Hametsu No Tsumeato / Arles NOVELS

[Machine Translation] The sharp and good-looking Yanase, who hates the yakuza but keeps scheming in his heart, works for the Onishi clan's investment company. One day, Yanase is ordered by the clan to have Toyama, a Japanese-style painter famous for his taciturnity, paint a new work for them. Toyama was the man who had previously wooed Yanase in an aloof manner. As a condition of painting the picture, Yanase reluctantly spends time with Toyama, but is overwhelmed by his godlike concentration and creativity, and is fascinated by the finished painting. The painting is a masterpiece, and the artist is fascinated by the finished work.

鋭い美貌をもつ梁瀬は極道を忌み嫌いながらも策謀を胸に秘め、大西組の投資会社で働いていた。ある日、梁瀬は寡作で有名な日本画家・遠山に新作を描かせるよう、組に命じられる。遠山は、以前に飄々と梁瀬を口説いてきた男だった。絵を描く条件として渋々遠山と共に過ごす梁瀬だったが、彼の神懸かった集中力と創造力に圧倒され、完成した絵に魅了される。熱を孕んだ色彩そのままの手に触れられた梁瀬は己を苛んできた欲望まで探り当てられ-。