Irjin realized it was time to act the moment the Academy rejected her for the fifth time. And no — it wasn’t because she failed the exams. She wasn’t even allowed to take them! Well, she has a strong gift, three commercial courses in battle magic, and an unpredictable temperament! The rector, Desuor, didn’t expect anything remarkable from this new intake — just ordinary mages, nothing unpredictable. Who could have known that in the line of der Tomna, for the first time in the last ten generations, a magical gift had awakened? And who could have known that this gift chose not the most law-abiding bearer for itself?