- Musutafu, Japan, Quirk hospital -
"Is something wrong with my Izuku, Doctor? Did you find out what my son's quirk is? Other children in his kindergarten are already showing signs of their quirks, but my Izuku still doesn't show anything." Inko Midoriya asked the Doctor in front of her with some worry in her voice.
Her son, Izuku Midoriya, hasn't shown any sign of Quirk awakening until now.
Even though her lovely, cute son is already some months over his fourth birthday.
She was so worried about that fact that she brought him to one of the many Quirk hospitals in their city.
It's already 200 years after this world's first awakening of quirks.
Over the years, many such specified hospitals have opened worldwide.
Helping with some worrisome quirks that can't be controlled, registering awakened quirks for children, helping with quirk-related problems and health issues, and even researching quirks in general.
All this is done in these specialized hospitals.
Inko Midoriya is currently looking with some worry and distress in her eyes at her son sitting beside her.
Her Izuku was already over four years old and had not shown any signs of quirk awakening until now.
Usually, children develop and show their quirks at the latest when they are four years old, but in Izuku's case, it was not like that.
Izuku is the most important thing in her life, so of course, she was very worried about him.
In contrast, Izuku, who is sitting beside his mother, wasn't that worried.
He just looked at the Doctor in front of him with eager and hopeful eyes.
Izuku really wants to know what his quirk is!
All the other kids in his friend group have already awakened their quirk.
He was the only one who still didn't know what his quirk was and did.
"Sir, why don't you say anything? Is there really something wrong with my son? I read on the internet that when a child doesn't awaken their quirk until the age of four, they are quirkless. Is my Izuku also quirkless?" the mother, Inko, asked. That is also the main reason why she rushed to the hospital as soon as possible after she read that online article. She wouldn't care so much even if her son didn't have a quirk, but she knew her son would have it harder in society without one.
"Whaaaa? Quirkless??? Is that possible?! Doesn't everyone have a quirk?" The unsuspecting little boy asked shocked.
He didn't know that his mother was worried about something like that. She didn't tell him what she suspected and researched online since she didn't want to worry him about something that might not even be the case, but now, seeing the Doctor hesitating, she accidentally blurted it out in front of her son.
'There are quirkless people in this world?!' Izuku thought to himself, scared and worried.
To that, the Doctor in front of them just raised an eyebrow, looking at Inko with a weird and somehow annoyed look on his face.
"Mrs. Midoriya… Please don't look for health-related things on the internet. Most of the time, they only write the worst possible things in them. Please consult with a real doctor before coming to any assumptions." The Doctor said with some annoyance and exhaustion in his voice.
It was not the first time something like that happened.
Scratch that, it happens almost every day nowadays.
The so-called experts online give unprofessional diagnoses to people.
In reality, they hunt for more clicks and the resulting money they get from the advertisements.
'People should stop looking for something health-related on the internet… It's annoying having them panic over nothing so often.'
"Well, never mind that, Mrs. Midoriya. Don't worry about your son being quirkless. In our current age, after many generations of quirks being born in abundance, there is no way that someone is born without a quirk in your son's generation. The last known case of someone being born without a quirk was 20 years ago. That person was born in Germany, if I am not mistaken." The Doctor said to the worried woman soothingly.
"So why did Izuku still not show any signs of awakening?" asked the now calmer Inko, sighing with relief that her son wasn't quirkless.
"That is a bit harder to explain. We tested your son's blood, and we know, in fact, that he has a quirk and that it is already actively working even at this moment. But the problem with quirks is always finding out what they are. In many cases, it's easy to see since the children show them automatically, like growing wings, creating fire, etc… That is, of course, the norm for most children. Still, there are also some rarer cases where the quirk is nothing obvious, or it won't show until some special event is occurring. For example, many quirks have a special activation condition; for example, we had a case of children needing to drink black tea or pure sugar to activate their quirks. I suspect your son may also fall into this category." The Doctor said, looking at the mother and son duo before him.
"How long does it take to find out about such quirks?" Inko asked, completely relieved that her little son was not some abnormal case and that this was nothing to rare without precedent.
"In regular cases, it could span from seconds to years. There is no way to know when your son's quirk will show. There are many different cases of such quirks, but the latest someone found about their quirk is around 10. Most of the time, when an activation quirk is in front of the desired product, like in my former example, black tea, the child will crave it, so the next time your son wants something more than normal, you should try to give it to him to try. But like I already told you, this is only an expected case. There are also many other things that could hinder your son from showing his quirk, but still, like I already told you before, the latest case of a child showing any quirk is 10 years old, so you should probably know by then. Feel free to come to me every year from now on to do an examination, and after the normal tests, we can answer some questions to find out about little Izuku's quirk more easily. Until then, I wish you a good day, Mrs. and Ms. Midoriya. If Izuku shows his quirk, you are free to come instantly to test for any dangers and register the quirk in his personal data so you won't have any problem with any later documents." The Doctor said before giving Inko and little Izuku his hand to shake, leaving the small room after giving Izuku a little candy.
"Thank you very much!" Izuku and Inko said before he left.