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You hold your ground, sir. Have you no shame, madam?

Debauching yourself in your father's house and with a common teacher?

Aye, I'm of the king's court. And I'm not just a teacher.

I'm a bachelor of geography and cartography. Don't bandy words with me,

You're a charlatan.

Like that rogue Newton who swindled half of Europe when an apple fell on his

head.

Father, I love him.

Love him?

Him? Can't even afford a decent pair of britches. I've great plans.

It'll bring me fame and fortune.

Yes, I'm sure, by marrying my daughter. No.

What I mean is... What do you mean, no?

Of course I intend to marry you, just not now. More in the future.

If I have my way, he doesn't have a future. Get him out of here.

Go on.

Jonathan, run!

Shoot me!

Run,

Jonathan, run!

If your mother was alive, she'd be appalled.

My dear mister, I offer you my deepest apologies for my hurried departure.

As bitter as it is to admit to you, I have to say that your father was right.

It is true that I have spent all of my money, but let me tell you, I have not

wasted it, as he wants to imagine, but invested it in my invention.

With the help of this unique device, I am determined to revolutionize the field

of cartography with maps.

that finally show the true borders of the countries of the world.

I have decided to commence this grand project right from the heart of our

beloved Grenoble, which I have chosen to be the starting point for all my

calculations.

Someday, our quiet little town will be renowned the world over as the place all

time is measured against.

This is the dream, but I need you to believe in me.

My dear.

The impressions of my journey I write in my letters.

In order for them not to be read by unintended persons, I encrypt the

using a mirror, as Leonardo da Vinci did before me.

I love you, and refuse to be thought of as some dowry hunter.

I will show everyone that that is not true.

My news will fly to you by means of carrier pigeon.

In this way, when times of great difficulty confront me, I will feel you

to me.

And my heart will be warm.

Lower your eyes.

Kneel down and pray.

Be afraid of the eyes of V.

The ancient god who dwells in the eternal darkness of the cave.

His eyes have taken root in the earth.

If a man but glances at him, then that man dies.

And no prayer can conquer that mysterious fear.

The old folks say so, and their grandparents said so.

On summer nights, young girls looking for true love float burning candles on

wreaths in the water.

And if some young man gathers in your wreath, you know that he is your

Since the beginning of time when the earth was young and the gods were young,

this tradition has lived in the hearts of the Slavic people.

Burning candles float in the darkness.

It has always been so.

God, who did this?

Who did this to you?

She wants to confess.

The one you asked to pray over me.

God, help us protect us from evil.

There's a student priest from the seminary.

He'll pray by me for three nights, truly and sincerely.

He knows.

One dead, and one out of her mind!

So complete your three nights of prayer over my daughter, exactly as she

requested. Then I will reward you.

Who, me?

Yes, you.

It was my daughter's dying wish, and you must fulfill it. Have you ever felt a

whip crack on your skin?

No, and it is not something I want to happen to me.

Then do not fail me.

I'll pay you a thousand gold coins if you succeed in this.

A thousand gold coins? You will not be allowed to fail me.

Master, stop me. Lock the door. He stays here for three nights.

Please, dear God, hear your humble servant and forgive his sins through our

Jesus Christ.

Amen.

O Lord, our Father, dear God, embrace us all in your

faith and the hope...

Here is a thousand gold coins.

Blessings for you.

We could...

We could build a monastery with this. No, that's Homer's fee.

Now leave and prepare everything for my daughter's funeral.

Let's get it done.

Soon. What?

You know, Panichka's burial.

For three nights I've had the shit scared out of me. Master's daughter,

still a witch.

That's spicy.

What do you got there?

It's from Sotnick.

It's the fee he gave to Homer. I've never seen so much money before in my

life.

The key.

place. His soul has departed.

This holy place has been violated.

This can no longer be called a place of worship.

Board up the doors and the windows.

So she got him. He has the witch. There's witchcraft here.

If that's the way, yesterday's rules are dead and gone.

We can never go back in there again.

There must be a devil of sorts.

This is a cursed place.

We must barricade. We can't leave my daughter.

Don't take this

sin upon your soul. Don't go in.

They need you. They need you.

In the name of the Father.

My travels continued for a whole year.

Today, It's the first day of April.

