I'll bet you anything it's just some two bit human mage thinking he's clever and trying to worm his way into higher circles.

[This part of the countertop is perfectly safe, and it means that when Alucard grins up at Sypha, he's....actually looking up. Counters in the house did err towards the taller end of the spectrum, given his father's height.]

Of course not, that'd just be a waste of time.