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

memory was completely blank.

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

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were

What agreement?

how to answer, he just stood there with

completely space out

rescue. She always knew

angry because we

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of

worry! Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and took a bite

refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue, making his whole body tingle. It was pure joy in

'Wow!'

disturbed for some reason. Something was very

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

Soul Tree? Since when... wait, don't

to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out

motionless, refusing to

it

looked at the shadow,

rarely did something without a reason. If

frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip

something… something wrong

it so hard to think about

was something wrong with the fruit?

why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement…

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

going to

then, Sunny

happened, something that

somehow forgot all about the problem with the Soul

the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

The Spell announced the increase in

head and

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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