I normally rant about my life up here instead of in my blog,
(ijsselmeer.pitas.com if you care) but I'm going to spare my readers this
rant. Trust me, you're better off not knowing.
Epilogue #2- Sir Devries Fairbrook Hellsing (aka, Argetni.) (aka, Integral, for those who weren't paying attention thru the entire fic)
Comment on reviews- Walter is approximately 69 in the series (or so I read somewhere), so assuming I made Disgrace happen immediately after the series, Walter is approximately 87 in this story. Now, I know that's very old, but I also know of some people in their late 80's that are still really active and mentally sound. Then again, this is coming from someone who is the youngest person in the part of the family that they associate with on a regular basis. . . . by 10 years. And then the next closest in age person to me is 23 years older than the person that's 10 years older than me! So yeah. . . .I have a warped sense on time.
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February 17, London
It is finally complete. Devries Fairbrook Hellsing has been knighted by the King of England as his holy and righteous sword and shield in the never-ending battle against the inhuman creatures that disturb the peace and tranquility of the night in his beloved United Kingdom. The Hellsing family would have been incredibly proud of this accomplishment, had any family been allowed to remain alive since I had to destroy them for the sake of my rightful place near the throne. He even allowed for the suggestion to give every female leader of any of the Round Table membership the title of 'Integral' to be placed in front of their real name in honor of the first woman to lead any of the Holy Protestant Knights, so I now can change my name to a more familiar moniker.
But all is fair in love, war, and politics, with this matter being one that involves all three aspects of the statement.
I am quite thankful that Harker separated Devries from all formal society as a teen, for my appearance and demeanor is exactly what everyone in the Round Table conference and the Royal Family has come to believe is correct for the heiress-turned-leader of Hellsing. Thank God for Harker's and my nearly identical genes, for I could not have been able to deceive anyone as easily if not for the fact my daughter was almost a mirror image of me.
Of course, I must always wear blue contact lenses when in the presence of anyone that is not of my inner circle, which consists only of Walter now. Alucard has disappeared, and Seras has taken Lillith away from the Organization and England altogether so as to never hear of Hellsing again. They are somewhere in America, and the compensation that I awarded the two women is enough to keep them silent for at least all of Lillith's life.
Lillith is a threat to everything that I have created for the Organization, but I believe she has enough sense to fear what I can and will do to her if she ever tries to harm my reputation or to reveal my identity. Although, I do not see her acting on her anger even if I was mortal, for she knows she has returned to the nothingness which Harker dragged her from. Then again, she still thinks that Alucard is my lap dog, so to speak.
I do not know what to think about Alucard's disappearance and freedom from my Organization. As immortals, we cannot bear the presence of another immortal's company after so much time spent in close quarters, and perhaps nearly thirty years of living together in this mansion has made me repulsive in his perspective. I do have to agree that we were not as close as we were before, back when I was mortal and also when I was a newly baptized fledgling, and I must admit that he was not the easiest man to spend any amount of time with. Alucard was always trying to engage both Seras and I in mind games or criticizing our every move when we did not please him.
He dared to call me a monster for killing my repulsive ex husband!?! Any fool would have killed Harker a million times over before I actually pulled the trigger on that fateful night. That is just like Alucard. He, the creature with a history of killing the innocent alongside the wicked, condemned me.
It is really quite amusing if one thinks on this entire situation.
Do I regret killing Harker? No. I could care less if his soul did not journey to heaven or hell, nor do I wish him the suffering of the purgatory which leaving his spirit behind to wander the earth would create. He deserved his fate, as did Anika.
It is just a pity that my late daughter could not realize such a matter before she became too emotional and decided to destroy herself. (And I could smell Alucard and Seras on her corpse when I watched our men lower her body in to my grave. They helped her die, and I will find a way to exact the perfect revenge so they can know my pain.)
Perhaps I should thank them before I destroy their sanity and immortal lives, because without my daughter's passing I would not have the means of physically leading Hellsing again, because everyone knows that the Organization must be in the responsibility of a mortal, or at least someone younger than my dear deceased cousin.
But there will always be a Devries. No matter who claims to be pure of blood and a member of the Hellsing family, Devries will be in charge of the Organization and have the absolute power and authority to command Hellsing as she fancies. It will be signed in to Hellsing law tomorrow that she can be the only rightful leader of the Organization, now and forever.
In my guise as Devries, I have fooled every law enforcement and judiciary appointment in London, and none have even the slightest clue that they have been tricked. Devries has been cleared of all charges, with the blame for the murders now being passed on to Alucard because of the bullets extracted from Harker and Anika during the autopsies. The SAS, MI-5, and ever other important official knew of his mental instability, so it was of no surprise that the vampire would do such a thing.
But what do I have now that my daughter is dead and I have assumed her role? Why did I work so ferverently to keep up the appearance of having a mortal running my Organization when I have ended up as the leader yet again? Would not it have been better for me to have never included Harker in my life, therefore not bringing Devries, Lillith, or Anika in to the tangled web and shadowed history of the Hellsing family business?
There are no simple answers to these questions. . . .
Perhaps I will tire of leading my Organization and I will find another mortal male to produce another child with so that he or she can lead Hellsing while I leave the drudgery and spotlight for a time so I can pursue other means of keeping my sanity throughout my immortal life. I will not make the mistake of asking the male to stay with me again, as I do believe that it was Harker's fault alone that destroyed Devries' life and sanity with the lies he repeated about me and my former associates.
