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

sure that there was a reason, but his memory

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

wait… 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?

What agreement?

there with a frown on his face

completely space

rescue. She always knew how

we started eating without

her and noticed the big, delicious

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

another fruit was placed on

worry! Neph brought three of

'How nice of her…'

up the fruit, looked at it,

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

'Wow!'

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

hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but he forced

Soul Tree? Since when...

shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the

refusing to mimic him eating

it with this

more bite and looked at the shadow, lost in

reason. If it didn't like the fruit,

feeling a sense of dread grip

something

it so hard to

wrong with the

why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

important. He felt as though he just needed to pull on the thread, and the

to happen if

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required

about the

Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

The Spell announced the increase

his head and looked at

strange expression on her face. Feeling his gaze,

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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