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

sure that there was a reason, but his memory

that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

felt lost and

What agreement?

stood there with

Did I completely space out while she was talking to

came to his rescue. She always

because we started eating

the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

fruit was placed on the

three of them,

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and

his mouth was filled 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

'Wow!'

Something was

to think about anything except

when... wait,

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

now it was motionless, refusing

is it with

bite and looked at the shadow,

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

a sense

something… something

it so hard

was something wrong with the fruit?

Nephis? She broke

was at the precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he

was going to happen if he

then, Sunny got

that

about the problem with the Soul Tree's

moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

he raised his head and looked at

at her fruit with a strange expression on her face.

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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