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

memory

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

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

felt lost and confused. What were they

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there

completely space out while she was talking to

Cassie quickly came to his rescue. She always knew how to make the

we started eating without

big, delicious fruit in her hands.

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

smiled and pointed to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the

worry! Neph brought three of

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at

was 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 tingle.

'Wow!'

Something was very wrong about

think about anything except

Since when... wait, don't

It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did

motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

is it

and looked at

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

suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip his

was something… something wrong

so hard to think about this

was something wrong with the

I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement…

important. He felt as though he just needed to

was going to happen if he

Sunny

something that required his

he somehow forgot all about the

moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

in his hands. The Spell announced the increase

raised his head

her fruit with a strange expression

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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