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

but his memory was completely blank. There definitely was an agreement… wasn't

was pretty sure that there was, at least up until a few moments ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the

wait… that's

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

at Nephis, who was looking at him with concern. Suddenly, Sunny felt lost and confused.

What agreement?

he just stood there with a

embarrassing. Did I completely space out while she

came to his rescue. She always knew how

because we started eating without

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

ground, where another fruit was placed on

worry! Neph brought three of them, one

'How nice of her…'

looked at it, and took a bite without

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

'Wow!'

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

feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the

Soul Tree? Since when... wait, don't get

finally able to pinpoint the source of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out to pick up the fruit, the shadow did not copy his movements, as though reluctant to

motionless, refusing to mimic him eating the

is it with

took one more bite and looked at

reason. If it didn't like the

sense of dread

something… something wrong

it so hard to think about this

something wrong with the

I screamed at Nephis? She

of remembering something very important. He felt as though he just needed

terrible was going to

Sunny

unexpected happened, something that required

about the problem with the

at that moment, the Spell was talking into his

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

The Spell announced the increase in his power right after Sunny

head and looked

at her fruit with a strange

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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