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

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

imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the three

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something about

What agreement?

he just stood there with a frown on his face

embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking

came to his rescue. She always knew how to make the situation

we started

the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

ground, where another fruit was placed on

three of

'How nice of her…'

looked at it,

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

'Wow!'

his delight, Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something

understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit

Since when... wait, don't

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

motionless, refusing to mimic him

is it with this

looked at the shadow, lost

had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it

suddenly feeling a sense of dread

something… something

so hard to think about

wrong with the fruit? Why would

I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was the

he just needed to pull on the thread, and the whole truth would reveal

to

Sunny got

that required

somehow forgot all about the problem

that moment, the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell

his head and

staring at her fruit with a strange expression on her

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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