A Sky Full of Tropes: Tempest Child

Drake Corwen was an engineer before he was reincarnated. Faced with the daunting prospect of being a hero, he quickly discovers that he is not unique. Reincarnators aren’t even particularly rare. There are billions of them scattered throughout the Crystalline Heavens, a cluster of star-like spheres surrounded by floating islands. And every one of them has the potential to make life more complicated.

Dungeon cores seek to keep the memory of Earth alive through recreating and remixing ancient legends and tropes. Drake is reincarnated as a hero for the five millionth time to play through these stories again, but this time, his core is doing a little experiment: What happens if it doesn't give the hero any quests?

Given the option, Drake would prefer to build and explore than kill and destroy. To that end, he sets his course to learn skills, attend a prestigious magical academy, and eventually build his own skyship to explore this sky full of tropes.

Note: I've only posted this story to Royal Road. If you see it anywhere else, I'm not the one who put it there.