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

reason, but his memory was completely blank. There definitely was an agreement… wasn't

few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there with a

space out while she was

always

you angry because we started eating without

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

on the

brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and took

and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The

'Wow!'

delight, Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation…

of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but he forced himself to

when... wait, don't

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

refusing to mimic him eating the

is it

looked at

eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there

suddenly feeling a sense

something wrong

is it so hard to think about

with the fruit?

Nephis? She broke

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

terrible was going to happen

then, Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that required his full

all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his

he raised his head and looked

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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