[Alucard looks as if he's about to be sick. Pale skin turns actual sheet white, because that is actually the scariest thing he's heard in...in forever. The castle, moved remotely. His father would be horrified, then enraged.

He manages a shaky breath.]

None of the books survived.

[He says it softly.]

The seller said well... apparently it was known that something happened with regards to the explosion there. There were two, it seems. One that got to the house, the other all the things underneath. Nothing besides that thing survived, and that was because it was found in a case. A prototype of some kind, meant to withstand more mortal weapons like blasts. Which means the actual item is in perfect condition. And it is the only survivor.

[As are you.]