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

but his memory was completely blank. There definitely was an agreement…

pretty sure that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something…

What agreement?

there with

embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking

Cassie quickly came to his rescue. She always knew how

because we started eating without

noticed the big, delicious

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her

three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and took

It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh

'Wow!'

felt disturbed for some reason. Something was

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

when...

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

refusing to mimic him

What is it with this

looked at

If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something

sense of dread grip

something… something wrong with

is it so hard to

with the fruit?

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

though he just needed to pull

terrible was going to happen

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required

about the problem with the

the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his power right after Sunny swallowed his third

his head

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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