a hug…"

He sighed, rubbing his hand through his hair. "But here, I get a fresh start. Here, I'm not weak, Quirkless Deku, I'm Izuku. That's it. No one can bully me for not having a Quirk, no one can make fun of my dreams of being a hero."

He turned to Aqua, who was listening intently. "I just feel different here, like I could take on the world and come out on top."

Aqua just smiled at him and raised her hand for a high five. "That's the spirit! Show everyone that you can be a hero too!"

Izuku beamed and smacked her hand, before walking up to the counter, where he was greeted by another girl dressed as a waitress.

"Good afternoon! How can I help you two today?" The lady asked and Izuku just smiled back at her.

"My friend and I would like to apply to become adventurers! Is there like an admission fee or something like that that we would need to pay?" Izuku asked sorting through his bag to try and find his wallet.

He didn't have a lot of money, but maybe it was enough?

"Yes, there is! You'll just need about 100 Eris each (AN: I will be using Eris as if equal to dollars, as it makes it easier for me.), and I can get your adventurer cards ready for you!" The lady smiled at them and Izuku realised that he only had yen, not Eris.

He turned to Aqua, and she shook her head, frowning. He turned back to the lady. "I'm sorry, would you excuse us for a moment?" The lady nodded, and Izuku and Aqua headed over to the tables on the other end of the room.

Izuku turned to Aqua. "So neither of us have any money?!" Aqua just shook her head.

"Nope, I was surprised when that angel appeared and started yelling at me, and then we got sent away really quickly, I didn't have time to grab my purse or my belongings."

Izuku sighed, and pulled his bag off, putting it on the table. He emptied it out, looking for something he would be able to sell.

There was his laptop, his 14th Hero Notebook, a bunch of stationary, a magazine from last week that had a rare interview with Miruko, and some of his homework.

He did a quick scan of the room. He had already ruled out his laptop, the Hero notebook and the Magazine to sell, as the laptop would come in handy later on, and the others had very little meaning to anyone but the other reincarnated people.

He then realised that the stationary might actually be worth something, as he saw an old wizard looking dude writing with an old quill and ink bottle. He grabbed one of the black pens and walked over to the man.

"Excuse me, sir, I see your writing with a Quill and Ink bottle. What if I said that there was a much easier way to do your writing?" Izuku said holding out the pen to the man.

The man looked sceptical, before taking the pen off of him and poking at it a few times. Izuku took the cap off and showed him the tip of the pen.

"If you place that end down on the paper, it will function just like a quill, but you won't have to risk making a mess by dipping it into the ink bottle!"

The wizard seemed to really like the idea of a pen, and Izuku started negotiating a price for his whole set of them. They eventually came to an agreement, and Izuku gave the wizard the 30 pack of black pens for 250 Eris.

"Hey Aqua! I got the registration fee!" he said, walking back over to her as she just looked at him surprised.

"Really? That was super quick! How did you do it?" Aqua asked, and was surprised when Izuku explained how he got the money.

As they walked up towards the desk again, Aqua realised what Izuku had planned with the power he had chosen. If something like a pack of ballpoint pens was worth over 200 Eris in Belzerg, what would things like guns, or cars, or any of the other modern tech he now knew how to make be worth?

She was broken out of her thoughts when the lady at the desk clap. She looked over to see Izuku standing next to a blue, globe-like device, and the lady from before holding a card.

"Izuku Midoriya! An odd name, but… holy shit you're kidding me!?" The lady had yelled that last bit out, and people were starting to look at them.

"While your strength is fairly low, and your other stats are OK, your endurance is higher than most, but your intelligence… it's off the charts! Literally!

By this point, people had started to gather around them as the lady talked. "Just look at this Mr Midoriya! Your Intelligence is so high our card maker can't quantify it!"

Izuku gulped. He hadn't wanted to draw this much attention, but now this lady was yelling out his stats for the whole guild to hear.

"While you can't be a martial class like Crusader or Paladin, with your high Intelligence, you could start as an Archwizard, or even…"

She trailed off, mouth wide open, staring at Izuku. She blinked, rubbed her eyes, and looked at the options again. "Holy crap… Izuku Midoriya. You are eligible for one of the legacy classes!"

