In the space of a single summer, my life changed in a fundamental way two whole times. First came a ridiculous death and a transfer to a magical world, and then an unexpected transformation of my status with a great promotion. Now my job isn’t to clean a chicken coop, but to study the magical arts and fencing in the magnificent castle of Prince Pozharsky, as well as to go through various trials one after another—and ahead lies the most important trial of all: gaining admission to the Imperial Magical Academy.