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

sure that there was a reason, but his memory

there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there with a frown on

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking

always

angry because we started eating

the big, delicious fruit in her hands.

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

brought three

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at

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. It was

'Wow!'

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

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

Since when... wait, don't get

out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his movements, as

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

is it

looked

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

sense of

was something… something wrong with

is it so hard to think about

with the fruit?

screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was the

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

going to happen if he

Sunny got

that required his full

he somehow forgot all about the problem with

at that moment, the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase

his head and

staring at her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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