With his final breath, he destroyed the Holy Grail. Devoid of purpose after discarding his ideals, he laid down to die. Through the work of fate Emiya Shirou does not die, but instead awakes in a new world. Now, he who no longer wishes to be a hero will have to forge his path once again in a world in need of heroes.

As Shirou was dragged into the hole left behind by the grail, the grail itself reaches out to him, acknowledging him as the true winner of the Fifth Holy Grail war. His wish of becoming a Hero is closer to being granted than he originally thought. Now in a world where being a Hero is a feasible profession, will he become a true ally of justice?

Waking up in a strange and unfamiliar world with no memory of his past, Shirou struggles to find his identity whilst trying to survive from the harsh and dangerous every day life of a reservist soldier in Grimgar. With new-found comrades and old friends coming to join him, only time will tell if he could find a way back home.

Emiya Shirou wanted to be a hero. He had walked far to do it: fighting in a Holy Grail War; defeating his own self, inside and out, over his ideals; destroying a corrupted Grail; saving Fuyuki. But he did not truly destroy 'all evils of the world', and he is soon told that he should rejoice; for his wish will certainly be granted. If not in this world, then in another...