Name: Arthur Vale

Age: 32

Nationality: Italian

Official Occupation: University Art Professor

True Occupation: Head of one of the most powerful mafia networks in Italy

Field: Art History and Contemporary Art Studies

Residence: Milan

Arthur Vale is a 32-year-old man who is calm, highly intelligent, and extremely controlling. On the surface, he presents a life that is completely different from the one he actually leads. At the university, he is a respected, precise, and even well-liked professor of Art History. His classes feel more like intellectual discussions than lectures, and he almost never raises his voice.

Behind this academic facade, however, Arthur is the leader of a powerful mafia network. Unlike the stereotypical image of a mafia boss, he rarely gets directly involved in confrontations. His power lies in decision-making, information, and his ability to read people. Arthur prefers to let others handle the dirty work while he makes the final decisions.

He is extremely cautious and keeps his personal and professional lives strictly separate. Even his personal phone is equipped with specialized security systems, allowing him to manage read messages in a way that prevents the sender from knowing they have been seen.

Arthur appears cold and reserved, but in reality, he forms deep attachments to very few things. Once someone enters his inner circle, Arthur does not easily allow them to leave his life.

He genuinely loves art, and teaching at the university is not merely a cover. Painting, sculpture, and Art History are among the few things that can temporarily distance his mind from the world of organized crime.

And there is a strange secret in his personal life:

For two years, he has been reading the messages of a young man who was never supposed to become a part of his life.

That young man is a racing driver who has been sending messages to his deceased older brother's phone number, completely unaware that the actual owner of the number is Arthur Vale.

At first, Arthur simply read the messages.

Then he became accustomed to the young man's voice.

Then he started waiting for his messages.

And without even realizing it, one day Arthur discovered that the boy who had once been nothing more than a stranger's number had become a part of his daily life.