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Katia!

Katia.

Did you bring it?

Yes.

Let's go.

She's with us today, even though it's against the rules.

Well, shall we?

It's not time yet.

Sonia, don't tremble, I'll throw you out.

By the name of Adonai who created Hell.

By the name of Adonai who created Hell.

I command you by the name of Kados, Kados, Kados.

I command you by the name of Kados, Kados, Kados.

By Lord Zhaim, Kantan, Anie.

By Lord Zhaim, Kantan, Anie.

I command you with the names of the demons who serve the Lord of the Dark.

I command you with the names of the demons who serve the Lord of the Dark.

Prince of Dark! Prince of Dark! Prince of Dark! Come out, show yourself!

Prince of Dark! Prince of Dark! Prince of Dark! Come out, show yourself!

One,

two,

three,

four, five.

Ready or not, here I come.

DETECTIVE ANNA

Viktor Ivanovich, I'm here to see you as the best lawyer around.

Ignatiy Demyanovich, I'll... I'll do everything within my power.

PRINCE OF DARK EPISODE 3

Please do. I'll spare no expense. My Katia is but a child.

What a tragedy. What a tragedy.

So we meet in that damned house and wait for... what was it...

Shtolman.

Yes, Shtolman. Well, all the best.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

What happened?

-What happened is... -Vitia!

In Kurezin the marchant's house, the abandoned one,

his daughter Olimpiada was found with her throat slit.

God forbid that happen to you.

And along with her, Prokhorov's daughter Katia was in there, and Sonia Molchalina.

The girls were calling the devil, with all the proper attributes,

a knife, a mirror... Well, and there you have it.

There you have what? Did Prokhorov's daughter kill Olimpiada?

We don't know anything yet. They only found the bloody knife, the murder weapon.

Poor girl, what a nightmare.

The problem is that Prokhorov's daughter is 14 already.

If they rule she's guilty, then... she's going to a reformatory.

So strange.

What's strange to you?

That Prokhorov is strange. As if he's hiding something.

Here we go again. Don't even think about it!

Did you hear me?

Don't even think about getting involved in that business!

You're getting nightmares as it is!

Mom, I'm not a child anymore. I'm coming with Dad.

Yes. What? If Prokhorov really is hiding something?

That's dangerous for the girl.

God be with you, Anna, he's her father.

And you're mine. So I'm coming with Dad.

One gymnasium girl is stabbed to death, the other two are scared to death.

But no one is admitting any guilt.

You know, Yakov Platonovich, I honestly don't understand what motive

those two girls must have had.

The dead girl's blood is on both girls' dresses, Katia Prokhorova

and Sonia Molchalina.

Yes, but it is hard to believe one of them holding her down

and the other one striking.

One would really want not to believe that. What do you have on your end, doctor?

This is pretty obvious. She was stabbed from above.

A deep piercing wound.

I get the impression someone was standing behind her.

Hallucination. But a strike like that could hardly be done accidentally.

Yes. Vita brevis, ars vero longa.

Life is short, experience is deceptive, and science is vast.

All the best, doctor.

Anna...

-I think all these murder scenes are... -Are no place for a young woman.

Mom, I know everything you're going to say.

You know, you've been seen in the company of that Shtolman several times already.

I have only met with him about business.

What business could a young girl possibly have with a policeman?

Mom, you know full well what business it was.

Besides, Mr Shtolman came here from St Petersburg.

They say Mr Shtolman was fired from St Petersburg

for inappropriate behavior.

Really? What was it that he did, then?

They say he was seen smoking opium and visiting opium dens.

Mom, that's what his job is like.

He was there on police business, to investigate.

God, how can you say that?

-What's the flute for? -I'm going to play it.

Anna, I'm begging you. Anna, don't go!

Looks like no one was in the house except the girls.

What do you say, Anton Andreievich?

What can I say? Nothing is clear.

And more to the point?

Three gymnasium girls decided to call the devil and...

And one of them fell victim to it. So absurd.

