Transmigrate into Type-Moon, Starting by Saving Sakura Matou

[Not overpowered] [Some regrets, but a story of redemption] [Fake System] [Weekly updates for now] [Readable even for casual readers] [One year before the Holy Grail War] [Original story to start] [Slow worldbuilding]

When Ning Changjiu opens his eyes, he finds himself in the world of Fate/Zero, one year before the Fourth Holy Grail War. The good news is that he's brought along a System that can draw Heroic Spirit cards.

With long black hair and delicate features that often lead people to mistake his gender, he has no time to hesitate. The message on the System screen, "Sakura Matou was adopted three days ago," leaves him silent. He knows what is happening in the insect cellar, and he knows the abyss the so-called "story" will push this girl toward.

"I hate fate," he tells himself. "If it insists on playing a dirge, then I'll snap its strings."

And so, while the magi remain unaware, an "outsider" enters the stage ahead of time. He wants to save children who shouldn't have to suffer, and change the fate of those doomed to die, tearing an unexpected gap in the script set in stone.

But salvation never comes free. The glimmer of hope bought with his self-consuming power comes at the cost of permanent loss. From the nightscape of Fuyuki to the misty rain of London, the battles never cease.

"Does the ending of a story really matter?" he once asked himself, then answered, "If you've done your best to take part, there's nothing to regret."

This is the story of an ordinary person in the Nasuverse, a world trapped in countless cycles of tragedy, using his resolve as a blade to carve a path toward a better future.

Also known as: "Why Do I Always End Up at the Scene of the Villain's Shenanigans?" and "Why Do My Cards Keep Resonating with People Who Set Themselves on Fire?"