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Chapter 290 Snake Encounter

Snake?

Milly caught what Stephanie was staring at and immediately looked like she saw a ghost.

The Umbra Viper is infamous for being the deadliest snake around.

But what’s it doing here? These snakes are usually found in hot, dry places, not here.

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“Freeze, don’t freak it out or anything, just pretend you never saw it. Critters like this tend to leave people alone unless they feel threatened, Milly whispered.

Stephanie managed to calm down and looked away, doing her best to ignore the snake.

Milly looked away, realising now wasn’t the time to bolt. She tried to act like she wasn’t bothered by the snake, all while keeping an eye on what it was up to.

The snake seemed intrigued by her, making its way out of the bushes, looping around the area close to her, and then sliding back into the grass.

Milly breathed out in relief.

< you alone.

Usually, once a snake gets bored, it leaves you

When she started to relax, though, she picked up on a rustling noise again. The snake returned, this time weirdly balancing a wildflower on its tail.

Milly couldn’t stop a smirk from forming because of the snake’s surprising act.

It came closer, gently set the wildflower down at her feet, and then looked up at her, almost like it was waiting for something or asking a silent question.

Milly caught what she thought was a silent plea in the snake’s gaze.

She cradled the beaten–up wildflower, probably a present from the serpent, finding it hard to find the right words. “Is this for me?”

snake seemed a tad shy,

slithered off into the shrubbery, making a sharp noise like it hit

left in

who had missed the whole encounter, cautiously peered around. Noticing the absence of the snake,

pocketing the wildflower, simply

berries, Stephanie reached out

intervened, advising, “Hold up, those are deadly nightshade berries. They’re poisonous!”

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you have any common sense? Eating random fruits out in the wilderness, especially in dense forests, is bad. Has

you really want to eat that, be my guest. But do me a favour and keep your distance afterwards so

only added to Milly’s

behind this novel. Why do they keep writing such silly female leads? And

its head out. Whether

it because of the bump earlier?

had thrown away, coiled around it, and

had gobbled up the small fruit.

Milly was speechless.

the poisoned fruit. If a poisonous thing cats

moved its tail, took a few steps, and

it dead from the poison?

without words again.

not the brightest?

from the side, Stephanie saw the snake motionless after eating the poisonous fruit. A gleam of satisfaction crossed her

and lifted it high

eyes widened, “What are you doing? Put

knocked out, we should get

quickly said.

wasn’t aggressive towards them and wasn’t a danger, so

something odd about the