It's going to take so long to come here.

What awaits me further east.

Thank you, Nanny.

Really, my love?

Wait.

Hurry up, pigeons, now, is it?

Papa, please look at me.

kill him.

Luck accompanied me but now it has turned away.

I have not eaten for several days and

I have none of the resources left necessary for continuing this

journey.

And alas, I have lost my path somewhat which is now patently clear.

Please, don't shoot us.

Who are you?

We're common students at the city seminary.

Students? Seminary, uh -huh.

What about some food to eat?

To eat? Yes, to eat, uh -huh. Yes, it's to eat.

Here's to new friends.

So, you're a scientist.

Ah, we're scientists.

I'm Gorovets. I study rhetoric.

And he's a theologian Halyava.

Right. Is the city far? No, but there is a village close by.

Oh, yes.

It's close.

Oh, yes.

I wouldn't send an enemy there.

Why? Around a year ago, a friend of ours was there with us and suddenly

vanished. Scientist? Yes, a scientist.

Philosopher. Homo Brutus. So, about a year ago, me, Homa, and Hayava passed

through here on the way home for summer vacation.

Either it was the fog or... Maybe the devil spun us round, but we completely

lost our way.

Stop that.

Have some mercy, Grandpa, er, Granny. I thought the Lord was supposed to provide

for you.

Charity!

Charity!

Stop that racket.

Do you remember how this goes?

Sir, oh, please buy some food.

That witch wanted me.

She tried to grope me with her filthy hands.

All women are witches.

And the market women are witches.

Ooh.

Listen, Granny.

It's a fasting week.

I couldn't sin against that.

Not even for a thousand gold coins.

Crazy old woman was actually Panichka.

She was a witch.

He knew that, and I knew that for sure.

You think it's funny? All right, then. You listen to me.

This is vanished into thin air. Let me tell you something about that.

Certainly.

Huh? It's our best from Hortica.

What do you think?

It's not bad. Unlike the village where hell's evil is all around.

That's definitely not good. Evil that not even our Lord God can stop.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

With this symbol of our lord's majesty, we complete the circle.

Ah, so we are prisoners in our own village prison.

Merciful lord, please help me to protect my children from these devil spirits.

And let them know nothing of what is luck doing.

So are you convinced now? You said that the monster had nine horns. Nine great

horns. Seven horns.

Seven. Let's go.

Let's go.

Run!

If you're going on, it's without us.

That's a funny story.

Hey!

Carly!

Stop, I say!

Protected by armor made from fire, the horse's heads were like those of lions.

and fire and smoke.

And here is the sign!

A messenger sent from Satan has pierced our circle!

What kind of messenger of Satan is he if his knees are knocking together in

fear?

You know, I just passed with a good scrub.

Master Sutnick.

He's alone.

There's no one else.

A servant of Satan!

What's all this noise?

The devil's scripture.

Jonathan... Green.

Jonathan Green? Yes, yes, yes. Jonathan Green.

Scientist. Cartographer. I am the subject of Her Majesty the Queen of

Recently renamed the United Kingdom.

It's a pleasure to meet you all.

If he's the best his country has to offer, we're in terrible trouble.

Looking through my spyglass, I could well discern leaping savages and their

frantic gestures.

I was sure they were preparing themselves for a terrible meal of human

This is the latest story by Mr. Defoe. It's about the adventures of Robinson

Crusoe. Of all the great writers this country has produced, you choose to read

him.

What, madam, is this?

Father, please give it back. It's from him, isn't it?

Cease any contact with that worthless specimen. I demand that in my own home

there is nothing to remind me of the wretch. Why, Father, you are forgetting

that this wretch is the father of my child.

You never thought that perhaps at this very moment he is somewhere, surrounded

by savages, in deadly peril on some desert island.

Savages? Island?

What island?

It is the biggest continent of them all. You're Mr. Jonathan. I am a

cartographer. Green is in the middle of that continent.

A continent?

Tub it in my arse.

Excuse me, sir. Excuse me.

I have some very important equipment damaged in my carriage. It's vital to

you understand. It's the fifth measuring wheel. It measures distance.

The wheel?

Yes, sir.

A blacksmith's good at making that kind of mechanism.

Let's go.

He made a contraption that produces gorilka.