Izuku looked at her in confusion. What was a Legacy class? He asked her and she just shook her head. "A legacy Class is a unique class that only 1 person can have at a time!"

"Izuku Midoriya, you are eligible to become the first Artificer in 70 years!" She said, handing over his card to him. He read the description for this "Artificer" class.


The Artificer: A support/utility caster with a focus for magical items! Use your magical gadgets to assist your team with a variety of effects! Cast magic spells with the aim of assisting your party members! Create terrifying automatons to terrorise your enemies!


Izuku looked over the descriptions for the other classes that were available, but none of them spoke to him like the Artificer did. Maybe it was the new information in his brain trying to put him in a class that would help him build things.

Or maybe it was something else? AS he selected the artificer class, it felt like coming home. Like he was always meant to be an artificer.

He was still a little out of it as he went and sat down, looking over his card. Aqua went up to the blue globe next, but Izuku was too focused on his card to hear everyone gushing about her abilities as she chose Archpriestess as her class.

He was still too focused on his card, and the feeling he had gotten from choosing Artificer, to hear people murmuring about how absurdly powerful the pair were for 1st level adventurers.

He was broken out of his stupor when Aqua walked over and sat down beside him, bumping his shoulder. She held up her card.

"Izuku! I'm an ArchPreistess! Unfortunately, there's no Goddess class but this is good enough! And you're an art…something. Whatever its called! You're a unique class! How cool are we!?"

Izuku just nodded and looked back down at this card. Because of his amazing Intelligence stat, which Izuku was fairly certain came from the gift he had been given, he had around 16 skill points to spend on abilities.

He read through the skills available for a 1st level artificer and found some spells and abilities that he thought would be a good basis for his powers.

If he was going to be building a lot of things, which he was, he would need the tools to do so with. So he chose |Summon Tool| as his first spell, which gave him the ability to summon any tool he needed for construction. (He tried summoning a power drill but it didn't work, seemed to only be things like hammers or wrenches)

He levelled it up once, using another skill point, to lessen the mana drain of summoning a tool. Apparently, it costs a base amount to summon the tool, and then a steady amount to maintain the tool's existence. If your mana ran out, the tool disappeared.

He looked through the list again. There were some pretty good options, but as he glanced over at the kinds of things Aqua was buying, things like party tricks and healing spells, he realised that they currently had no offence.

So he chose the highest damaging 1st level spell for the artificer, a spell called |Fire Bolt|. The spell described it a mini fireball, and when he tried summoning it, he realised why. He felt like Endeavour, having the orb of fire hovering centimetres above his hand.

He didn't want to throw it while still in the guildhall, so he saved it for later. He found a pretty cool utility spell called |Skill Bind|, a spell that let him lock down other creatures abilities. He had around 7 skill points at this point and looked through the rest of the 1st level abilities.

None really stood out to him except for one. It was called |Farsight|. Something about being a builder who could see long distances just felt right to him. It would also probably help once he started making guns, which was on his to-do list.

With his 6 remaining skill points, he added 3 points to |Fire Bolt|, both increasing its damage and reducing Mana cost slightly, and the other 3 into |Summon Tool|, reducing the mana cost for that as well.

He looked over to the lady who had given Aqua and him their cards and tried out |Farsight| to see her name tag on the desk. It worked better than he thought it would, as the name 'Luna" became all he could see.

He quickly dropped the spell and nudged Aqua. She looked at him and saw his smile, as well as the lit-up abilities on his card.

"You all done Izuku?" When he nodded she stood up, flourishing 2 Japanese fans she summoned from out of nowhere.

"Then let's go on a Quest! I saw an easy one to help us learn the ropes, all we have to do is kill a bunch of weak-ass frogs. And with how awesome we are, its gonnabe easy peasy!"

Izuku just laughed and followed her up to the counter. He enjoyed her confident nature, but something about this Quest seemed off to him.

He felt like something was going to go wrong for some reason.

Izuku Midoriya

LVL 1 - Artificer

Skill Points Remaining: 0

Attribute Points Remaining: 0

Strength: 12

Dexterity: 45

Endurance: 50

Intelligence: ?

Wisdom: 25

Charisma: 30

Luck: 20

Abilities: Natural Craftsman, Infuse Magic Item

Spells: Skill Bind, Firebolt, Summon Tool, Farsight