Darkness. Then light. Then... someone shouting?
Subaru sat up, groggy. He was in a white void—nothingness that somehow felt like a waiting room and a judgment chamber at the same time.
"Wakey wakey, slacker!" a high-pitched voice called out.
He turned to see a blue-haired girl dressed like a fantasy idol priestess, waving her staff impatiently.
"Welcome to the afterlife! I'm Aqua, a goddess, and you'll be reincarnated into another world. Blah blah, skip the whining, you died like an idiot. Now choose a power or tool to take with you."
Subaru blinked. "Wait, I died?"
Aqua sighed. "Yes, from tripping and slamming your face into your front door. Pathetic, really. Anyway! Time's short. You get one thing to take with you. Make it quick."
'Didn't I die from rabbits mauling me alive?'thinks in confusion
Subaru hesitated. "Anything? Even a person?"
Aqua rolled her eyes. "Technically, yes. But no one's ever picked me, so—"
"Then I choose you."
'Surely this will be a breeze considering the goddess is my companion' Subaru thought
Silence.
"Wait, what?!"
There was a blinding flash.
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He pushed himself up, blinking at a clear blue sky and a suspiciously cartoonish-looking medieval town on the horizon.
Aqua lay groaning next to him, her divine glow flickering.
"Ugh... you really chose me?"
Subaru looked around. "Did I just get isekai'd... again?"
No Roswaal mansion. No Emilia. No Beatrice.
No ominous dread, either.
He looked at Aqua.
"So... you're really a goddess?"
"Obviously! And I demand a refund!"Aqua screams in the face of Subaru
Then the frogs attacked.
Swallowed him then spat him out again
He run as fast as he can and screamed
"Heelllppppp!!!"
"Goddess do your magic!!!" He screams for help in the useless goddess
"I can't do attack magic I only know blessings and subjugation of undeads" Aqua says as she also runs away in a sobbing mess
After 7 minutes of running they finally shaken off the giant slimy frogs
Dragging into town half-conscious and covered in frog slime, Subaru was deposited at the door of the Adventurer's Guild.
Luna, the guild receptionist, gave him a practiced smile.
Darkness. Then light. Then... someone shouting?
Subaru sat up, groggy. He was in a white void—nothingness that somehow felt like a waiting room and a judgment chamber at the same time.
"Wakey wakey, slacker!" a high-pitched voice called out.
He turned to see a blue-haired girl dressed like a fantasy idol priestess, waving her staff impatiently.
"Welcome to the afterlife! I'm Aqua, a goddess, and you'll be reincarnated into another world. Blah blah, skip the whining, you died like an idiot. Now choose a power or tool to take with you."
Subaru blinked. "Wait, I died?"
Aqua sighed. "Yes, from tripping and slamming your face into your front door. Pathetic, really. Anyway! Time's short. You get one thing to take with you. Make it quick."
'Huh but didn't i
Subaru hesitated. "Anything? Even a person?"
Aqua rolled her eyes. "Technically, yes. But no one's ever picked me, so—"
"Then I choose you."
Subaru thinks 'If I have the literal goddess on my side then this will be easy as pie mwehehehe'
Silence.
"Wait, what?!"
There was a blinding flash.
"Welcome to Axel. Please fill out this form."
Subaru blinked at the clipboard.
"Name: Subaru Natsuki. Class: Uhhh... hero? Can I put hero?"
Luna marked "Adventurer" instead.
Shattering Subarus smile
He was handed a guild card with zero stat bonuses.
"No skills?" she asked politely.
Subaru shrugged. "I have... guts?"
Aqua stepped up next. Luna's eyes widened.
"You... you're Aqua, the goddess?!"
Aqua puffed her chest out. "That's right! The Axis Order's patron goddess herself! Now that I'm here in mortal form, you may refer to me as Archpriest Aqua!"
Luna, unfazed, handed her a form.
"Please don't cause property damage." Luna says as she regains her composure