This is a story about a provincial guy dreaming of becoming a mage, who, against all odds, sets out to make a name for himself in the cultural capital. However, instead of the expected studies and subsequent career concerns, he acquires cunning enemies, encounters mages and demons, dives headfirst into magical research, and... gets more and more entangled in a web of foreign and rather dirty intrigues. After all, it's so easy to toy with someone who just lives and has no goal in life... This is an edited AI translation of the web novel series by Vitaliy Zykov, published on a non-commercial premise, with his permission. Currently, the story includes a full six volumes (it's not finished), but here, only the first two will be published, so read at your own discretion. The official translation will likely be done by professionals later and on a different platform. There's no strict schedule, and new chapters will be posted once they are ready.