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 agreement… wasn't

there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

glanced at Nephis, who was looking at 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 a frown on his face

Did I completely space out while she

She always knew how

you angry because we started

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

was placed on

brought three of them,

'How nice of her…'

at it,

was both nourishing and 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 the

'Wow!'

Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation… but

It was hard to think about anything except

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

strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic

it with this

bite and looked

shadow had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't

feeling a sense of dread grip his

something wrong

hard to

something wrong with the fruit?

Nephis? She broke an

felt as though he just needed

terrible was going to

Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that required

all about the problem with

at that moment, the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

looked at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in

raised his head and looked at

her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling his gaze,

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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