That protagonist is trash; I could do better!

Origins have different attributes and different states. Most humans are unaware of their origins in their lifetime, while a very small number of humans will awaken naturally. This phenomenon is called "Origin Awakening" by magicians.

The personalities that humans develop over decades or centuries cannot contend with the core meaning of life. Personalities are inevitably dominated by the directionality of their origins. At the same time, those who awaken their origins will acquire the power accumulated through countless reincarnations and become monsters that are in harmony with their origins.

In the world of Kara no Kyoukai, Ryougi Shiki awakens her origin, a personality born from nothingness connected to the Root, whose power can even rewrite the rules of the universe.

Kiritsugu Emiya and Shirou Emiya did not awaken the Origin, so they were only affected by it.

Awakening to the Origin is by no means a good thing for ordinary people. Even if a strong personality can contend with the Origin, it will be affected little by little over time until it is completely devoured.

The claim that 215 changed the world is debatable.

After all, Mushroom said that 215 and the Servant were fighting a defensive battle, lol.

But I personally think the level of the origin shouldn't be that low, so let's take rewriting the universe as the benchmark.

Chapter Five Flow

"interesting."

Feeling the tremor in his soul, Shinji Matou chuckled with pleasure. He considered himself no ordinary person, at least not now. Having experienced the trials of several worlds and countless life-or-death crises, he had long since cultivated a reckless spirit that took life and death lightly and was ready to fight anyone who disagreed.

"I want to see what exactly this so-called origin, this root, is that sets the direction for life."

Shinji Matou closed his eyes and calmly accepted the chaotic impulses deep within his soul. On the magnificent stone gate, all the characters and pictures formed a huge circle, and a dazzling blue light shone forth.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~"

A surge of azure energy, like lightning, severed the black tentacles extending from the Gate of Truth behind Shinji Matou. The eyes behind the Gate of Truth suddenly opened, their surfaces covered with layers of cracked glass.

This scene signifies that the gate to truth of alchemical knowledge possessed by Shinji Matou is about to collapse, swallowed by the magnificent stone gate symbolizing the Root before him.

Shinji Matou kept his hands on the stone door in front of him, maintaining the transmutation circle, a faint smile playing on his lips, calm yet insane.

Origin is the direction that gives life its roots; in other words, one can also reach the foundation of the world by tracing back to the roots.

With the Gate of Truth filtering project completed, Shinji Matou is still not satisfied and wants to use the awakening of the origin to peer into the root.

This is an incredibly crazy and audacious idea; if not handled carefully, unimaginable consequences await Shinji Matou.

"It can work!"

Shinji Matou whispered firmly, and the transmutation circle engraved on the Stone Gate Mountain went berserk. Azure lightning engulfed Shinji Matou's right leg, but no blood flowed from the wound. It vanished like dust and gradually spread throughout his body.

Shinji Matou glanced at his right leg and felt an intense burning pain, a sensation he had experienced during human transmutation, where every muscle and every cell was being broken down.

The Gate of Truth, symbolizing alchemy, collapsed and disintegrated, and the world of the Gate collapsed with it.

Damn it!

Standing before the stone gate, Shinji Matou's eyes gleamed with madness. Half of his face had been melted away by lightning. He roared in despair, "If there is such a thing as equivalent exchange in this world, take it! Hands! Legs! You can even have my soul!"

"Open it for me!"

However, it is clear that the root of this world is not as easy to explain as the truth.

The transmutation circle on the door shattered with a deafening roar, and the backlash from the failed transmutation was directly reflected in Shinji Matou's soul, causing his body to instantly turn to ashes.

"Isn't that enough?!"

"Stubborn fellow!"

The obsession rooted deep in his consciousness still roared, wanting to push open the stone door.

As Shinji Matou's soul was about to perish, a tremendous power erupted from its depths, instantly restoring Shinji Matou's body and stabilizing the entire world of the gate.

Shinji Matou stood in front of the door again, lost in thought with a blank expression.

【flow】

The awakening of the origin, the power of eternal unity, saved the soul from the brink of collapse.

Naturally, this was also within Shinji Matou's grasp.

"As expected, one should not be too greedy." Shinji Matou looked up at the magnificent stone gate in front of him, sighed and shook his head. The soul project was completed, and he had gained the Origin Awakening as an extra benefit. This result was much better than Shinji Matou had originally expected.

