None of the operatives voluntarily wanted to go to work in the new district of Vaselkovo, cut off by the railway "ring". Four "shot down pilots" were found in the department: Yegor Ozhogin, who began to drink frequently after the death of his wife, Anatoly Davydov, whose hussar adventures did not please the authorities, Mikhail Belsky, who carried out a successful and profitable operation with financial assistance, and the naive orphanage boy Sergei Matyukhin, who regarded his appointment to the department as a promotion.
Ludmila – King Vladimir's beautiful daughter – has been known for her wayward and disobedient personality since she was a little child. For a very long time, Ludmila has been in love with a boy of her age – Ruslan, with whom she spends her carefree time and of marriage with whom she dreams. However, King Vladimir doesn't consider Ruslan worthy of his daughter's hand and wants to arrange her a marriage of convenience, with a more suitable groom. Ruslan and Ludmila will go through plenty of adventures, battles and magic in Chernomor's fairytale lands before they get hold of their right for love and happiness.
The relationship between Katya and her mother cannot be called simple anyway, but here, in the midst of the working day, Katya learns that her mother never flew with her friend to the resort, disappearing from the airport in an unknown direction. Having learned from the doctor the real reason for her mother's strange behavior, Katya not only reunites with her, but also reveals a lot of new things about her mother and herself.
