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

until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something about some

What agreement?

knowing how to answer, he just stood there with

Did I completely space out while she was talking

came to his rescue. She always knew

you angry because we

and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

fruit was placed on the

worry! Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

at it, and took a bite without

had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue,

'Wow!'

Something

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? Since when... wait, don't

out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his

was motionless, refusing to mimic him

it with this

bite and looked at the shadow, lost

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

sense of dread grip

something… something

so hard to think about

wrong with the fruit? Why

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

important. He felt as though he just

going to happen if

Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that

somehow forgot all about the

moment, the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

head and looked

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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