The vodka's so clear it looks like tears.

Yes, I'm very well aware of what gorilka is. It's not that. No, no. It's a

mechanical thing. It's a mechanism.

Nah, same shit.

Did I invite the commons in?

It's me, Terence. Well, here, I've brought you a British customer, a

A scientist?

There is carriage.

What do you think of this?

Ah, an impressive ring.

Yeah, if it moves and turns on its own, think you can fix it?

It wasn't made by God, so yeah.

No, no, no, no, no, no. Work at Dutch Masters.

The Dutch Masters, you say?

Well, try this.

Well, Master Scientist, remind you of anything?

It's like the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci.

I have no idea what the da Vinci is, but I do know how to make it fly. That I

know. Will it?

Yeah, but to land, not so much.

But first I invite the Master Scientist to my house to eat. It's been a long

time since we had a foreigner around here.

are you shielding him?

No, that's not why I called you here, Father.

It's been a whole year since my darling daughter died.

Let's have her funeral at the old church tomorrow.

My men can clear the road in no time.

I didn't hear that.

Don't think it.

That road is closed. I waited nine days, then forty days, and now a full twelve

months. Pray to God.

Patience alone is nothing.

There's one thing I still don't know.

What was it you saw inside that church?

Petrus!

Petrus!

Yes, Master Sutley.

What's this? Read it to me.

It's a map of the area.

Go and bring him here, that scientist.

Whoa.

But quietly.

Excuse me.

Hello. Are you deaf?

Good. All right. We're not speaking. That's fine by me.

At least tell me your name.

Well, drop down.

What delicate saplings the devil has brought me.

Would you like me to rub you back when you're dry?

Thank you, but I... Hey!

The other students like it.

The old woman. I got my brood.

This is where it all happened.

If you're taking a flight, you should rest first.

Look, is there a problem?

Master Sotnik would like to talk to you. In secret.

Shh.

Father, tell me, what is wrong?

Sotnik won't stop asking questions.

It has been over a year.

He's thinking of ordering his laborers to clear the roadway.

I'd like to know which of his laborers he thinks is willing to risk his skin

around this cursed place.

I'm going to just gladly show the heroes.

Outsiders, then.

Master Sotnik, the scientist.

Master Cartographer, do you believe in God?

How to put it?

I'm a scientist.

That means you don't believe in the devil. No.

That's good.

I want you to make another map like this one, but put the church at the center

so I can see all my land.

That's good.

I must tell you that it'll take time to complete.

For a thousand gold coins.

Where is Satan's messenger?

My guess is he's holed up at Hannah's watermill.

Here, for a start.

I'll need an assistant.

I'll get you one now.

Begin at the old church.

Let no one see you.

Master Sotnik, the path is clear. We should go.

Come on. My horse can

see things we can't. There must be a devil of sorts.

About you talking with Sotnik. Not a word to anyone.

It's better for us.

So, Father Maisie. Right. Let's go see.

Where's the scientist?

He's here.

Master scientist.

Let us pour some Karelka for our honored guest.

Trust me, you've tasted nothing like this.

Smells good.

Everyone?

To us. Yes, to us. To us.

So what size do you do?

Look, Panache, you're talking like you're an expert and scientist.

Well, I've heard there are some who stare at the stars.

Yeah, what kind of science is that?

Stargazing science? I know what I'm talking about.

They stare.

They stare at the stars through glasses, like this.

It's a rush. This is empty.

Trouble.

That's what we got from the last scientist.

He changed our village. Not for the better.

He was a philosopher.

Hamabrut.

Brutus.

Tell me how you happen to know Homa Brutus.

He's well known.

Everyone knows that name.

He's known all right.

Master Sotnik had heard the name of a seminary student in our village. A

by the name of Homa Brutus.

Doros and I deliver Homer to watch over Sotnik's daughter.

Wolves howling.

We beg you, Lord, embrace in us the eternal life that is given to you in

blessed ministry.

In the name of the Father and the Son.

Amen.

What sort of a priest would I be if I was afraid of a corpse?

Oh, I wish I could smoke in here.

Her face.

Her beautiful face draws me to her.

Even in death.

So beautiful.

Listen, where is this chat?

