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

sure that there was a reason, but his memory was completely blank. There definitely was

sure that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking about? Something… something about some

What agreement?

knowing how to answer, he just stood there with a

completely space out while she was talking to

came to his rescue. She always knew how to

because we started eating without

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were smeared

worry! Neph brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

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

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

'Wow!'

for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole

anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of

Soul Tree? Since when... wait,

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

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

it

bite and looked at

shadow had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there had to be something wrong

suddenly feeling a sense of

was something… something wrong with

is it so hard to think about this

wrong with the fruit? Why would

screamed at Nephis? She broke

very important. He felt as though he just needed to

was going to

Sunny got

something that required his full

somehow forgot all about the problem

the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

The Spell announced the increase in his power right after Sunny swallowed

raised his head

her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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