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.

a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt

What agreement?

how to answer, he just stood there with a frown on

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking to

always knew

angry because we started

at her and noticed the big, delicious

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of

Neph brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

at it,

refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering

'Wow!'

for some reason. Something was very wrong about

to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree

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

When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his movements, as though reluctant to

it was motionless, refusing to mimic

it

looked at

did something without a reason. If it didn't like

sense of

something… something wrong

why is it so hard to think about

wrong with

Nephis? She broke an

important. He felt as though he just

going to happen

then, Sunny got

unexpected happened, something that

the problem with

at that moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

fruit in his hands. The Spell

his head

was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling his gaze, she

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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