Shinji Matou's origin attribute is [Flow], and his magic attribute is water.

"The attributes are alright, and they're quite compatible with alchemy... no, I should say they're quite compatible with pill refining," Shinji Matou muttered to himself.

In the world of Fullmetal Alchemist, alchemy is a unique school of thought formed in Eastern countries through the introduction of alchemy by von Hohenheim. The basics of alchemy are understanding the fluid properties of all things in the world, which are called dragon veins.

"It's time to go back."

Inside the room, Shinji Matou, whose body was still that of a young child, slowly opened his eyes, a divine light flashing in his azure pupils.

"It feels completely different from before." Shinji Matou clenched his right hand, feeling a completely different world both physically and visually.

The [Flow] attribute awakening grants Shinji Matou the power of an eternal cycle, acting on his soul and reflecting back to his body.

At that moment, Shinji Matou saw a completely different scene. He saw "dragon veins" in the air, in objects, and even in the insect outside the window that was monitoring him. These were the magic forces that built this world.

"Similar to the Mystic Eyes, perhaps the Mystic Eyes were also born from the concept of Origin Awakening."

Shinji Matou reached out and touched his eyes. As the Origin Awakening granted Shinji Matou extraordinary abilities, a strong impulse overflowed from his consciousness, surging like waves, driving Shinji Matou again and again. He instinctively wanted to do something, but his consciousness remained blank. The anxiety brought by the spiral of contradictions made Shinji Matou frown.

Chaotic impulses, the price of awakening the origin.

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In the weeks that followed, Shinji Matou became even more engrossed in his magical research.

For Shinji Matou, the awakening of the Origin is ultimately more beneficial than harmful. His soul has reincarnated countless times in this world, and with each reincarnation, its power is added to Shinji Matou, who has awakened the Origin.

Shinji Matou then attempted to use alchemy to create a pseudo-circuit from this overflowing soul energy in order to enhance his control over magic.

The magic experiment, which used the concept of "flow" as its foundation, incorporated the magical properties of water, and finally used alchemy as its base to create a pseudo-circuit, went unexpectedly smoothly.

In essence, magic circuits are merely a self-preservation measure that magicians had to take after the decline of the Great Source, using their own life force as a means to leverage the Great Source from a Small Source. Magicians in the Age of Gods had no need for such a low-level product as magic circuits.

There are many alternatives to magic circuits. For example, Artoria's dragon bloodline allows her to recover and generate immeasurable magical power simply by breathing, making it a completely different level from magic circuits.

Shinji Matou wanted to create something similar to the "Magic Furnace Core".

"Knock knock knock~"

Shinji Matou, who was constructing a transmutation circle in his room, heard a knock on the door. The blue light emanating from the transmutation circle beneath his feet quickly faded, and Shinji knew who it was from the frequency of the knock.

His nominal father, Matou Tsuruno, was also the apparent head of the Matou family, an ordinary, good man.

After erasing the transmutation circle, Shinji Matou opened the door and calmly looked at Tsuruno Matou: "Father, is there anything I can help you with?"

Matou Tsuruno reached out and patted Matou Shinji's head, saying in a complicated tone, "Still researching magic?"

"Yes."

Matou Tsuruno squatted down, filled with remorse, and said, "I'm sorry, it's all because I, as a father, am so useless that the burden of the Matou family has fallen on your shoulders."

"No need to apologize, I personally enjoy studying magic as well."

Matou Tsuruno smiled with relief: "Ah, that's good. I've seen you've been busy these past few days, so I didn't want to bother you. But today is the day the Tohsaka family is adopting their second daughter into our Matou family. I think you should make an appearance and greet the Tohsaka family's second daughter who will soon become your sister."

"Okay, I'll tidy up my room and head over." Shinji Matou nodded, but his inner thoughts were far from as calm as they appeared.

Matou Sakura...

I don't know if I have a cold or a fever.

I felt groggy all day, had a runny nose, a dry and sore throat, and felt a burning sensation when I breathed.

Chapter Six: Sakura Tohsaka

If you were to vote for the most tragic heroine among all viewers of "Fate/stay night," Matou Sakura would undoubtedly be at the top of the list.

