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

his memory was completely blank. There

he imagine the whole thing? There really

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost

What agreement?

there with a

is embarrassing. Did I completely space

rescue. She always knew how to make the

angry because we started eating without

and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were smeared with red

three of

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and took

and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue, making his whole body tingle. It was pure joy in the

'Wow!'

reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation… but

to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but he forced himself to

Since when... wait, don't get

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

was motionless, refusing to mimic

it

more bite and looked at the

did something without a reason. If it didn't like

sense of dread grip

something… something wrong with

it so hard to think about this

wrong with

I screamed at Nephis? She broke

very important. He felt as though he just

going to happen if

Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that required his

all about the problem

the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his power right after Sunny swallowed his third

his head and looked

staring at her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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