Everything would be fine. Well, really, everything would be fine. If it weren’t for the demon benefactor... After all, until now, everything was going just fine for Sir Carridan di Steini. Together with his dearest bride, and also the strongest magess in the world, the hunting duo have already gained some experience, and the destruction of terrible dragons has ceased to be so dangerous. One might say, it has settled into a familiar rut. And his relationship with the Black Rose of the Empire has clearly improved... So it’s time to start seriously thinking about the prize promised by the emperor for success in exterminating the dragons that occupied the foothills of the Palora Range, and to try on the title of appanage ruler. But... but the demon-benefactor does not sleep! Oh, he’s not sleeping... And thanks to his machinations, Sir Carridan is waiting to return home, to his beloved bride, in the company of a Goldilocks beauty who has been bailed out... And this horned scoundrel only grins joyfully and, rubbing his paws in anticipation, says: “Oh, what’s going to happen now, what will happen now..."