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 completely

ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

glanced at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused. What were they talking

What agreement?

just stood there with a frown on

Did I completely space out while she was

She always knew

we started eating without

big, delicious fruit in

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

Neph brought three of them, one for

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and

mouth was filled with delightful, cool sweetness. The succulent, juicy fruit was probably the most delicious thing he had ever tasted. It was both nourishing and refreshing, with rich texture and soft, lingering aftertaste. The ruby flesh

'Wow!'

reason. Something was very wrong about the whole situation… but

bite, he frowned and tried to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly

Tree? Since when...

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

was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

What is it with this

looked at the shadow,

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

a sense of dread grip

was something… something wrong

why is it so hard to think

something wrong with

this why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an

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

going to happen

then, Sunny

something that required

about the problem

Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

he raised his head and looked

too, was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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