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

his memory was completely

he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they

What agreement?

stood there

I completely space

his rescue. She always

angry because we started

her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands.

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were

brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at

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

'Wow!'

disturbed for some reason. Something

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 forced himself to

when... wait,

was his shadow. When he reached out to pick

was motionless, refusing

is it with

more bite and looked at the shadow, lost in

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

a sense of dread grip

something… something wrong

hard to think about this

was something wrong with

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

was at the precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and

to happen if he

then, Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required his

forgot all about the problem with the

Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

in his hands. The Spell announced the

he raised his head

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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