If heroic strength sings in your blood, if a blazing fire of justice burns in your heart, and if your soul is pure, then in life there is always room for a deed—no matter where fate leads you: into the ordinary basement of an apartment building, or into the wilderness near a bewitched castle. And what difference does it make that you aren’t an ancient hero with a grand-sounding title, but a student with an ordinary name—Masha Sazonova? For the unknown forces that granted you the title of ortès—a key and harmonizer of the universe—this isn’t important. And for the forces of darkness that decided to remove an obstacle, it’s not important either. Well then, let them try. Masha has not only an unknown power, but also tasty cookies! No one will resist such a temptation—not even the Black Lord himself.