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

sure that there was a reason, but his memory was

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 reason

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

answer, he just stood there

I completely space out while she

always knew how to make the

we started eating

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

Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and

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 practically melted on his tongue, making

'Wow!'

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

tried to understand the source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think

Soul Tree? Since when... wait,

out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating

What is it

more bite and looked

rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't

suddenly feeling a sense of

something

is it so hard to think about

was something wrong with the fruit? Why would

at Nephis? She broke

important. He felt as though he just

was going to

Sunny

something that required his

about the problem

the Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

raised his head

too, was staring at her fruit with a strange expression on her face. Feeling his gaze,

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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