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

but his memory was completely blank. There definitely

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

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there

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

She always knew how to make the

because we

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

worry! Neph brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

looked at

had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh

'Wow!'

Something was very wrong about the whole situation… but

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

when... wait, don't get

the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his

it was motionless, refusing to mimic

What is it

looked at the shadow, lost

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

suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip

was something… something wrong with

hard to

was something wrong with the

at Nephis? She broke

important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and the whole truth

terrible was going to happen

then, Sunny

that

all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his

he raised his head and looked at

a strange expression on her

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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