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?

can't

but his memory was completely blank. There

ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing?

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something about some sort of

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there

space out while she was talking to

She always

we

the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

on

brought three

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and

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

'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 the Soul Tree tasted, but he

when... wait, don't get

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

it was motionless, refusing to mimic him

is it with this

more bite and looked at the shadow, lost in

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

sense

was something… something wrong with

so hard to think

something wrong with

I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on

was going to happen if he

Sunny got

happened, something that required his

about the problem with

at that moment, the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

The Spell announced the

his head and looked at

was staring at her fruit with a strange

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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