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

reason, but his memory was completely blank. There definitely

there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

how to answer, he just stood there with a

Did I completely space out while she was

to his rescue. She always knew how to make the

because we

the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

placed on the pile

worry! Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and took a

he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and

'Wow!'

felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation…

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

Tree? Since when...

It was his shadow. When he reached out to

now it was motionless, refusing to

What is it

one more bite and looked at the shadow,

a reason. If it

feeling a sense of

something… something

it so hard to

something wrong with the fruit?

I screamed at Nephis?

the precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on

terrible was going to happen

then, Sunny

that required

forgot all about the problem with the

Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

Spell announced the increase in

raised his head and looked at

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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