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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?”

a tad shy,

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

left in

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

pocketing the wildflower, simply murmured, “Seems

Stephanie reached out for them

“Hold up, those are deadly

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clearly annoyed, lectured her, “Seriously, don’t you have any common sense? Eating random fruits out in the wilderness, especially in

be my guest. But do me a

Stephanie’s recklessness only added to

to her own world, she swore to call out the clueless writer behind this novel. Why do they keep writing such silly female leads? And always putting the side characters in

thought had disappeared made a comeback, poking its head out. Whether it was her imagination or not, Milly couldn’t

it because of the bump

way over to the fruit Stephanie had thrown away, coiled around it, and before Milly could

no time, the snake had

Milly was speechless.

cats

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

dead from

without words again.

not the

the poisonous fruit. A gleam of satisfaction crossed her eyes. “Perfect.”

her teeth, and lifted it high

you

out, we should get rid of it before it wakes up later.”

Milly quickly said.

towards them and wasn’t a

there was something odd about