Ardan Egobar is getting closer and closer to uncovering the conspiracy woven in the shadows of Metropolia. Will he manage to make sense of what’s happening before the irreversible happens? Tension in the city keeps rising. And above all—how to fit the investigation into his tight schedule between dates with Tessa, university classes, his own research, and all the other things that could turn a young mage’s head in the capital of the New Monarchy Empire.