Pulling for a ticket is like heading into a pool, or even into the guillotine... In any case, it’s always a lottery. This is exactly how applied magic and everyday miracles are distributed at the Moscow University. Perhaps it was an accident, or perhaps a higher destiny that forced graduate Igor Bulatov to draw a ticket with the word Gilda. But, apparently, Fate still moved the novice magician’s hand. His appearance in Gilda, a strange little world, one of those that remained in the Middle Ages, was eagerly awaited, because, as the priests of various gods predicted, it was he and Mrs. Elsirika who would find the Boot of the Most Holy Pelesona, a lost relic that could change the world of Gilda. And the future of this world depends on whoever finds the Boot first...