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

that there was a reason, but his memory

moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

knowing how to answer, he just stood there with a frown on his face

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she

always knew how to

because we started eating without

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen

brought three

'How nice of her…'

at it, and took a bite without

filled with delightful, cool 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 aftertaste.

'Wow!'

for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation…

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

Since when... wait,

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

it was motionless, refusing to mimic

it

bite and looked at the shadow, lost

did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something

sense of dread

something wrong with

is it so hard to think about

was something wrong with the fruit? Why

is this why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

as though he just

was going to happen if he

then, Sunny got

happened, something that required

about the

that moment, the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his power

head and

fruit with a strange

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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