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

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

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

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

there with a frown on his face and

embarrassing. Did I completely space out while

rescue. She always knew how to make

because we

her and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

three of them,

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and took a

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

'Wow!'

for some reason. Something was very wrong

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

Tree? Since when... wait,

able to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his movements, as though reluctant to touch

was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

it with

bite and looked at the shadow, lost

shadow had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something wrong

feeling a sense of

something wrong

it so hard to think about

with the fruit? Why

screamed at Nephis? She broke an

very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and the whole

to happen if

Sunny

something that required his full

he somehow forgot all about the problem

moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell

his head

a strange expression on her face. Feeling his

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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