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

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

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?"

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

What agreement?

just stood there with a

Did I completely space out

She always

we

her and noticed the big, delicious

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

on the

Neph brought three

'How nice of her…'

up the fruit, looked at it, and took a

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

'Wow!'

reason. Something was very wrong about the whole

understand 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 he forced

when...

he reached out to pick

now it was motionless, refusing

is it with this

one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost in

If it didn't like the fruit, there

sense of

something wrong

why is it so hard to think about

something wrong with the

this why I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what

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

terrible was going to happen

then, Sunny got

happened, something that required his

about the problem with the Soul

the Spell was talking into

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

Spell announced the increase in his power right after

his head and looked

Star, 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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