Most people don't look at a castle and go 'goodness, what an unworthy castle'!

[ The laughing helps, flooding through the silence of the forest. Perhaps he should be concerned about the sound making it easy to find them, but in the silence even Alucard's light footfall would be sound enough for that. This is better than the quiet. Somehow he doubts there's been any laughter here in a long time. ]

Well I can't exactly be consort to a better vampire, now can I? Most have the good sense not to keep a Belmont around.