Of course not. [There is something approaching a laugh in Alucard's voice with that response, but it doesn't surface in full. What comes out instead is exhaustion and frustration, the latter moreso than the former.] That would involve putting at least one more card on the table.

All I know is that you were given more information than we were upon summons, as there was no mention of a trial at that time.

[He's heard the rumour now. Doesn't trust it an inch, but there is the lift of his eyebrow at Ciri to gauge her opinion of that particular promise. Alucard expects it is a lie, of course, or else theater, but perhaps there was a tone he missed.]