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

memory was completely blank. There definitely was

up 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.

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

stood there with a frown on his

space out while she

She always knew

angry because we started

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

pointed to the ground, where another fruit was placed on

Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

up the fruit, looked 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, making his

'Wow!'

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

the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how

Tree? Since when...

shadow. When he reached out to pick

motionless, refusing to mimic him eating

it

bite and looked at the

reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something

suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip

something wrong with

is it so hard to think about this

something wrong with the fruit? Why would

at Nephis? She broke an

as though he just needed

terrible was going to happen if

Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that required his full

about the problem with the Soul

that moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase

he raised his head and

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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