Seventeen-year-old commoner Askold Sidorov, in his past life the heir to the great imperial house of Alexandritov, acquired the first associates in the new world and entered the prestigious Lyceum "Scarlet Wisdom." He recently received a letter from an unknown well-wisher. Who in this world could know what happened to him in a past life? Who uses the old code? There is an urgent need to figure it out, but the first stage of the all-imperial combat tournament is on the nose. And also a school ball for which you need to choose a partner. AND... how did it happen that Askold was drawn into the showdown of the boyar clans?