I am Gwenevra Aveiro, an harmless household mage—and it was decided to send me to fight the mysterious monster that has taken up residence in the Takrezhiy Forest! And why is that? Because my friend was unlucky: a tongue without bones, a head without brains, and an instinct for self-preservation absent altogether. And he even quarreled with a pesky professor—but they punish both of us. Is that fair? However, the summer practice once and for all will prove that justice never existed. They invented it, just as necromancers invented conscience. At least, one particular necromancer who appeared after us in Ravnograd has neither conscience nor restraint… nothing extra! And he doesn’t accept refusals—and it seems he’s somehow connected to the forest monster…