[The castle bristles. It doesn't like taking commands from Leon even now, but the desire to thwart Carmilla weighs out over all other thoughts. It will destroy the body and leave no traces. That is a promise.

Alucard can only nod at Leon's command. He's not a son, he's a ward or a prisoner, but that demands it's own kind of obedience.]

Understood. Thank you.

[And he does need to show that gratitude. This? This is so much more than he could have ever hoped for.]

The Speaker and I will devise a schedule for looking after him. After she wakes. I...will see you at some point in the near future then.