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 quite

his memory was completely blank. There definitely was an

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 not to eat the alluring fruits. Especially

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

stood there with a frown on

is embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she was talking to

came to his rescue. She always knew

you angry because we

her and noticed the big,

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

fruit was placed on the pile of fallen leaves.

Neph brought three of

'How nice of her…'

up the 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.

'Wow!'

disturbed for some reason. Something was very wrong

It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but he forced himself

when... wait,

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

was motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

What is it with this

one more bite and looked at the

had an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it

a sense of dread

something… something wrong with

hard to think

with the fruit? Why

at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what was

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

going to

then, Sunny got

that required his full

somehow forgot all about the problem with

Spell

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

blinked, then looked at the delicious fruit in his hands. The Spell announced the increase in his power right

head and looked

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

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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