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

was sure that there was a reason, but his memory was completely blank. There

huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason

wait… 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 of

What agreement?

there with

completely space out while she

to his rescue. She always knew

angry because we started eating without

her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

Neph brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

at it,

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

'Wow!'

Something was very wrong

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

Since when... wait,

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

was motionless, refusing to mimic him

it

looked at the

If it

feeling a sense of

was something… something wrong with

is it so hard to

something wrong with the

screamed at Nephis? She broke an

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

terrible was going to

Sunny

that required his

somehow forgot all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

moment, the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

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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