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

was a reason, but his memory was completely blank. There definitely was

the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the three of them were

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were

What agreement?

there

space out while she was talking

came to his rescue. She always knew how to

we started

big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were smeared with red

Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

up the fruit, looked at it, and took

mouth 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

'Wow!'

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

frowned and tried 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 forced

Since when... wait,

was finally able to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic

it with

one more bite and looked at the

shadow had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something wrong with…

feeling a sense

something… something wrong

hard to think about this

wrong with the

why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was

of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just

was going to happen

Sunny

happened, something that required his

the problem with the

Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell

he raised his head and looked

too, was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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