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 quite

his memory was completely blank.

sure that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and

What agreement?

stood there with a

completely space out while she

Cassie quickly came to his rescue. She always

we started eating

the big, delicious fruit in

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

at it, and took a

ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted

'Wow!'

reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation…

another bite, he frowned and tried to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit

Since when... wait, don't

source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his movements, as though reluctant

refusing to mimic him eating the

is it

took one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost

did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something wrong

a sense

something… something wrong with

hard to think about

was something wrong with the fruit? Why

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

as though he just

to

then, Sunny got

that

somehow forgot all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

his head

was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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