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

was a reason, but his memory was completely

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

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something about some sort

What agreement?

just stood there with

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

his rescue. She always

angry because we started

at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

on the

brought three of them,

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and took a bite without

nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted on his tongue, making his whole

'Wow!'

felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about

hard to think about

when... wait, don't

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

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating

What is it

looked at the shadow,

but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't

sense of

something wrong

so hard to think about this

with the

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

felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and the whole truth would

was going to

Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that required his

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

at that moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

his head and looked at

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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