Shadow Slave

Chapter 77

Sunny stumbled and looked at his companions in utter shock.

Nephis and Cassie were each holding a large, round, glistening fruit. The skin of these fruits was smooth and black as onyx, while the succulent insides were red as ruby. Their hands, chins and lips were smeared with red juice, making it look as though they were feasting on blood.

The air was filled with an alluring, sweet aroma.

Sunny recoiled...

But his stomach involuntarily growled, reminding him how hungry he was.

Nephis looked at Sunny and offered him a relaxed smile.

"Hey."

He stared at her, lost for words. Finally, after a few seconds had passed, Sunny collected himself and screamed:

"What do you mean "hey"?! What the hell are you doing?!"

His voice was loud, full of disbelief and anger.

Both Neph and Cassie turned to face him. They were visibly confused.

"Why are you shouting?"

Sunny gaped at them, feeling like he had lost his mind. Why were they so nonchalant about this? What was going on here?!

Trying to find some sense in the situation, he took a cautious step forward and looked at Nephis. Did she… wait… what was he thinking about?

He was so hungry. It was hard to concentrate on anything except for food…

Shaking off the unexpected memory lapse, Sunny remembered what he was about to say and pressed:

"Why did you change your mind?"

Changing Star frowned.

"Changed my mind? About what?"

He clenched his teeth, thinking that she was trying to fool him.

"About the fruits! I thought we had agreed to avoid eating them!"

Nephis blinked, a confused expression appearing on her face.

"Did we? ...Why?"

Sunny opened his mouth to answer, but then froze.

Actually, why did they make that agreement?

I can't quite

his memory was completely blank. There definitely

did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

flinched and glanced at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there with a frown

completely space out while she was talking

She always knew how to make

you angry because we started eating without

her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were

brought three

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and

ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich

'Wow!'

reason. Something

feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree

Tree? Since when... wait,

was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit,

it was motionless, refusing to

is it

more bite and looked

reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something wrong

sense

something… something

so hard to think about this

something wrong with the

I screamed at Nephis? She

precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and

was going to happen if

then, Sunny got

something that required

he somehow forgot all about the problem

the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

The Spell announced

raised his head

strange expression on her face.

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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