Diara, the best student at a provincial university, is transferred to the Imperial Academy of Necromancy, losing her status and merit. Why does she need this? And why is she so eager to go to the basements of the academy, where ordinary magicians are strictly forbidden to go? No one should have known the truth. Especially one rude and impudent graduate student who puts a spoke in the girl’s wheels from the first day. This could be a serious problem if... Hey, why did this idiot trudge into a graveyard full of supreme undead at night? And what is this huge winged shadow behind his back?..