Life is an amazing thing. You never know what will happen tomorrow, and good and bad always go together. You were orphaned early, wandered for a long time, grasping for any job? Badly. Are you young, pretty and have found a suitable place in the capital? Fine! Slandered by a rejected suitor, accusing him of theft? Very bad. Did a magician who happened to be passing by help you restore your good name? Great! By the way, it turns out that you yourself are a witch and you can learn magic for free at a real Academy of Magic, and then live happily, because there are few gifted people and they are worth their weight in gold. Too good to be true? Nothing like this! But how will the scions of noble families accept a rootless and proud girl? What do magicians generally value—knowledge, honor, or the power of the Gift and the opportunity to pass it on to their children? Will you have to choose between security and freedom? There are more questions than answers, and how scary it is to miss your only chance...