But then again, certain sacrifices must always be made as the prerequisite for glory.
Sir Integral Devries Fairbrook Hellsing
Epilogue #2- Sir Devries Fairbrook Hellsing (aka, Argetni.) (aka, Integral, for those who weren't paying attention thru the entire fic)
Comment on reviews- Walter is approximately 69 in the series (or so I read somewhere), so assuming I made Disgrace happen immediately after the series, Walter is approximately 87 in this story. Now, I know that's very old, but I also know of some people in their late 80's that are still really active and mentally sound. Then again, this is coming from someone who is the youngest person in the part of the family that they associate with on a regular basis. . . . by 10 years. And then the next closest in age person to me is 23 years older than the person that's 10 years older than me! So yeah. . . .I have a warped sense on time.
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February 17, London
It is finally complete. Devries Fairbrook Hellsing has been knighted by the King of England as his holy and righteous sword and shield in the never-ending battle against the inhuman creatures that disturb the peace and tranquility of the night in his beloved United Kingdom. The Hellsing family would have been incredibly proud of this accomplishment, had any family been allowed to remain alive since I had to destroy them for the sake of my rightful place near the throne. He even allowed for the suggestion to give every female leader of any of the Round Table membership the title of 'Integral' to be placed in front of their real name in honor of the first woman to lead any of the Holy Protestant Knights, so I now can change my name to a more familiar moniker.
But all is fair in love, war, and politics, with this matter being one that involves all three aspects of the statement.
I am quite thankful that Harker separated Devries from all formal society as a teen, for my appearance and demeanor is exactly what everyone in the Round Table conference and the Royal Family has come to believe is correct for the heiress-turned-leader of Hellsing. Thank God for Harker's and my nearly identical genes, for I could not have been able to deceive anyone as easily if not for the fact my daughter was almost a mirror image of me.
Of course, I must always wear blue contact lenses when in the presence of anyone that is not of my inner circle, which consists only of Walter now. Alucard has disappeared, and Seras has taken Lillith away from the Organization and England altogether so as to never hear of Hellsing again. They are somewhere in America, and the compensation that I awarded the two women is enough to keep them silent for at least all of Lillith's life.
Lillith is a threat to everything that I have created for the Organization, but I believe she has enough sense to fear what I can and will do to her if she ever tries to harm my reputation or to reveal my identity. Although, I do not see her acting on her anger even if I was mortal, for she knows she has returned to the nothingness which Harker dragged her from. Then again, she still thinks that Alucard is my lap dog, so to speak.
I do not know what to think about Alucard's disappearance and freedom from my Organization. As immortals, we cannot bear the presence of another immortal's company after so much time spent in close quarters, and perhaps nearly thirty years of living together in this mansion has made me repulsive in his perspective. I do have to agree that we were not as close as we were before, back when I was mortal and also when I was a newly baptized fledgling, and I must admit that he was not the easiest man to spend any amount of time with. Alucard was always trying to engage both Seras and I in mind games or criticizing our every move when we did not please him.
He dared to call me a monster for killing my repulsive ex husband!?! Any fool would have killed Harker a million times over before I actually pulled the trigger on that fateful night. That is just like Alucard. He, the creature with a history of killing the innocent alongside the wicked, condemned me.
It is really quite amusing if one thinks on this entire situation.
Do I regret killing Harker? No. I could care less if his soul did not journey to heaven or hell, nor do I wish him the suffering of the purgatory which leaving his spirit behind to wander the earth would create. He deserved his fate, as did Anika.
It is just a pity that my late daughter could not realize such a matter before she became too emotional and decided to destroy herself. (And I could smell Alucard and Seras on her corpse when I watched our men lower her body in to my grave. They helped her die, and I will find a way to exact the perfect revenge so they can know my pain.)
Perhaps I should thank them before I destroy their sanity and immortal lives, because without my daughter's passing I would not have the means of physically leading Hellsing again, because everyone knows that the Organization must be in the responsibility of a mortal, or at least someone younger than my dear deceased cousin.
But there will always be a Devries. No matter who claims to be pure of blood and a member of the Hellsing family, Devries will be in charge of the Organization and have the absolute power and authority to command Hellsing as she fancies. It will be signed in to Hellsing law tomorrow that she can be the only rightful leader of the Organization, now and forever.
In my guise as Devries, I have fooled every law enforcement and judiciary appointment in London, and none have even the slightest clue that they have been tricked. Devries has been cleared of all charges, with the blame for the murders now being passed on to Alucard because of the bullets extracted from Harker and Anika during the autopsies. The SAS, MI-5, and ever other important official knew of his mental instability, so it was of no surprise that the vampire would do such a thing.
But what do I have now that my daughter is dead and I have assumed her role? Why did I work so ferverently to keep up the appearance of having a mortal running my Organization when I have ended up as the leader yet again? Would not it have been better for me to have never included Harker in my life, therefore not bringing Devries, Lillith, or Anika in to the tangled web and shadowed history of the Hellsing family business?
There are no simple answers to these questions. . . .
Perhaps I will tire of leading my Organization and I will find another mortal male to produce another child with so that he or she can lead Hellsing while I leave the drudgery and spotlight for a time so I can pursue other means of keeping my sanity throughout my immortal life. I will not make the mistake of asking the male to stay with me again, as I do believe that it was Harker's fault alone that destroyed Devries' life and sanity with the lies he repeated about me and my former associates.
But then again, certain sacrifices must always be made as the prerequisite for glory.
Sir Integral Devries Fairbrook Hellsing