14 Chapter 14 - Aftermath (1/2)
Right after the priest leaves, Alucard walks up to Integra.
”So that's Father Anderson? It's been a while since I had my head cut off.” Alucard chuckles evilly.
”A border skirmish violating the terms of our agreement. Attacking key members, and finally murdering said members.” Integra's pauses as she exhales a bunch of smoke.
”Looks like the Vatican owes us one.” She smirks right after.
”Haah...ha....Um, sir Integra?” Seras pants and then asks.
”What?” She frowns and asks not looking at her.
”Do you know if there is a shower in this place?” She asks awkwardly.
”Why on earth would you need a shower?” She asks angrily as she turns to Seras for the first time since coming here.
'What the hell?'
”Oh my god! Seras! Are you hurt, you look awful!” Integra asks worriedly while walking over to her.
”Am I hurt...Oh!” She asks as she looks down at her body caked in blood and gore.
”Hahaha, no I'm fine. Most of this isn't even my blood.” She laughs and smiles before she answers Integra.
”Oh? Fine then. Yes, There is a bathroom with a shower. Go outside and find Walter. He can prepare a change of clothes and a towel for your shower.” Integra says with relief in her voice.
”Yes sir!” She salutes before skipping outside childishly.
Haah!” Integra sighs again with tiredness in her tone.
”You look tired, master. Has anything happened?”
”Yes, I have an insane vampire who is bound to me. I have a girl who every time she goes on a mission, gets covered in blood. I have section XIII of the Vatican crawling up my ass. And finally there has been a round table conference convened at my mansion on the 3rd of September. Wouldn't you be tired as well?”
”Oh! I see. A round table conference? How fun!”
”What's so 'fun' about it!? A bunch of dried up old misogynists who constantly blame me for things I can't control! Old bastards!” Integra yells at the ceiling.
”Hahahahahahaha!”
”Anyway, how did Seras do? She seemed.....well bloody.” Integra asks.
”She performed magnificently! Almost perfectly.” Alucard says happily.
”Really, then why did she look so injured and covered in blood? Did she not get hurt by the Ghouls?”
”No, about 95% of that blood came from the ghouls, the rest is from when Father Anderson pierced her with his blessed bayonets.”
”She got stabbed by those things!? She ought to be in great pain, Alucard!”
”Yes she is master. She is in great pain but decided not to show it in front of you, she doesn't want you to think she is weak.” Alucard says with mirth in his tone.
”That stupid girl!” Integra clenches her first and yells.
”Yes, but I like that kind of stupid. It means she's not weak and can handle herself.”
”Fine, then I guess she can go on solo missions now?” Integra asks.
”She could before, but I guess you just wanted to be sure.”
”Yeah, she didn't seem like she could. But I guess I was proven wrong.”
As Integra and Alucard were talking, Seras just got outside to see that practically all of the Hellsing soldiers have arrived and are in a tense mood. She scowls and then starts walking torward where Walter is.
As she is walking all of the soldiers back away and some are wailing like little school girls.
'What the hell? These bunch of crybabies!' Seras thinks as she arrives right next to Walter.
”Walter, do you have a towel and a change of clothes? These ones are kind of dirty and I want to take a shower.”
”Seras? My god! What happened!? are you injured?!” Walter yells in worry.
”Pfft! Hahahahahaha! That's funny, oh! Thank you for worrying Walter. I'm fine. Sir Integra said the same exact thing when she saw me.” Seras laughs before continuing out of breath.
”She did? Well, that is pretty funny. Anyway, yes I do, would you like me to carry them as we walk to the shower? They might get too dirty if you carry them yourself.” Walter asks and then says as he looks down at her hands.
”Oh? I guess so. I didn't think about that. Thank you Walter. You're such a good guy.” Seras looks at her arms and then smiles to Walter.
Walter gets shocked and then a shadow hangs over his face before smiling like nothing happens and gets her the things she needs. Afterwards they start walking back to the manor as Integra and Alucard finish their conversation.
As Walter and Seras get inside, Integra and Alucard are walking pass them in the hallway. Integra has a scowl and Alucard has his usual grin. Integra ignores her and just keeps walking.
'She looks preoccupied with something. I wonder if the Round-Table Conference has been scheduled?' Seras thinks to herself as she keeps walking.
{Good instincts, police girl! Yes it has been scheduled for the 3rd of September. All your predictions are coming true.}
{Master?}
{I assume this means that during it, the Hellsing forces will be decimated?}
{*Sigh* yes, they will. All of them except 8, who were sent out before the massacre began.}
{kukukuku, how fun.}
{yeah yeah. I'm sorry, I'm not in the mood when I'm covered in this filth. See you soon, Master}
As Seras is done communicating with her master, she and Walter arrive at the door of the bathroom. Walter walks in and places the clothes on the counter before walking out.
”Walter?”
”Yes?”
”What do you think makes somebody a bad person?”
”You're asking this now? How odd.”
”Please answer.”
”I think it's when they make a decision to do something heinous before they actually do it. If it's on accident, then they're not a bad person.” Walter replies after a few seconds.”
”Really?”
”Well, what do you think?”
”Hmmm....I think it's when the bad outweighs the good. If somebody does 10 good things and 5 bad things. They're still a good person.”
”Even if that bad thing is so heinous, people don't speak of it?”
”I'm only talking if the good and the bad weigh equally. If somebody murders someone, they have to save 2 people from being murdered in order to be good again. Even if someone does the most heinous of things, if they have done more good than that one bad, I still think that they're a good person.”
”Really? That's a very optimistic view of the world and people, Seras.”
”Is it? I think of it as more of an equivalent exchange. In order to save someone, you need more resolve then when killing them. If somebody can do that, then they're a good person in my mind.”
”Is that what you think of Alucard? He did save you from death.” Walter chuckles for a second.
”Yes! My master is the nicest monster in the world!” Seras smiles beamingly.
”Kukuku, I think you're the only one that thinks so, Seras.”
”As long as someone does, he'll never be a true monster.” Seras says as she closes the door.
'Really, what a silly girl. Even after everything she has been through, she still sees the good in others.' Walter slightly shakes his headmaster before walking away.
'Poor Walter. I have to think of a way to save him from himself.' Seras thinks as she starts to take off her clothes.