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 definitely was an agreement… wasn't

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

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

stood there with a frown

completely space out

Cassie quickly came to his rescue. She always

you angry because we started eating without

big, delicious fruit in her hands. His stomach

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

placed on the pile of fallen

Neph brought three of

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and took a

was probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue, making his

'Wow!'

for some reason. Something was

another bite, he frowned and tried to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted,

Soul Tree? Since when... wait,

reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his movements, as though reluctant to touch

it was motionless, refusing to mimic

What is it with this

took one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost

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

frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of

something wrong

is it so hard to think

wrong with the fruit?

I screamed at Nephis? She

though he just needed

to happen if he

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required his full

somehow forgot all about the

Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the

raised his head

was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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