Nobita's life collapses on the day he was supposed to begin a new one. At the wedding altar, Shizuka looks him in the eyes and says the words that break him completely: "No, I don't." She runs away with Degisuki, leaving Nobita humiliated and shattered in front of everyone.
Unable to face the pity of his family, friends, and even Doraemon, Nobita runs to the small mountain behind his old school-his childhood hiding place for every bruise, failure, and heartbreak. Under the old tree, he cries until evening... until a deep voice calls out for help.
He finds a tall, dangerously attractive stranger bleeding from a gunshot wound. As Nobita treats him with the first-aid kit hidden in the tree, the stranger watches him with unsettling intensity, refusing to explain how he was hurt. When the bandage is tied, he thanks Nobita quietly, promises to repay him someday, and disappears as suddenly as he appeared.
Moments later, Doraemon finally finds Nobita, relieved he's safe.
But neither of them knows that the mysterious man - ######, who vanished into the shadows - has already decided that Nobita now belongs to him.
[ BOOK 1 OF AZITERA: YTHER'S QUEEN ]
Consumed by avarice, the four human kingdoms-the Infernal Empire, the Kingdom of Caelum, the Kingdom of Treterra, and the Nayale Archipelago-betrayed their covenant with Yther of Azitera, the race blessed by deities, who protected humans for untold centuries. They slaughtered and defiled the beings that once protected them from storm, famine, poverty, and pestilence without mercy.
Betrayed by the humans they protected, the Ytherians were enslaved. Their four queens were caged, chained, and imprisoned to serve as nutrients to the human kingdoms. The once prominent Ytherians were reduced to nothing but servants.
As the four kingdoms of the human race prospered for many years since their betrayal, one news staggered them, causing them to tremble in fear and rally their armies to protect and defend their domain: Sollel-the Mistress of Flame, one of Yther's queens-had escaped her prison. Her flames will raze hell, ready to burn the souls of her betrayers.
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