Nikita has accomplished a lot—and now nobody would recognize in him the boy who came into this world only recently, the one who was ready to help everyone and anyone. The crystal has been brought to the middle stage of development, and his career in the destroyed bright order has also moved off zero—now he’d just need not to die during the expedition into the Ancient Forest, and then perhaps he could try to return home. Or maybe someone has still tasted the sweetness of power and authority?