Baron Blood Page #2

Oh, but before I show you this,

suppose you tell me

what you know about Elisabeth Hlle?

As legend has it, she was a witch...

put at the stake by the baron,

because he was afraid of her.

Is that all?

Well, no, before she died

she put a curse on him...

promising he would suffer a hundred times

as much as any of his victims, and...

he did die a horrible death.

They tortured him,

then burned him in his own chambers.

Fortunately for the castle,

a storm extinguished the fire...

before it spread too far.

The baron's body was never found.

But Elisabeth Hlle left an incantation

that would bring him back...

to suffer again and again.

This is it.

Looks authentic enough.

Kunik Sator Holmat...

- Where did you get this?

- Up at my grandfather's place.

I was just a kid then,

but I never threw it away.

Since I was coming here to Austria,

I thought I'd bring it along...

and scare up a little family history

while I was at it.

Hmm... very interesting.

Seems authentically old.

Worth trying out,

or too dangerous?

We live in an enlightened age, Peter...

where science not only reveals

the old mysteries as mere superstitions...

but, little by little, discovers

the true mysteries of the universe.

However...

I would not play with the occult,

if I were you.

One's obsession with it

could be the reaI danger.

It's getting late, and I still have

my lectures to prepare for tomorrow.

- No, don't get up.

- I'll get Eva home safely.

No, no, that won't be necessary,

because I live right close by.

Well then, stay as long as you like,

unless you have to rush off somewhere.

- Oh, no, no, no...

- Good night, then.

- Good night. Thanks, Uncle.

- Good night, Doctor.

May I?

Thank you.

7 XGR...

No, no, no, no! No, not here!

Don't read it now.

Well, you don't really

believe in that, do you?

Do you still have the keys

to the castle?

- Look, as a trustee of the government...

- Yeah, listen to this for a second.

They say the only place

the incantation will work...

is in the room

where the baron was killed.

Well, that should be

the "burned room", then.

It's starting to make sense now.

Let's go to the castle.

Come on, Peter. You want me to run

off in the night as your "guide"?

Have no fear, mein Frulein...

if the ancient baron should wake up

on the wrong side of the bed,

I'll be there to protect you.

- OK?

- Mm-hmm.

Does that mean yes or no?

It only means that I wonder

with whom I would be safer...

with the baron's ghost or with you?

Oh, good,

then that means "yes".

Are you always

so sure of yourself?

Huh? No.

That's good.

Let's go...

After you, Frulein.

Hurry!

The witching hour is almost here.

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