Alexey just finished ninth grade. Going fishing, he catches a casket instead of a pike. In the casket, Alexei discovers a magic bracelet and the will of the old magician Laverent. The lucky schoolboy unexpectedly reveals the ability to witchcraft. In exchange for his magical skills and casket, Laverent invites Alexei to go to the world where King Alion I rules in order to restore his, magician, good name. Alexey agrees. But it turns out that it is not so easy to fulfill the contract. Elves, dwarves and people inhabiting the world of Laverent have their own scores with the old magician. And then there is this upstart Alexei, who does not know where he came from...