Here, flying cars coexist with magical artifacts, the Magi argue with the church, and in universities, in the departments of philosophy and natural science, they study the theory of mental manipulation. Mobile phones are like magic mirrors, hexes are calculated on computers, and airships and stingray jets compete in the sky. Seventy years have passed since the appearance of a certain Vitaly Rodionovich Staritsky in Holmgrad. Fairly disturbed by the restless prince, the world calmed down and relaxed. In vain. After all, if the gate can be opened once, what will prevent you from doing it again?