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

memory was completely

sure that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

answer, he just stood there with a frown

Did I completely space out while she

to his rescue. She always

because we

her and noticed the big, delicious fruit

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

smiled and pointed to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of

three of

'How nice of her…'

the fruit, looked at it, and took a

delicious thing 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 in the form of

'Wow!'

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

was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul

when... wait,

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

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic

it

one more bite and looked

had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If

frowned, suddenly feeling a sense

was something… something

it so hard to think

was something wrong with the

I screamed at Nephis?

though he just needed to

terrible was going to happen

then, Sunny

something that required his

somehow forgot all about the problem

Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

his head

was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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