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

memory was

the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the three of them

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and

What agreement?

just stood there with a frown on his face

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she

Cassie quickly came to his rescue. She always knew how

you angry because we started eating without

and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

smiled and pointed to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth

three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and

with delightful, cool sweetness. The 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 melted on his tongue, making his whole body tingle.

'Wow!'

Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the

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

Since when...

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

motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

it

took one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost

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

a sense of dread grip

something… something wrong

hard to think about

wrong with the fruit? Why

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

something very important. He felt as though he just needed

terrible was going to

then, Sunny

that required his

he somehow forgot all about the

Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell

his head

her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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