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

there was a reason, but his memory was completely

was 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 reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the three of

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

flinched and glanced at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost

What agreement?

just stood there with a frown on

this is embarrassing. Did I completely space out

his rescue. She always knew

because we started

big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

up the fruit, looked at it, and

The succulent, juicy fruit was probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture

'Wow!'

Something

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

when...

When he reached out to pick

it was motionless, refusing to mimic

it with this

took one more bite and looked at the shadow,

If it didn't like the fruit, there

suddenly feeling a sense of dread grip his

was something… something wrong with

is it so hard to

with the fruit? Why

is this why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and the whole truth would

terrible was going to happen

Sunny

something that

he somehow forgot all about the problem

that moment, the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

hands. The Spell

raised 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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