The brides have arrived at court. Choose any—one prettier than the next. And each one is ready to go to the altar as early as tomorrow. Only Richard’s thoughts keep wandering off in the wrong direction. First to ancient secrets, then to a demoness who is doing everything possible to carry out the assignment, and then even something rotten appears in his head. And on top of that, the primordial darkness has awakened—crawling through the Castle, stirring up the people.