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

there was a reason, but his memory was

moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

he just stood there with a frown on his face

embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking to

quickly came to his rescue. She always knew how to

because we started eating without

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands.

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

another fruit was placed on the pile

Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and took

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

'Wow!'

Something

he frowned and tried to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think

Since when... wait,

able to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the

it was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating

is it with this

and looked at the shadow, lost

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

feeling a sense of dread grip his

was something… something wrong

why is it so hard to think

wrong with the

screamed at Nephis? She broke

at the precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull

was going to happen if he

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required his full

the problem

moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase

his head and looked

a strange expression on

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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