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

that there was a reason, but his memory was completely blank.

there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

he just stood there with a frown on his

space out

quickly came to his rescue. She always knew how to make

you angry because we started

at her and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were

Neph brought three of

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it,

delightful, cool sweetness. The succulent, juicy fruit was probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue, making

'Wow!'

some reason. Something was very wrong

It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but

when... wait, don't

of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out

motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

is it

and looked at the

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

sense of dread

was something… something wrong

why is it so hard

with the

why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

the precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just

going to happen if he

then, Sunny got

that required his

the problem with the Soul Tree's

moment, the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his

his head and

was staring at her fruit with a strange expression

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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