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

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

imagine the whole thing? There really was no reason not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

glanced at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt

What agreement?

answer, he just stood there with a frown on his face and

completely space out while she

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

angry because we

her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

where another fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves. Her

three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and took a

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

'Wow!'

Sunny felt disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong about the whole

source of this anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly

Since when... wait, don't

to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not

motionless, refusing to mimic him

What is it with this

looked at the

If it didn't like the fruit, there had

sense of dread grip his

was something… something wrong with

is it so hard

was something wrong with the fruit?

I screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement…

he just needed to pull on the

to happen if

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required his full

he somehow forgot all about the problem with the Soul

moment, the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

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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