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 quite

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

however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to

that's not

"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 about? Something… something about some sort of

What agreement?

he just stood there with a frown on his

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while

quickly came to his rescue. She always

because we started

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

three of

'How nice of her…'

up the fruit, looked at it, and took a bite without

his mouth was filled with delightful, cool sweetness. The succulent, juicy fruit 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

'Wow!'

Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the

source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except

Soul Tree? Since when...

strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the

refusing to

is it

took one more bite and looked at the

did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something

a sense of dread grip

something

why is it so hard to

with the fruit?

at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was the

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

to happen

Sunny got

something that required

about the problem with the

the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

his hands. The Spell announced the increase in

his head

fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling his

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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