Nefarioun is finally settling into the "functional adult" life she once thought impossible...or so she tells herself. Between a draconian office job and a home life that includes a literal genie and a teenage former child soldier, the definition of "normal" is stretching to its breaking point. The stakes here shift from the battlefield to the classroom as the dreaded entrance exams for Xanthic Cross High School loom. While Nefarioun spirals into a "mom-friend" existential crisis, worrying if her ward, Pico, is academically prepared, Pico herself seems more interested in patrolling the neighborhood for "rats" than hitting the books.