The Rise of Victoria Seras

Chapter 57

Alucard's room.

I carefully laid my former dead body on my bed, covered with brand new privatized bedding, but I didn't want to spoil the already familiar bedding. And when I had already finished, having pulled the blanket so that it was not immediately obvious that the head was cut off, while manually closing my eyes so that they would not give away the surprise that I had at the moment of losing my body, I was ready to leave, however…

- What are you doing, Policewoman? You reek of barely contained amusement. - Alucard's voice came from behind me.

- M-Master? - I asked stutteringly, feeling cornered. It was one thing to have fun from afar and then wait for his anger to subside, because he would have sensed my death, but now...

- Girl, what is this? - the vampire asked tensely, looking at the head, which was covered with a blanket in the neck area.

- I-I'll explain everything. - I began to carefully back away from the bed and Alucard, who decided to throw back the blanket and see what was hidden there.

"BOOM"

Suddenly, such pressure emanated from the vampire that it seemed that if I were to do just a little more, the house itself would collapse, and I, succumbing to some inner instinct, fell to my knees in front of him.

- Try to explain everything to me.

- On a mission, we came across a real vampire, and he was able to behead me, and since I'm immortal, he paid for relaxing when he saw a headless body. - I quickly told a short version of recent events.

Clenching his fist tightly in anger, Alucard asked the next question: "Why did you bring the body here?"

- Uh, well... I wanted to keep it as a keepsake! - I said with a proud smile after a short thought.

- I see, fine. - the vampire nodded, and then exploded. - Do you take me for a fool?! TELL ME THE REAL REASON!!!

"I wanted to joke," I answered quietly.

- A joke? - the vampire blinked. - A joke?!

- Do you have even a drop of brains in your head?! First you go after a clearly stronger vampire, and then, having literally lost your head over another, you decided to make fun of me?!

- Excellent, excellent. I think it's time to take on you in a different way. - Alucard said, taking out from his shadow... a belt with a metal buckle. - Walter made it at my request, and the metal is made of blessed silver.

- Maybe we shouldn't?

- We must, Seras, we must. Now listen to me, this time it's not me who will hide from you, but you from me, and don't you dare leave the mansion, otherwise you won't like the consequences.

- But you always feel me, - I was indignant.

"All the better," the vampire smiled maliciously, and then disappeared from my field of vision.

While I was trying to save my rear end by running through the shadows of the mansion, 5 black vans arrived on Hellsing's territory. From them, dressed in combat uniform and clearly experienced men began to emerge.

- Phew. Just look at the size of this place. I don't think we'll have to worry about getting paid. - The red-haired man whistled.

- Are you sure captain? This job lists a 95% mortality rate. Is that crazy?

- Are you complaining about dying on the job, Willingham? We're mercenaries! You should care more about your salary than your life. - The red-haired captain laughed at the words of the guy who came out after him.

- Okay, 1,2,3…. Great, everything is in place. – the red-haired man said, having counted all the mercenaries who had come out of the vans.

- ... I seriously wonder how you became our leader in the first place? - Willingham said.

- What do you mean, became? I'm the leader because I gathered you all into one group, who else can do it? - He waved off his deputy and headed for the door of the mansion.

Just as he was about to knock, the doors opened and an elderly butler stood on the threshold with a friendly smile.

- Hello. We…

- "Dikik Geese". Yes, we were waiting for you. Please, come in. - Walter interrupted the mercenary, and then bowed and invited them inside.

- …yes. Thank you. – The captain answered after staring at the old man for almost 5 seconds.

- Damn it! I felt like he could take us all down in an instant. - the captain cursed as soon as Walter moved forward a little.

Following behind the butler, the mercenaries couldn't help but exclaim at how rich the mansion looked.

"Oh my God, this place looks like its owner could feed three African countries and still have some left over!" one of the mercenaries commented.

- Shut up, idiot! These are our employers. Don't screw up, Gump! - another mercenary hit his talkative comrade on the back of the head.

- Don't worry, Gentlemen. Believe me, your help is invaluable to us. - Walter said, significantly raising the spirits of the Mercenaries who smelled the scent of big money.

- Is that so? However, I still don't understand what kind of work we will have to do. - said the Captain.

"We'll clear this up when the owner of this house arrives. It shouldn't take long. Oh, here we are," Walter said, opening the double doors leading to a large living room with several seating areas.

- Wow! This is chic! - the mercenaries ran inside.

- ...sorry about that. - Captain Bernadotte apologized awkwardly, looking at his men who were acting like children.

- It's all right, Sir Hellsing will be arriving soon. Make yourself at home.

10 minutes later

- Your enemies will be immortal beings who sustain themselves by drinking human blood. Your task, gentlemen, is to fight these monsters with bullets, garlic and holy water. Drive a stake through his heart, cut off his head, burn the corpse and scatter the ashes at a crossroads. For further instructions, contact Bram Stoker. - Integra said, looking at the mercenaries with a smug smile.

"This is just ridiculous," said one of the mercenaries. "Everyone knows that vampires don't..."

At that very moment, interrupting the mercenary's words, I jumped out of the dark portal right in the middle of the room.

- Oh. Hi boys. - I greeted the mercenaries, and then a new dark portal appeared under my feet, from which a hand crawled out, pulling me inside.

- Nooooo! - I screamed desperately, trying to grab onto the floor until one sharp jerk pulled me into the portal.

"What the hell!" Bernadotte exclaimed, looking at Integra, who was holding back her desire to fespalm.

"They were vampires, you will have to hunt their kind," the woman answered with a stoic expression.