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

that there was a reason, but his memory was completely

the whole thing? There really was no reason not to

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there with a

space out while she

to his rescue. She always knew how

we

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

three of them,

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and took a bite

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. It was pure joy in the form of a

'Wow!'

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 except for how heavenly the fruit of the

when... wait, don't

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

it was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating

What is it with

more bite and looked at

reason. If it didn't

sense of dread grip his

something… something wrong with

is it so hard to

something wrong with the fruit?

I screamed at Nephis? She broke

of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread,

terrible was going to happen if

then, Sunny got

happened, something that

the

at that moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

he raised his head

with a strange

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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