[Several things churn through Alucard's head at once. The first is to question why he wasn't informed that the Belmont was going to do something like this. This is strategy (Speaker strategy in it's way, for it's all words), and usually that means sharing with the vampire so he can anticipate and respond. Plan out.
Which leads to the sister thought of how to respond to this in an appropriate manner, and starting to swear that Trevor didn't give him a heads up at all. This is a thing carefully thought out and choreographed, not sprung last minute and leaving the vampire searching for words. He'd ask Sypha for help if he had the chance but it isn't possible.
There's also the part of Alucard that sees the gesture as too little too late. Maybe this could have all been avoided if there was such a declaration early on. Maybe not, because Carmilla would still be bold and would see the last Belmont as just an obstacle to be overcome. Accounted for more fully, perhaps.
this is about fealty and service, nothing more.
But fealty and service at least helps Alucard find words. He could look at Trevor all night like this, but instead he meets the eyes of the people who for the most part, would gladly feast on the remains of his House, certain that Dracula's recompense would never come. (They're forgetting that, aren't they? That one day he will return and if they've torn everything asunder, then his wrath shall tear them apart in turn.)]
Such oaths cannot be revoked once sworn in front of witnesses. [And there are ever so many witnesses now.]
Anyone who moves against this House has always known what lies ahead for them. Let this be a reminder. Those illustrious ancestors chased out things that sent many of those noble in blood and fang to these shores. We [and that's a royal We, something Alucard always keeps in reserve due to the gravity of it] do not wish for anyone to forget that in the absence of House Tepes, far worse things have always fallen upon all the night things. The world is finite, and we have explored all of it's edges.
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Which leads to the sister thought of how to respond to this in an appropriate manner, and starting to swear that Trevor didn't give him a heads up at all. This is a thing carefully thought out and choreographed, not sprung last minute and leaving the vampire searching for words. He'd ask Sypha for help if he had the chance but it isn't possible.
There's also the part of Alucard that sees the gesture as too little too late. Maybe this could have all been avoided if there was such a declaration early on. Maybe not, because Carmilla would still be bold and would see the last Belmont as just an obstacle to be overcome. Accounted for more fully, perhaps.
this is about fealty and service, nothing more.
But fealty and service at least helps Alucard find words. He could look at Trevor all night like this, but instead he meets the eyes of the people who for the most part, would gladly feast on the remains of his House, certain that Dracula's recompense would never come. (They're forgetting that, aren't they? That one day he will return and if they've torn everything asunder, then his wrath shall tear them apart in turn.)]
Such oaths cannot be revoked once sworn in front of witnesses. [And there are ever so many witnesses now.]
Anyone who moves against this House has always known what lies ahead for them. Let this be a reminder. Those illustrious ancestors chased out things that sent many of those noble in blood and fang to these shores. We [and that's a royal We, something Alucard always keeps in reserve due to the gravity of it] do not wish for anyone to forget that in the absence of House Tepes, far worse things have always fallen upon all the night things. The world is finite, and we have explored all of it's edges.