"As for their goals, I think the three families' objectives weren't exactly the same."
As he spoke, Matou Shinji shook his head.
"I don't know how you came into contact with magecraft, Shirou. But for the vast majority of magi, 'reaching the Root' is the ultimate goal of being a magus—a wish they would spend their entire lives pursuing, sacrificing everything for, as long as even the slightest possibility remained. That was also the Tohsaka Family's wish."
"The head of the Tohsaka Family who directly took part in constructing the Holy Grail War was named Tohsaka Nagato. At the time, the Tohsaka Family had not been established for enough generations to be considered a great lineage or anything like that. But because the origins of the Tohsaka Family were 'great,' they were qualified to stand alongside magecraft families that had been passed down for many more generations. Their family was conservative and traditional, and their goal was the goal of magi."
"As for the Einzbern Family... honestly, among the three families, the Matou Family and the Tohsaka Family, which was already based in Fuyuki City, had a pretty good relationship. But the Einzberns, despite being the family that first proposed the Holy Grail War system, were actually the more mysterious bunch. At least, I don't know much about them. All I can gather from scattered records is that they seemed to want to use the Holy Grail War to accomplish [Magic], though I have no idea what kind of Magic it was."
"Lastly... there's the Matou Family."
Matou Shinji let out a long sigh.
"What's wrong, Shinji?"
Shirou Emiya looked confused.
"There are some things that you might not believe if I told you. The history of the world and the history of magecraft have always been counted separately, but