Fate/hollow ataraxia only had a six-month gap from Fate/stay night. Caren dying like this is too far from the original story, no matter how you look at it.
This isn't just some random person, it's a main character!
"You guys can go back and wait for news. I'm going to keep watch here," Tia said. "Caren's identity is important. I don't believe she's really dead."
"Okay," Lancelot responded in his mind. "I'll tell them."
A little while later.
"Master, they all plan to wait here," Lancelot said to Tia in his mind.
"Alright," Tia didn't stop them. "Lancelot, what do you think? How much of what Cú Chulainn said was true?"
"Just now? Actually, I've been suspicious all along. They specifically mentioned that we were both away from home. Knowing Kotomine Kirei's personality, he's so cautious that he couldn't possibly not guess that we'd be lying in wait for him here. So, I suspect they might be saying it on purpose, or intentionally trying to lure us out," Lancelot said to Tia in his mind.
"Yeah, Lancelot thinks the same as me," Tia replied to Lancelot in her mind. "That's why I plan to keep watch. I want to see if Caren is really dead. I want to see when her body starts to rot."
"Okay," Lancelot didn't stop Tia, and didn't say much more.
Kotomine Kirei's resurrection before had already made Tia cautious. So, Tia planned to keep a close eye on Caren.
Gradually, it dawned.
Jekyll reported through Matou Sakura that they had found where Cú Chulainn and the others were hiding, and asked if we wanted to attack them.
"Master, if you're going to attack, you shouldn't go. I'll go with them," Lancelot said to Tia in his mind. "You just stay here and guard Caren's body."
"Yeah, that's what I was planning. You guys go straight to attack, and I'll guard Caren's body. If Cú Chulainn deliberately let Jekyll find them, to lure you away, then Caren will definitely wake up at this time, and then my chance will come," Tia said to Lancelot in her mind.
"Then, Master, be careful. Without me, don't let Caren kill you. She's very strong," Lancelot reminded her in his mind.
"Don't worry, I know," Tia said in her mind.
Then Tia and Lancelot stopped communicating.
After that, Tia continued to wait quietly, staring intently at Caren's body.
Sure enough, Caren's body moved.
When Tia saw this, she immediately perked up.
Hmph! I knew it! Although I don't understand why Caren could fake her death for so long without anyone noticing anything, I've always had a lot of doubts about her. So, no matter how long she fakes her death, no matter how real it seems, I don't believe she's dead.
Caren gradually sat up from the ground, twisted her body, twisted her head, and sighed.
"Sigh~~ I wonder if I've completely fooled them," Caren said. From the sound of it, it seems like Caren herself isn't too sure.
Caren stood up from the ground and walked into the house.
Tia also followed immediately, being careful not to let her discover her.
Caren came to a place, reached out, and began to draw a magic circle.
After a while, the magic circle was completed. Caren immediately stepped into the magic circle, and in the next instant, Caren disappeared.
Tia didn't approach the magic circle, but watched it disappear from a distance.
No wonder Jekyll couldn't find anything. It turns out that there wasn't any secret place at all, but the secret place was a teleportation magic circle that she herself controlled.
But where will she teleport to?
"Lancelot! Where are you guys?" Tia asked in her mind. At the same time, she didn't plan to leave.
"We've already arrived at their hiding place, and we're ready to strike at any time," Lancelot replied in his mind.
"Pay attention to Caren's figure in the hiding place. She teleported away from here," Tia said.
"Caren? I got it," Lancelot replied again in his mind.
At this time, Tia continued to wait here, without moving.
Because Tia felt that if Caren could leave from here, she could come back from here again.
After a while, Tia felt a very large aura coming from a distance, along with the sound of a dragon's roar.
Tia knew that a fight must have broken out there.
But every time, such a huge commotion is made. Is the Holy Grail War really being carried out in secret?
Just then, Tia suddenly felt a fluctuation of magic power coming from the front. Soon, the magic circle in front appeared out of thin air and began to operate.
When Tia saw this, she knew her chance had come.
Tia immediately came to the side of the magic circle, opened her cloak, and casually forged the Nanaya knife, which carried the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Tia held the Nanaya knife, and silently shouted to activate the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. In the next instant, lines of death appeared on the entire magic circle.
Tia's lips curled up, and she waved the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception across the magic circle.
With a whoosh, the magic circle made a crackling sound, and then it was completely destroyed.
This time, Tia showed a complete smile.
"Master! It seems they were planning to teleport away through the magic circle, but the teleportation magic circle suddenly disappeared. Did you do it?" Lancelot's voice suddenly came.
"Yeah, Caren just teleported from here to your place through the teleportation magic circle. Now it's obvious that she wanted to come back through this teleportation magic circle, but unfortunately, I destroyed the magic circle," Tia said to Lancelot in her mind.
"That's great! They're completely blocked by us now, and they have no way out!" Lancelot said to Tia in his mind.
"Yeah," Tia nodded. "Who's all over there? Are they all there?"
"Yes, Kotomine Kirei alone has contracted three Servants, that Sieg, Cú Chulainn, and Medea. That Kuzuki Souichirou isn't here at all," Lancelot said to Tia in his mind.
"Is that so..." When Tia heard Lancelot's words, she frowned. "He's not there? Medea is also Kotomine Kirei's Servant?"
However, for Tia, in the Fifth Holy Grail War, Medea was Kuzuki Souichirou's Servant. This was Tia's common knowledge, but she didn't expect that this had also changed.
Just then, Tia suddenly felt a strong sense of deadly danger.
In the next instant, Tia turned around and slashed heavily with the Nanaya knife, while also putting her cloak back on.
(End of this chapter)