Yoru No Shingi Wo / Original Title: the MEANING of NIGHT

[Machine Translation] Edward Grapson, a man who walks the underbelly of the city of London and undertakes underhanded work for a law firm. How did a man who was said to be gifted and talented, and who was admitted to the prestigious Eton School of Law, end up clutching a blade in the dark streets of London? The story of his bizarre life is now beginning to be told. Julius Duport, 25th Baron Tanzer. Edward's real father may have been this baron. Edward learns of this from his mother's belongings, hides his true identity, and begins to search for evidence of a paternity relationship, using the tricks he has learned in his underhanded business. But soon, the young poet Phoebus Dornt, the baron's favorite, shows up. Dornt is the avenging enemy of Edward, who once had him thrown out of Eton School....

ロンドンの街の底を歩み、法律事務所のために裏仕事を請け負う男エドワード・グラプソン。英才と謳われ、名門イートン校入学を果たした男が、なぜ暗闇の街路で刃を握り締めるに至ったのか。その数奇なる半生が、いま語られはじめる。第二十五代タンザー男爵ジュリアス・デュポート。エドワードの実の父親は、この男爵かもしれない。母の遺品からそのことを知ったエドワードは、己の素性を隠し、裏稼業で知った手管を駆使して、父子関係の証拠を探しはじめた。だがやがて、男爵の寵愛を受ける若き詩人フィーバス・ドーントが姿をあらわす。ドーントこそが、かつてエドワードをイートン校放校に陥れた仇敵であった…。