Prince Adebgia was predicted to inevitably die on the day of his meeting with a commoner who would turn seventeen that day. Fortunately, in the palace it is problematic to encounter a homeless person; there were no invitations to other people’s name days, so there is no reason for concern. A street shoemaker named Ruam was not warned about the dangers - he was not of the same rank. And he himself, running away from the guards, did not recognize the royal garden in the park behind the wrought-iron fence, stuffed with deadly spells for uninvited guests. So the boy ended up in a place where there is no salvation for an ordinary person. Why didn’t the security spells kill Ruam? What force silently opened up the earth under their feet when the prince and the beggar met? And why was a simple artisan, instead of being hanged for brazen intrusion, promoted to bodyguard of His Highness? The seventeen-year-old boy has no explanation. Not yet.