Nikita Volkov, a candidate of chemical sciences from Saint Petersburg, carries out experiments in his closed research institute. But something goes wrong, and he unexpectedly finds himself in the cellar of a medieval alchemist. It’s summer in the year 7103 after the creation of the world…
To survive, Nikita extracts gold from ore and tries to create the philosopher’s stone, but without much success. However, by accident he manages to synthesize a rejuvenating elixir, which he tests on an elderly noblewoman. What a miracle! The elixir works, turning the old woman into a young maiden. The alchemist falls in love with the girl, like Pygmalion with his Galatea—and she returns his feelings. But on the eve of the wedding, men come for the groom from the Robbery Order…