A magical talent has awakened—so ahead lies a magical academy and a bright future? In theory, yes. But in practice, in a class society much like Russia of the second half of the 19th century, things are not so rosy. And the academy’s education is such that the main task is simply to survive. Yet you want to live normally too. So the hero—a boy from a simple family—will have to spin around and hustle. And, somehow, he manages…