"Yeah, we were sort-of backing the Queen, since Anna made her agree to keep the city as-is," says Jones. Which the Queen had kept. Sort of, at least. Jones herself rather liked the weather in the Queen's realm, so she couldn't really bring herself to mind. "But anyway, Veronica's even gotten herself a bit of a beau in the meantime, so she's doing quite well."

And while they were having more amicable conversation, there was something she'd been meaning to ask about—"Say, you mentioned some people called 'Hellsing' before, didn't you? I've been hearing about them around, but I was curious what you knew about them.

"...you said you didn't trust them?"