Tell us why do you want to know? Well, Master Sotnick and I were thinking of

maybe, you know... Forget it. It's nothing. Chalk is the most important

own. Draw a circle around you, and not even the devil can touch you. Or a

All women are witches.

And they have small curly tails.

Who's that fool for? Are you going to the swamp? Is that true?

Well, it's all superstition, legends, imagination.

Maybe not in Europe, but here, all women are witches.

Yavtuk, he's drinking.

Hey! There's no savor!

Thank you.

Thank you.

You are giving us orders.

That's it. We're not you in trouble.

Let's go.

No,

no, no. Don't go.

We're just getting started in here.

Don't spoil this. You'll suffer.

Was there any evidence of Homer's fate?

Evidence?

Here it is.

Evidence I saw with my own eyes.

But thanks to the curse, I have only the one now. My other is gone.

Now listen to the rest.

It's always scary the first night.

I'm not scared.

I'm not scared now.

Help me, Lord.

Thank you.

I can't see him.

Where is he?

He's under the table.

My ears must be clogged.

He kicked my head.

Look, he wants to run.

I can't see anything!

Don't let him get through the chalk!

Turn around!

Keep him away from the chalk!

The chalk!

Don't let him have the chalk!

I don't see him.

Damn!

Where is he?

My God!

And I will leave you among the living.

reasoning fails you.

You hide behind the chalk circle.

Do as she asks.

Find out who is in the sheep's skin.

Help her find her way.

By doing so, you will find your...

Professor Sotnick is very angry.

What's become of the scientist?

He's gone.

So he packed his things, ran out of the village, and ran off.

That foreign scientist.

Satan's messenger has gone to the forbidden church.

Speak up, little one.

What's going to happen to us, my father?

Get ready. Gather the people.

Why the hell do you think he went into the forest?

Sneaking for your treasure. Well, it's really not funny. What if he goes inside

the church?

Then when Sopnik asks, did you happen to see the thousand gold coins meant for

Homa, the ones I dropped in fear?

Oh, yes.

I saw you.

You took them.

I'll hold it close, just as any confession.

Let's go.

NASA scientist.

You can do as you like, but I won't go in.

Some assistant, eh?

Look, at least hold the rope for me.

Do I have to?

Patroos! Hold it tighter!

I'll look around this swamp.

while you go and check out the church.

And worse, they'll buy you some new reins.

And a saddle.

Here goes.

We have enough for everything.

Look at this.

Look how much money we've got.

Hold it tight!

What am I doing? This is crazy.

Freda?

The truth.

Pull my stuff up.

I'm going to spend all day here.

You just stay there.

I can only suppose that it was the shock of the last few days and my body's

tiredness that so completely distorted my first impressions.

They remind me of pirates.

Have I frightened you, my dear?

No, no, my darling. You see, first impressions are sometimes deceptive.

I thought hell with you.

What are you doing over there? What news, brother? I found him. I found him

the old church.

Oh? Let's get him then. Sure. Just as soon as you hide our money, right?

Well, Father, we rode to the church, and there he was on the roof.

And Petros was there with him. I had Overko stay on watch. If the scientist

finds anything, he'll get a knife in the back.

Well, what should our next move be?

Hear me, Sodnik.

While you know this, the villagers are ready to act and execute the

unholy.

You want a requiem for your daughter, Master Sodnik?

You'll have it.

Wait here.

And see what happens.

This

is

not a priest speaking with the power to punish and judge you. No.

You see a simple servant.

That's all.

A worm anyone can tread on. That's what I needed to hear.

But this servant, this worm, implores you. Do not seek explanations, for

all that's in this firmament is a miracle.

Let others say that you live in darkness, that you are ignorant.

I say to seek to know all of God's work is heresy. So let go of the false light

of knowledge. It does not serve our God.

What's wrong, Master Sodnik? Has the truth of God made you uncomfortable?

Have you no love for Christ's flock?

Yes, they're just a flock.

Ah, Master Sotnik has fallen victim to his pride and the influence of those

who've declared themselves all known.

You just stay there, Master Scientist. Stay there.

Fear the learned outsiders!

I see how Satan's army is getting ever nearer.

from here so that the ground burns up under their feet.

to come down quite so quickly.

Lift me up, Petrus.

