The Imperial Academy is the best educational institution in the Russian Empire. Not everyone manages to get in. Many of my peers—offspring of noble families—would give a lot just to be in my place. But it turns out that studying here isn’t easy. It’s hard to focus on your studies when assassination attempts follow one after another. Meanwhile, a conspiracy is brewing around the Emperor, and you have to figure out who stands behind the plotters. And you need to do it as fast as possible. Because, according to the prophecy, if you don’t unite with the person you consider your enemy before Christmas, you won’t live to see it.
Well then, let’s test the enemy’s strength. The one who thinks the goal of their attempts is a pampered aristocrat still doesn’t know how badly they’re mistaken.