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

his memory was completely blank. There definitely was an

did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

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

Did I completely space out while she was

Cassie quickly came to his rescue. She always

we started eating without

big, delicious fruit

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

worry! Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and

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

'Wow!'

disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about

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

when... wait, don't

was finally able to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the

motionless, refusing to

it

more bite and looked at the

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

sense of

something… something wrong with

hard

wrong with the fruit? Why would

I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what

very important. He felt as though he just needed to

to happen if he

Sunny got

that required

forgot all about the problem with

the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

hands. The Spell announced the increase in his power right after Sunny swallowed his third

head and looked at

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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