Petrus, lift me up. Up?

Master,

I told you this place is cursed. I don't care. I need my instrument.

Petrus, Petrus, I'm going.

We need to run away.

Petrus, let's go.

What did you see there?

This devilry here.

You've joined them.

You haven't been there.

Do not consort with the scientist.

Any of you.

Or the Lord's curse be upon you.

Get out.

Without my instruments.

You heard me. Finish the job you started.

Or be flayed alive.

You said Ovelko would watch him.

Who? He's back again.

And he's not alone. He's with Sotnik's servant.

Who? Who? Who do you think? Go now and bring him to me.

So again?

Petrus, of course!

Let's eat him down.

Dorosh, what are you doing?

What are you doing?

Dorosh, shut him up or we'll have the whole village on our hands.

Dorosh, no. No, get the other ones. What's that?

Dorosh, no, please.

This isn't funny.

Can we talk about this?

I beg you.

No!

What did the scientist do at the church? Tell us why he was there and what was

he trying to find?

A thousand gold coins.

It's lying around the church somewhere.

Good boy.

Good boy.

From now on, you'll report everything you hear to me.

Put this on and leave it on. And no questions.

Now, get out of here.

I'll run away first.

Before I serve you! Find the scientist and don't lose sight of him.

Let's go and find Roberto.

Master Scientist, they're coming. What's the matter? What's wrong?

Things could get very nasty, so you've got to run away now.

And I'm going with you. You are?

I have only one condition.

I'm taking Nassusia with us.

of Cossack Petrus.

Farewell.

Mastusia, my love, my true darling.

Petrus, come on.

We'll steal a boat.

Be ready.

Are you crazy?

You could have killed my horse.

I'll kill you, you rotten swine. You're no better. I know you stole it. Where

have you hidden it?

I didn't steal it. You've completely lost your mind over all that money. Such

smart words from a traitor and a thief.

Well, brother, anything to say before I cut out your tongue?

Why don't we settle this over a smoke, huh?

What do you say? I like that better.

Drop my pipe.

It's going to be around here somewhere.

Where's my pipe?

Astucia. Petrus, come here.

Astucia, this way.

Petrus, go to the dentary. I'll follow you. Where are you going?

Nastusia!

Overko, how many times do we save each other's necks?

Look at us now.

Nastusia!

Let us redeem our sins and give the money

back to Sotnik. Remember the good old days?

Just two brothers with free spirits.

Bastucia!

Who's there? Come out so I can see!

Lovely pipe, isn't it?

I believe it is yours.

Well... Aren't you wondering where I found it?

Brother?

V!

V! V!

V! He's back. Where?

Down there in the swamp.

V! I saw him! I saw him!

The time has now come!

Hey, dumb girl, do you know how lucky you are that you're

dumb?

Where is it?

Where is the money?

Give it to me.

Here,

take this. Don't kill me!

I saw the monster with seven horns.

It wasn't her. I saw him. I saw the monster.

It wasn't Nastusia. It was the monster. But my son, she's a witch. What have I

done?

Go on.

You used me.

You didn't even want the map, did you?

It was about your daughter and the way she died.

What did you find out?

I know what happened to her.

You found out who was under the skin?

Calm him the hell down!

Just find out, and I don't care how. You guarantee my safety. And for your

information, Nastusia is being attacked.

They're working up their courage to kill her, you understand?

I'm going to handle this.

And right now.

What hellish acts are you up to?

Let Nastusha go.

Just look at my arm. You call this sacrilege? And Verosh, my poor brother,

merely cut... You could break her with one finger.

She's a witch! Anas, set her free, now!

Not permitted, Master Son.

What?

Keep back.

I have my orders.

Whose orders? I'm not afraid to carry them out. Whose orders?

Mine.

Watch what you say and be very careful.

No one heeds your words anymore.

Sinner!

And there's another of

Satan's servants.

Grab the sinner!

Well, wait.

Now you have company.

Let's see what the bastards have written, honey.

My dearest Miss Dudley.

The wings of the local inhabitants are very similar to

those of several species of bat.

Only that they stretch to a width of some ten feet.

What? I felt their rancid breath so close that I could reach out and feel

filthy skin.

and can talk like a human being.

They have hooves.