And what do you think about it?

I think that's a very bad omen.

We need to call Anna Viktorovna as soon as we can.

Wait with that about Anna Viktorovna.

The girls couldn't have killed their friend, Yakov Platonovich.

The Kuriokhins lived here very recently.

And now... you have this.

What's beyond that door?

-A haunted place. -What?

Dad, what happened to Olimpiada's father?

He hung himself. A month ago. Didn't even leave a note.

And his business seemed to be going well... Wait.

Right, and now, after a little while,

someone kills his daughter in the same house.

That's very strange.

There are rumors now that Kuriokhin sold his soul to the devil.

Right here, in this house. And that's why his daughter was killed

when she tried to call the devil here herself.

You start believing this sort of nonsense against your own will.

Dad, why did Kuriokhin's widow and his daughter left this house?

She couldn't sell the house, but she couldn't live in it

after her husband's suicide either.

And she just decided the house was cursed.

All right, let's go.

Well, that's everyone. Gentlemen. Looks like we aren't late.

No, no, you're on time. Anton Andreievich, write it down.

Beginning questioning in the case of the murder of Olimpiada Kuriokhina.

Present are the witnesses Sofia Molchalina accompanied by her father,

Yekaterina Prokhorova accompanied by her dad,

and Mr Prokhorov's lawyer Mr Mironov.

This is my daughter Anna Viktorovna. My assistant.

Let's get to it. Well, tell us, girls.

How come you decided to get up in the dead of night and go call the devil?

Am I going to the fortress?

Silly girl! Who's going to jail you, you little silly girl?

Come on, answer him. Answer.

We were calling the Prince of Dark. By the book.

I guess you really needed him in the dead of night.

What happened next?

The mirror started shaking, and he started to break through to us.

And a terrible demon broke out.

Prince of Dark! Come out, show yourself.

What's wrong, young lady?

-Is everything all right? -Yes.

I'm sorry, gentlemen, my daughter is just very impressionable.

Girls, sit the way you were sitting that night.

Where was Olimpiada sitting?

Right here.

Anna Viktorovna will help you.

Show us exactly how it happened.

-And the knife? Tell them about the knife. -The knife?

What about the knife? The candles went out.

And it pounced on Olimpiada.

Who, the demon?

Who else?

Then you lit a match and...

Who was holding the knife?

Stupid, what are you talking about? I only cut my hand.

I only held it for a second.

-And then I put it down. -And then?

And then we left. What else did we have left?

Call an adult, for example. The girl was bleeding to death,

and you just left and went to sleep.

Yakov Platonovich, the girls were really scared.

She was sneaky. And I'm going to the fortress for this?

I didn't kill her!

I just cut my hand! And put the knife down right away!

Was there anyone else in the room? A stranger, an adult.

Who do you think you are? Dad, how dare he?

Gentlemen, we're pressuring the girls too much.

Okay, let's consider the first questioning over.

First? What, there will be more?

Of course. Girls, you can wait outside. And I will ask you gentlemen to stay.

You can stay too, Mr Mironov.

Girls, come with me.

Come on, come on.

Did you start all that recently? I mean, calling the devil.

A month ago. It was all Olimpiada. She's the one who started it all.

And now I'm the one to blame.

Why that house in particular?

Well, Lipka said that if that house is cursed, that's where the devil lives.

You learned the spell from a book. Who brought the book?

She brought it, Lipka.

So what, everything worked out?

It was working out. Then we heard those strange noises.

Then the floorboards started creaking. And then it happened.

The scary ghost.

They say you and Kuriokhin were partners. Friends, as far as I know.

What happened to him?

God knows.

Gambling debt, they say.

They also say you two had a fight with him.

Broke of all relations, stopped all business.

And he hung himself.

I don't understand the reason for all these questions. Viktor Ivanovich...

That has no bearing on the daughters.

That's merchant business. Commerce didn't go well for us. So...

Now listen to me carefully. I'm a medium.

I know what spirits are capable of. I know they're going to take revenge