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

was a reason, but his memory was completely blank. There definitely was

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

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost

What agreement?

stood there with a frown

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

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

because we started eating

and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

on the pile of

three

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and

tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich

'Wow!'

his delight, Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the

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

when... wait, don't

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

refusing to

is it with

bite and looked

but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't

a sense of

something wrong

is it so hard to think about

wrong with the fruit? Why would

is this why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was

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

to

then, Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that

the problem with the Soul Tree's

the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

Spell announced the increase in his power right after Sunny swallowed his third

he raised his head and looked

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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