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?

can't quite

was a reason, but his memory was

was pretty sure that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

glanced at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something

What agreement?

there

I completely space out while she was talking

She always

you angry because we started eating without

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

fruit was placed on

three of them,

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and took a bite

was probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft,

'Wow!'

his delight, Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very

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

Soul Tree? Since when...

It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick

refusing

it

bite and looked

shadow had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like

feeling a sense of dread

something wrong

why is it so hard to think

wrong with the

screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was

important. He felt as though he just needed to pull

was going to happen if he

Sunny got

that required his

somehow forgot all about the problem

Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

hands. The Spell announced the

he raised his head

at her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling his gaze, she

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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