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?

can't quite

reason, but his memory

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

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

knowing how to answer, he just stood there with a frown on his face and

Did I completely space out while she was talking to

rescue. She always

you angry because we started eating without

at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

on the

three

'How nice of her…'

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

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 on his tongue, making his whole body

'Wow!'

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

tried to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about

when... wait,

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

refusing to mimic him

it with

and looked at the shadow,

temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like

sense of dread grip his

was something… something wrong with

so hard

something wrong with

screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was

very important. He felt as though he just needed to

going to

then, Sunny

unexpected happened, something that

all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

fruit in his hands. The Spell

raised his head and looked

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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