Do you remember the sailor with a limp that we met in the fort of London and

told us of an enormous squid?

Why are you blubbing?

It's been so long since I last received a letter from him. Forget him, my dear.

He's not worth your tears.

Oh, Daddy, please.

Sir.

Well, here I have a squid that is ten times as big as six eyes.

They call it V.

The fellow's obviously lost his wits. If I should not return, search for me in

this accursed place.

Please God let it be so, eh?

I'll take it off.

It's alright.

I'll take it off.

Here you go.

There.

There.

The monster.

The monster.

You're feeding it, aren't you?

that can just disappear without a trace.

Wait.

I didn't make these marks.

Look. So your monster can mark roots on maps.

All of Saltnick's power should come to me because you know my heart is burning

for it.

Oh, I see. What is much?

It's power I need.

It's for the money. It's for the church.

to finish off the girl as soon as possible. She saw the whole thing.

Listen to me.

I want to conduct the execution by the swamp.

This way the whole village will be responsible for spilling her blood.

Good thinking.

And she will be the bait to expose a certain kind of monster.

I'd like to know who is under that skin.

Now go.

There's a plot to take over.

You're coming with me.

Why are you dressing up, stupid cow, to see a young girl put to death?

Come on, let's go.

Whoa there.

Sit down.

Such a puny... You witch!

Good. Yavtuk, why are you here?

I dare not speak of it. Tell me, what's wrong?

Paisi sprinkled the witch with holy water, and she suddenly became crazy

animal with sharp claws.

Then she turned into a crow and tried to fly.

You're lying, huh? That's a good story.

I'm not that clever.

But it's not true, right?

See? There.

Listen. Can you hear that?

They say that when a witch sinks into the water, well, that's just the

beginning. So why are you here? Would you mind watching the scientists while I

go look?

Please, thank you. All right, I've got him. And I'm a busy man.

Understand that. I'll be quick.

Don't just lay there.

Climb out.

He's joined the others. You should run. That fire's for you.

Go along the swamp.

I've got your things from the boat.

You'll get wet, but it's better than being burned alive.

Paisy. Paisy and Averco.

If we don't stop them, a lot of villagers will die.

They're fanatics.

I understand.

Be careful, Yaktoub. May God be with you.

This woman may be a witch.

Let rightful punishment pass without stones cast from our hands.

It's very simple.

If she floats, she is a witch. There is no other way.

Brothers and sisters, I call on you to cut this disease out of our hearts.

Everything is ready. I'm nearly finished.

I killed her. I killed my daughter.

I killed her.

You bet if I just disappeared.

Patron, what are you talking about disappeared?

Oh, my brute disappeared?

You all disappeared? I don't understand.

Gone in a second.

Without even a trace.

No, no, no, no. Where's the body? Where's the grave, huh?

There isn't. There isn't. It doesn't exist.

Listen to me. Stop. Listen to me, brute.

We've got one chance to save this girl. One chance. Do you understand me? I know

what you saw in the swamp.

You saw a sheep's head with horns. No more. No monster.

You think you're a simple peasant who creates these monsters and then you gave

yourself half to death.

Of course. It can only be. Put on those sheets. Show yourself.

I'll chase you.

Lead everyone to the church. Bring them there.

vicious stupidity? I tell you, we must strengthen our hearts

and prepare ourselves all to show no mercy.

Oh! I shot V!

I shot V!

I shot V!

Bring him to me.

Looking for these, huh?

You tried to kill me, didn't you?

Up there on the dome.

Didn't you?

Steal my work and escape any punishment.

You want facts?

I'll give you facts.

You liked Popnik's daughter.

You liked her a lot.

But when you realized she was out of your league, you attacked the poor girl,

raped her, and left her for dead.

As she lay there dying.

She hoped that their attacker, being forced to pray over her dead body for

days and three nights, would repent and confess.

But not you.

He knows who wears the sheeps.

Those were the last words she said.

Sheepskin is what she meant to say.

And you, you terrorized the village for a whole year.

And right now, as we speak... Another innocent girl will be murdered because

you.

Well, I won't let it happen.

Your secret will be revealed once and for all.

What do you want from me? Get up!

You won't believe me.

I'm tired.

Where did you get that?

Where did you get that belt?

