A graduate of the Academy of High Magic, a theoretical magician, is sent to a seedy county to undergo the last test, which the graduate must pass without using magic. It would seem like a simple task: spend a month hanging around here and there, helping a grandmother with a sick little animal, repairing some damage there, but who knows what. But, as you know, fate tends to present surprises at the most inopportune moments.

Author's notes: Written for a competition in early 2008. The text is old. And I would like to note right away: I had not yet played Mass Effect at that time , and I haven’t read Sapkowski))) Well, that’s true, by the way. Some may have questions. But the story is not about that at all...