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 quite

reason, but his memory was completely blank. There definitely

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

that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they

What agreement?

answer, he just stood there with a frown on his face and

Did I completely space out while she was talking to

his rescue. She always knew how to make the

angry because we started eating

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were smeared with red

worry! Neph brought three of

'How nice of her…'

at it, and

he had ever tasted. It was both 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 pure joy

'Wow!'

some reason. Something was

another bite, he 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? Since when... wait, don't

his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy

motionless, refusing to mimic him

is it with

took one more bite and looked at the shadow,

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

feeling a sense of dread

something… something

so hard to think about this

with

at Nephis? She broke an agreement…

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

terrible was going to happen

then, Sunny got

that required

somehow forgot all about the problem

that moment, the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

Spell announced the increase in his power

raised his head and looked at

at her fruit with a strange expression

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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