Sir Integra turned around in her chair to look at the guest in her office. It wasn't often that foreign dignitaries saw fit to come visit her.
It wasn't often they knew about her branch of knighthood.
Given that, and the country that this particular man worked for, she didn't doubt that she knew what this purtained to.
"I must say that I find it interesting to finally meet the European sorcerer that Japan trusts for its Project Gaia, Mr. Liqueur," Integra said looking over the man.
"That is beside the point, Sir Hellsing," the young sorcerer said. "I've been asked to speak to you personally on behalf of the APD."
"My forces are only in Japan until we can ascertain that the FREAK outbreaks are not targetted at our Queen's embassy there," Integra assured him. "We are not going to intrude on your jurisdiction any more than necessary."
"With regards," Gigelf said. "The matter I was asked to discuss pertains to two magical beings that your people have been showing an interest in."
"Is APD also showing interest?" Integra asked, taking the meeting a bit more seriously now.
"They are," Gigelf said.
"And you are here to ask me to back off on our recruiting efforts?" Integra asked, taking the situation much more seriously now. The Japanese girls off-hand comment regarding an ability to stop the Ghoul transformation was much too valuable just to let go.
"For the moment, the proposal is an allegiance," Gigelf said. "A combined effort to eliminate the FREAK incursion."
"Why these two?" Sir Integra asked. "As I understand it, there are a number of mystical beings in your island. Sailor V, believe is active there under a new codename with a number of other similar girls."
"The senshi," Gigelf said tightly, "are powerful and morally minded, but they serve their Princess, not our Emperor."
"I understand that problem," Sir Integra said. "But they are not the only such force you have available."
"In the end," the sorcerer said. "It is their choice whether to accept either proposal. Right now you are already acting past the limited purview your invitation gave you. As it stands the Emporer could request your Queen to withdraw you and you would have to agree. Accepting this offer will give you more official room to act, and access to local information and files as well. The matter of these new vampires can be left until later."
Sir Integra frowned, not liking the political corner she was being painted into, but there wasn't much in the way of choice. Gigelf was correct, the battles last night and Alucard's choice for how to cover the situation left them in a precarious way. Not that the red-coated marauder had much of a choice in the manner, of course.
Giving the general populace knowledge of FREAKS would have been even more damaging over all.
"You are still in England to research our libraries, are you not?" Sir Integra asked.
"I am," Gigelf said hesitantly.
"We will accept your offer for now," Integra said finally. "But do consider what removing us from Japan would mean to your access to the occult information here."
"Indeed," Gigelf said, frowning.
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