"...The Holy Grail doesn't choose people for no reason~"
A childish voice rang out as Matou Shinji spoke: "You must have some kind of wish, something you want to achieve by praying to the Holy Grail."
"...I don't think I have any... wishes~"
Matou Kariya stroked the Holy Mark on the back of his hand and frowned as he thought for a while.
Suddenly, a gentle figure appeared in his mind. It was his childhood friend, Tohsaka Aoi. If he had any wish, perhaps it should be directed toward her.
But wasn't Tohsaka Aoi living a very happy life now?
A wish like that shouldn't have appeared in his mind at all.
Wait... If his wish was to return to the past—not to withdraw as a loser, but to choose to strive for Tohsaka Aoi—wouldn't the ending have been different?
If it were the All-Purpose Wish-Granting Machine, the Holy Grail... perhaps it could give him a happy ending.
"Kariya, have you thought of something?"
Matou Tsuruno stared at his younger brother and said helplessly, "If you truly have a wish you want to ask of the Holy Grail, I won't stop you."
"I want to return to the past!"
Matou Kariya clenched his fists and said firmly, "I want to return to the time when I first met Aoi and obtain a future that would make me happy."
"...Matou Zouken is still alive in the past, you know."
Matou Tsuruno answered him thus.
"If we have the All-Purpose Holy Grail... none of that will be a problem!"
Matou Kariya stroked the Holy Mark on the back of his hand and said resolutely, "I regret choosing to retreat in the past. I want to choose a different ending, even though this wish is extremely despicable."
"But I really do want to