Fate/Outside Experience

Epilogue: Descent Into Another Domain

FATE/OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE

Epilogue: Descent Into Another Domain

Connla rested for a short bit before finding the Leyline to establish the summoning circle. Once she was finished, Da Vinci called her back to Chaldea, and she warped through the tunnel of blue light. She opened her eyes and finally saw the crowd that had gathered around, which somewhat surprised her. She had only heard Da Vinci's voice the entire time, but Roman, Ritsuka, Mash, Cuchulainn Lancer, Medb, and other staff and Servants were present to welcome her home.

Medb gasped and exclaimed in a girly voice, "Connie! Oh, sweetie, you're finally back!"

Connla had such a terrible headache that she couldn't respond right away. The stress from withstanding Berserker's attacks plus unleashing her Noble Phantasm completely drained her energy.

"Connie? Are you okay?" the queen asked worriedly. "You look like a zombie..."

She no longer had any strength to move, and she fell forward. Cuchulainn immediately caught her before she could hit the floor, and he picked her up. Already she was fast sleep and lightly snoring.

"Geez... Why must you do such reckless things all the time?" he grumbled.

"This is all my fault," Da Vinci frowned. "I shouldn't have let her go to an unknown timeline on her own."

"Alter's gonna have a word or two with you about this, y'know."

"I believe it. Well, guess I better prepare myself for a right royal thrashing from Papa Wolf, hm?"

"You make it sound like getting him upset is no big deal," Cuchulainn glared at her wryly. "Don't blame me if you wind up with a few cuts and bruises afterwards. Heaven knows what my 'darker side' is capable of when he's really angry."

"Thanks for the kind warning."

Medb implored, "I'll come with you, Cu!"

"No way," he retorted sharply. "The last thing we need is your squealing waking Connla up."

"Aww... Oh well. Guess a girl needs her beauty sleep, hm?"

He scoffed at her and carried Connla back to her room, where he laid her on the bed and healed some of her injuries with his Runes. He changed her into her nightgown, finally getting to see the old scars that Alter was talking about earlier.

How terrible... No wonder he was so mad at me.

His heart felt like it was going to be torn asunder with guilt, but he kept himself in check and focused his energy on healing her current injuries before covering her with sheets and blankets. She didn't even so much as stir - if he didn't know better, he would have mistaken her for a corpse. He sat next to her bed for the next hour to make sure no more wounds opened up before feeling confident enough to leave her be.

Man, it's worse than I thought. She'll definitely be in a coma for the next while, he thought as he turned the light off and left. Well, at least she won't go running off and causing headaches for me and the other Cus.

As he headed back to his room however, the fatigued Lancer turned the corner and came across another Servant who was leaning against the wall. Cuchulainn immediately recognized him and scowled a little, but remained professional and quietly demanded, "What do you want?"

"Nothing from you, cur."

"Guess that's a blessing in disguise. But I've noticed you've been hanging around the place lately. Aren't you the type to coop yourself in your room and get plastered on fine wine all the time?"