"From may of that year until the beginning of the next I lived in the mountains..." a Picturesque, quiet place, ideal for creativity. A modest one-storey building in the European style, spacious enough for a bachelor, belonged to the famous Japanese artist. Everything would be peaceful and calm, if not for the painting "the Murder of the Commander", found in the attic, if not for the ringing of a Buddhist bell at night, if not for a strange crypt that emerged from beneath the stone mound in the middle of the jungle, if not for the meeting with the epicurean Mancini that for fabulous sums were asked to paint a portrait, first, and then, perhaps, his daughters, if not for attempts to understand myself. "It turns out that the beginning of everything that happens around me, was that I brought to light this picture? And thus broke the circle?"This picture turned the life of the main character and influenced everyone who saw it. She created another reality in our world. How is that possible?