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

a reason, but his memory was

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.

that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something about some sort of

What agreement?

there

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking to

She always knew how

you angry because we

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His stomach

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and

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

'Wow!'

for some reason. Something was

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

Since when...

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

was motionless, refusing to mimic

it with

and looked at the

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

a sense of dread grip

something

hard to think

was something wrong with the fruit? Why

screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was

important. He felt as though he

going to happen if he

then, Sunny got

something that

the problem

that moment, the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in

head

strange expression on her face. Feeling

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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