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

reason, but his memory was completely blank. There

ago. Now, however… huh… did he imagine the whole thing?

wait… that's not

"Are you alright, Sunny?"

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

What agreement?

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

space out while

rescue. She always knew how to

because we started eating

looked at her and noticed the big, delicious fruit in her hands. His

'So hungry…'

"Uh… I guess?"

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

three of

'How nice of her…'

picked up the fruit, looked at it, and took a bite without

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 whole body tingle. It was pure joy in the form of a

'Wow!'

Something was very wrong about the whole situation…

anxious feeling. It was hard to think about anything except for how heavenly the fruit of the Soul Tree tasted, but

when... wait, don't get

of the strangeness. It was his shadow. When he reached out

now it was motionless, refusing to mimic him

is it with

took one more bite and looked at the shadow, lost

an eccentric temper, but it rarely did something without a reason. If it didn't like the fruit, there

frowned, suddenly feeling a sense

something… something wrong with

so hard to think about

with

screamed at Nephis? She broke an agreement… what

important. He felt as though he just needed to pull

to happen if

then, Sunny got

that

all about the problem with the Soul Tree's

at that moment, the Spell was

[Your shadow grows stronger.]

'Wh—what?'

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

head and

a strange expression on her face. Feeling his gaze, she looked

Sunny licked his lips.

"Did you…"

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