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

imagine the whole thing? There really was

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

flinched and glanced at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt

What agreement?

there with a frown on

embarrassing. Did I completely space out while

She always knew how to make the situation

we started eating without

noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His stomach

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

pointed to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile

three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and took a bite

nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue, making his whole

'Wow!'

reason. Something was very

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

Since when... wait,

When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow

refusing to mimic him

is it

looked at the shadow, lost

something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there

suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip

something… something wrong with

so hard

with the fruit?

screamed at Nephis?

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

to happen

Sunny got

happened, something that

forgot all about the problem with the

that moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

blinked, then looked at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase

raised his head and looked at

fruit with a strange expression on her

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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