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 quite

that there was a reason, but his memory was completely

Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the three of

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking

What agreement?

stood there with a frown on

Did I completely space out while she was talking

to his rescue. She always knew how to make the

you angry because we

and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth

worry! Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and took

filled with delightful, cool sweetness. The succulent, juicy fruit 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

'Wow!'

felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very

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, but he

Tree? Since when...

the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not

now it was motionless, refusing to

it with this

one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost in

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

feeling a sense of dread grip

was something… something wrong

hard to

was something wrong with the fruit? Why would

I screamed at Nephis? She broke

felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and the whole

terrible was going to

then, Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required

forgot all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

that moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell

head and looked

strange expression

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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