A seemingly ordinary young man lived in the Human Domain: a rather lazy soul, content with a quiet life far removed from all evil. At twenty-four years old and standing 1.70 meters tall, his existence passed in simplicity, without major disturbances, as if the outside world could barely touch his calm.
But fate had already charted an unexpected turn for him. A harsh blow was about to shake his peaceful routine, forcing him to awaken and grow in a realm he had never imagined. The world of money and fame awaited him, and it would be thanks to trading—a relentless art where fortunes are made and lost in an instant—that his name would begin to resonate beyond the ordinary. And guess what… a few days later, everything collapsed: Sans failed in trading.
Sans: (grabbing his head, exaggerating) Are you serious!? I'm dying of embarrassment! Please, someone hide me!
Shion: (smiling, resting on his shoulder) Calm down, Sans, you'll have more opportunities.
Sans: (throwing himself on the mattress, dreamy voice) Shion, I wish I had been born in a more fun world. Monsters… incredible beings… imagine having a sword that makes your wishes come true… or even imagine being able to fly.
Shion: (laughing softly) Oh, stop dreaming… you're grown up now.
Sans: (sighing) Women… all the same, you ruin everything. Leave me alone.
Shion: (determined) Then I won't sleep at your house tonight.
Sans: (raising an eyebrow, annoyed) It's not like you were going to sleep in a bed… you were going to sleep on the sofa. Do you think I'm like those drooling guys who spend all day saying "please, be my girlfriend, sleep with me"? Oh no, back off… shus, shus!
Shion: (sighing, fondly) You're hopeless, Sans. I'll leave, but I'll come back tonight to cook for you. Thank God you have a best friend taking care of you.
Sans spent his time playing video games until night fell completely.
Sans: (looking at the time) Oh, it's late… and Shion isn't coming. How strange.
Sans picked up the phone and called her.
Shion: (answering sweetly) Yes, darling?
Sans: Oh, come on… I'm starving!
Shion: (laughing while walking) I'm on my way, open the door. It's not my fault you live at the other end of Shibuya.
Sans: Why don't you just live at my house then? That way you could cook for me…
Shion: (blushing, hesitating) I-I… wouldn't know what to do.
Sans: Oh, come on… okay, I'll hang up, someone's calling me.
Sans answered the other call with annoyance.
Sans: Yes?… (looking fed up) Seriously, again!? Leave me alone, damn tax collectors!
A little later, Shion arrived at Sans's house. They spent the night watching a movie until, without realizing it, they fell asleep.
The next morning, both woke up on the sofa, covered with the same blanket.
Sans: (half asleep, opening an eye) Mmhh… damn, I fell asleep with her here…
Shion: (moving in her sleep) Mmmmhhh…
Sans: (looking at her, with a comical smile) Looks like she's asleep… and quite deeply.
Sans got up and made himself a coffee.
Sans: (sipping the coffee) If I only had power—
(Suddenly he stops talking as he feels a presence.)
Sans: (looking around) I-I saw a shadow… maybe it's my imagination…
(Sans covers Shion with the blanket and goes for a walk to let the wind clear his face.)
Sans: (sighing) If only I could have super strength… ah…
(After the walk, Sans returns home and finds Shion awake, cleaning the living room.)
Sans: I should help… you're already cooking…
Shion: I was thinking about what you said last night, you know… being able to live here with you.
(For the first time in his life, Sans feels he can create a stable future with a woman.)
Sans: I'm glad to hear that. You'll live with me, and I promise to protect you.
Shion: (smiling) Thanks, you're so cute.
Sans: No! I'm not cute…
(Shion laughs softly.)
Sans: (arms crossed) Don't laugh…
Meanwhile, in the Domain of the Realms…
Azrael: So, tell me, Crescent Sun 6: do you prefer beer or wine?
Crescent Sun 6: (smoking) You already know the answer, why do you ask?
Azrael: I just want a normal conversation with a friend… act natural!
Crescent Sun 6: And I want you to give me my food already!
(Azrael smiles amused.)
Hanzo: It seems the Human Domain is being attacked by strange shadows…
Azrael: Don't tell me everyone now has magic against omniscience…
Hanzo: That's all the information I could gather.
Azrael: Well, let's not waste time… I want to fight, seriously.
Hanzo: Oh, come on… you never learn to be patient.
Crescent Sun 6: Take Crescent Sun 7, she never leaves the kingdom and wants to jump off the cliff.
Azrael: Yeah… whatever.
Crescent Sun 6: Aren't you going to put on the robe the king gave you? You've been wearing that jersey since I met you.
Azrael: I used to wear a black robe, now I put on this jersey. Any problem? You've been wearing that armor since the dinosaurs went extinct!
Hanzo: There's no time for this. We must protect the Human Domain.
Azrael: Let me at least have my beer.
Hanzo: No! (grabs him by the collar and shoves him into a portal)
Azrael: You'll pay for my beer, monster!
Sans was at home, calm, when the news began broadcasting something devastating: black shadows destroying everything in the city.
News anchor: (alarmed) Breaking news! It seems shadows exist! Many shadows surround Shibuya and Tokyo… we're doomed!
(Suddenly, the transmission cuts off.)
Sans: (worried) What was that…?
Shion: (scared) What did you see?
Sans: Stay at home and—
(Before he can finish, a shadow enters the house and stares at Sans.)
Sans: (determined) Demon… you disturb this world, I'll send you to hell.
(The shadow looks at him and lunges at Shion.)
Sans: (frowning) Tss…
(He blocks the shadow's attack, saving Shion.)
Sans: Shion! Hide!
(The shadow grabs Sans by the leg and slams him against the wall.)
Sans: (gasping) A-a… I'm running out of air… damn…
(The shadow explodes, revealing a being of unknown form.)
Unknown entity: I see my master is interested in you… take this gift, miserable mortal.
(Sans falls to the floor in pain, screaming.)
Sans: Aaaaaaghh! What did you do to me!? What is this!?
(The shadow laughs and disappears.)
(Sans faints. Meanwhile, Azrael flies in and lands on one of the shadows.)
Azrael: (furious) Damn shadow, I'm going to kill you!
Shadow: (surprised) You're Azrael?!
(Without giving it a chance to flee, Azrael kills the shadow with a single strike, sending a car flying.)
Azrael: (shouting) My beer, you bastards… you will pay with your lives!