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 definitely was

few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

to answer, he just stood there with a frown on his

Did I completely space out while she

She always knew

you angry because we started eating without

and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and took a

probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and

'Wow!'

his delight, Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation… but

think about

Since when... wait, don't get

the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not

refusing to mimic him eating the

it with this

bite and looked at the shadow,

something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there

suddenly feeling a sense

something… something wrong with

so hard to

something wrong with the fruit? Why would

at Nephis?

as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and

terrible was going to happen if

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required his

about the problem with the

that moment, the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

his head and looked at

at her fruit with a strange expression on her face.

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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