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 completely blank. There definitely

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

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

stood there with a frown on his face

Did I completely space out while she was talking to

She always knew how to make

we started

the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

where another fruit was placed on the pile

Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and took a

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. It was pure joy in the form

'Wow!'

felt disturbed for some reason. Something was

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

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

strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow

was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

it

and looked at the shadow, lost in

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

frowned, suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip his

was something… something wrong with

why is it so hard to think

with the fruit? Why would

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

important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread,

going to happen if

then, Sunny got

that required his

somehow forgot all about the

at that moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

he raised his head

her fruit with a strange expression on her

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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