Matou Sakura was originally the second daughter of the Tohsaka family, one of the three founding families of the Holy Grail War. Like her older sister Tohsaka Rin, she possessed exceptional magical talent. However, this outstanding magical talent became the root of her tragic fate.

The first factor to consider when inheriting magic is magical aptitude, and the second is age. Both Matou Sakura and Tohsaka Rin have excellent magical aptitude. Considering that Tohsaka Rin is the older sister, it is most suitable for her to inherit the Tohsaka family's magic.

Tokiomi Tohsaka, the head of the Tohsaka family, did not want to waste Sakura Matou's magical talent, so he planned to adopt her to the Matou family, with whom he had a close working relationship in the past, but whose magical bloodline was declining.

Tokiomi Tohsaka believed this was the most correct choice. Tokiomi Tohsaka himself was not particularly talented in magic and had spent half his life in hardship, silently licking his wounds and turning them into self-respect. Because of this, Tokiomi Tohsaka understood the tragedy of mediocrity better than anyone else.

Tokiomi Tohsaka didn't want to see Sakura Matou become mediocre and resent her sister in the future because she couldn't inherit magic, so he adopted Sakura Matou into the Matou family, giving her a chance to compete with her sister.

Tokiomi Tohsaka had no idea of ​​Zouken Matou's true nature. After being adopted into the Matou family, Sakura Matou was subjected to all kinds of abuse. She was thrown into the insect hive to have her body modified, violated by her own brother Shinji Matou, and became a tool for Zouken Matou to achieve immortality.

"We must save Matou Sakura from that tragic fate." Matou Shinji followed his father into the hall, his thoughts still racing.

Shinji Matou's guiding principle is "I will do what I want." Everything he does must conform to the plot that the "audience" likes the most. He puts himself in the audience's shoes and thinks about what he should do to achieve a perfect ending in the eyes of the "audience."

Sakura Matou's fate undoubtedly broke the hearts of most viewers.

The hunched old man stood in the center of the hall, leaning on his cane, waiting. His gaze first fell on Matou Shinji, his strange insect-like eyes revealing a hint of surprise. Then he instructed Matou Tsuruno, "Tsuruno, don't be disrespectful in front of the head of the Tohsaka family."

“Father, I will be careful.” Matou Tsuruno answered stiffly, bowing slightly. His unfamiliar and awkward tone was completely unlike that of someone communicating with their father.

After giving his instructions, Zouken Matou gave Shinji Matou a meaningful look before turning and walking into the dark corridor.

Old bug...

Shinji Matou pursed his lips, not expecting that what happened to him could escape his notice. Zouken Matou was a magician who had lived for five hundred years, and at his peak, his strength could even rival that of a Servant.

However, Shinji Matou did not believe that he could see through everything about him.

“That’s good too. The old bug can sense the abnormality in me, which indirectly increases my value in his heart and gives me more say in how to deal with Matou Sakura.” Matou Shinji remained silent, continuing to follow his father to the main gate of the manor to wait.

A dozen minutes later, a black sedan stopped in front of the Matou family's main gate. The driver got out, opened the back door, and four people got out.

Led by a middle-aged man in a burgundy suit, whose attire and demeanor were impeccable, composed and elegant, he held a cane with a fist-sized ruby ​​set at its top.

The jeweled staff is not just a decoration; the Tohsaka family is skilled in jewel magic, and this jeweled staff is an exceptionally fine magical artifact.

"I really want to take it apart and study it properly." Shinji Matou's gaze lingered briefly on that luxurious jeweled cane.

Tokitomi Tohsaka, head of the Tohsaka family, one of the three founding families.

Following behind was a long-haired woman with outstanding looks and an elegant and dignified demeanor, who gave the impression of an upper-class woman at first glance.

Aoi Tohsaka, wife of Tokiomi Tohsaka, and childhood friend of her poor uncle.

"As expected, the childhood sweetheart type can't defeat the newcomer type."

Shinji Matou's gaze shifted to the two little girls, who were about the same age as him and had inherited their parents' excellent genes. Despite their young age, their appearance and temperament were top-notch.

The former had her hair styled in pigtails, her small face was delicate and cute, and her eyes were slightly red, probably from crying. Her round, bright eyes were clear and bright. When she noticed Shinji Matou's gaze, she glared back at him fiercely, her eyes clearly saying, "What are you looking at?"