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

that there was a reason, but his memory was

was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially when the three of them

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

stood there with a frown on his face and

Did I completely space

quickly came to his rescue. She always knew how to make

angry because we

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

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

smiled and pointed to the ground, where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her teeth were smeared with red

three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

fruit, looked at it, and took a bite without

the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh practically melted

'Wow!'

Something was very wrong about the

source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but

when... wait,

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

motionless, refusing to mimic him

What is it

bite and looked

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

feeling a sense of

something… something wrong with

it so hard to think about this

wrong with the fruit? Why

I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

at the precipice of remembering something very important. He felt as though he

going to happen if

then, Sunny

something that required his full

he somehow forgot all about the problem with

at that moment, the Spell was talking

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

in his hands. The Spell announced the increase

raised his head and looked at

strange expression on her

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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