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

a reason, but his memory was completely

pretty sure that 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 when the three of them were so

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there with a frown on his

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

to his rescue. She always knew

angry because we started eating without

at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His stomach

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were

Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it,

probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The

'Wow!'

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

was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit

when... wait, don't

shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his

refusing

What is it

took one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost

reason. If

frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of

something… something wrong with

hard

wrong with the

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

as though he

terrible was going to happen if he

then, Sunny got

that

all about the problem with the Soul

at that moment, the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his power right

raised his head and looked at

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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