[ Listen. If he's not being called out, he doesn't care. His look in return is convincingly innocent. ]

Ah, is that so? [ Rhy remarks with polite interest but no surprise or any sort of judgement. He has no reason to think it's unusual; for all he knows, humans and vampires couple all the time in Alucard's world. After all, he's got absolutely nothing to compare it to. ]

That is true. But they have been gracious hosts, and seem to have a growing interest in increasing trade relations. Who knows? As I understand it, this is already a very significant step and show of goodwill.