You won't believe me.

Where did you get it? I got it when it snapped off your map case.

As I hauled you out of the swamp.

Lies. I told you in blue.

So what about this?

Why did you steal my maps?

It was my only chance of survival.

With your map, I could get away.

Where else would I go?

To the seminary, so everyone could ridicule me?

Accuse me of crimes I didn't commit, like killing Panichka. Look!

It's the devil!

Boys, it's me, Koma.

Don't run away.

So, it was you, Seteverka, and Doris at each other's throats.

They were too greedy.

Wait. Help me understand.

Why did Panichka want you to pray over her body? Why?

A year ago, me, Gorobitz, and Helyava completely lost our way and found

ourselves staying at the water mill by the swamp.

That is my reef you found.

What's your name?

I'm Homer.

Philosophy. No, I'm a student of philosophy from the seminary. You may be

Christian student from the seminary.

But we too have our powerful ancient tradition.

I have decided.

I will take you, my destiny.

And you're supposed to love me truly forever.

Out of fear, I put on the sheepskin.

I was sure Nastusia would think I was the one who attacked Ponicka.

In gratitude for saving her, she fed the monster for over a year.

And I've been praying for Ponicka's soul ever since.

Only the first three nights were terrible.

When the third night was over, I was paralyzed from fear from what I had

in the church.

It was then, at daybreak, that he came.

I've heard enough about V.

No, he's more terrifying. Who?

Who was it?

It's him!

Just lure the villagers away, and she'll be fine.

I'm coming, Nastasya.

Monster. Look who's playing games.

Well, Homer, you never saw it coming, did you?

You'd like it there with that dead flesh.

If you'd have died, all of this would have been much simpler.

I don't know how, but you survived.

I only meant to scare her into disguise.

Oh, how she tempted me.

She seduced me too.

How she moved.

And the fire of rage in her black devilish eyes. It wasn't I who sinned.

She was the temptress.

It's the tempter who sins, not the one who is tempted.

Don't bother shouting out.

No one will hear you.

And if they do, they're too superstitious to come up here.

Where have you hidden my gold coin?

Let him go.

Or your head will say goodbye to your shoulders.

Petrus, run. Save her now.

They want a miracle?

No problem. I make miracles all the time. For many years I traveled Europe,

I learned what was needed to start a new religion.

And scientists like you created tools to help men like me take charge.

As a priest, I should give you a chance to repent.

Read a prayer for the dying.

I want you to understand, scientist, that your life isn't in the hands of our

lord above, no.

Your life is in my hands.

I am the one who decides who lives and who dies.

A curse upon you!

I'm ashamed to say that I severely misjudged your father.

Leave me and you will be pardoned.

These are his letters to your mother, which

I intend to publish so that the world will see

how wrong it is.

to judge a man as rashly as I did.

He burnt Paul Bruno at the stake when he said the world was round.

You hang

on to these.

With another pigeon.

Now, waiting to see how the story ends.

Where is God?

Up there!

Are you afraid?

A real corset doesn't fear anything.

Sky.

I am the one who decides who lives and who dies.

You might as well be shouting fire from the watchtower.

The whole neighborhood did it.

A miracle has happened.

I feel the breath of God.

His touch which has changed my fate. Never before have I felt anything like

this. All my life passed before my eyes.

And I thought... What will I leave after I depart this world,

my dear?

I want us to have a child.

There you are.

Your master and I were such good friends.

Quiet!

Evil was punished.

I received a worthy payment.

Look, there's Sotnik's money!

Well, is it enough for you now, Oberko? It's my money!

Help me pack.

The body and soul of Panushka are now both at peace, and her father's spirit

at ease.

And Homer, I am probably similar to this seminary student with our scientific

skepticism.

Fortune chose me especially for this godforsaken place.

To finish the story that started with him.

Get me

through.

Where's the steam terrace?

That's it.

It's amazing that the geniuses of mankind can either destroy or create,

depending on who they follow. We'll have moving images that will bring faraway

cities and people to us all.

Now that my fear is vanquished and my cold scientific mind can again analyze

feelings, I can confirm that all of the fantastic events of the last days...

are nothing more than a figment of people's collective imagination.

Something which is still little studied by modern science.

in my eyes as you burn for eternity.