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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, bowing its

a sharp noise

left in awe,

whole encounter, cautiously peered around. Noticing the absence of the snake, she exhaled in relief, “Has the

pocketing the wildflower, simply murmured,

berries, Stephanie reached

up, those are

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her, “Seriously, don’t you have any common sense? Eating random fruits out in the wilderness, especially in dense forests, is bad.

eat that, be my guest. But do me a favour and keep your distance

recklessness only added to Milly’s irritation.

writer behind this novel.

snake she thought had disappeared made a comeback, poking its head out. Whether it was her imagination or not, Milly couldn’t help but notice the snake’s head looked more

of

Stephanie had thrown away, coiled around it, and before Milly could do anything, its teeth sank into

snake had gobbled up

Milly was speechless.

If a poisonous thing cats another poison, it’s supposed to be

moved its tail, took a few steps, and spit out some

from the poison?

without words

this snake, not the

the poisonous fruit. A gleam of satisfaction crossed her eyes.

lifted it high to smash it down on the snake with all her

you doing? Put

“Now that it’s knocked out, we should get

quickly

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

there was something odd