Millennium Witch.

Chapter 89 - 89 - The Maid
Since advancing to the third stage of elite status and gaining knowledge and wisdom from fragments of human memory, Abella had never experienced two days of such hell.

This feeling made her feel as if she had returned to the muddled days of the first and second phases.

The key point is that back then she had no memory, didn't know what was happening, and didn't care at all. Now it's different. She not only has high intelligence, but also has demands for quality of life and personal dignity. If you take away her abilities now and make her survive in the wilderness like a low-level mutant, wouldn't that be killing her?

Actually, on the morning before yesterday, when she was just abandoned by Yvette and Dugrabi, Abella was confused but didn't feel particularly desperate.

She thought that, no matter what, she was a fifth-stage lord. At most, she had run out of evolution factors and needed to replenish her food. Once her body converted the food she ate into evolution factors, she could gradually recover her strength through eating. The future was still very promising.

Moreover, as the guardian of the Pale Mother Nest, she was very familiar with the situation around Cooks and knew that the place was about to be plundered until nothing was left.

Living alone in the wild, as long as you don't get close to the Cooks and are careful to avoid the mountain whales, there's not much chance of encountering a second mutant, so there's not much risk.

With this in mind, she simply decided to settle down in that ruin, at least to find shelter from the wind and rain.

But then, when hunger struck, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have no way of solving the problem of food sources.

After all, for many years, as a guardian of the hive, she has been fed with nutrients provided by the hive, and because of these nutrients, she does not need to eat regularly; one meal a month is enough.

Now, due to her physical weakness, she has actually degenerated to the point of having to eat three meals a day like an ordinary human being!

Where is she supposed to find a suitable food source?

So Abella had no choice but to leave the ruins and begin wandering the cold northern wastelands in search of food.

Then she searched for a whole day and night, enduring wind and rain, and she didn't know how far she had gone. She just kept moving in the direction the black dragon had flown away. Along the way, she encountered some animals like goats, but she couldn't catch them at all. The things she could catch were all strange insects, which she found disgusting and would rather die than eat.

Thus, on the third day, before Abella, who had not eaten for a long time, fainted from hunger, she finally made a discovery—a flock of snow-white and plump sheep.

At this point, she no longer cared about why there was such a clean flock of sheep here. She just wanted to catch one as soon as possible, tear it apart with her snow-white, sharp teeth that were different from those of humans, and quickly regain her strength to end this nightmarish wilderness survival.

but……

The outcome of the hunt was far beyond what was expected.

She never imagined that she would be so weak that she couldn't even beat a sheep! She was chased away by a particularly fierce sheep, not daring to look back!

This shocking fact stunned Abella. She had been fantasizing bitterly that she would lie low for a while to recover her strength, and then make a comeback. One day, she would become a commander-level expert and launch a magnificent revenge against the silver-haired girl who had abandoned her, making her pay a bloody price for all the suffering she had endured today...

But now it seems I might die before I even get started?

A few minutes later, Abella was once again knocked to the ground by the fierce ram. Her mentality finally shattered and she lost her balance, lying on the ground, refusing to get up.

After all, as long as she didn't get up, she wouldn't be pushed up, and she was too hungry to stand up. If she forced herself to get up, she would fall flat on her face after only a few steps.

This tactic worked quite well. Seeing that she was lying on the ground and wouldn't get up, the lead sheep stopped attacking and just waited by.

After lying there for a while, Abella felt incredibly wronged thinking about her current situation, and tears started streaming down her face. She thought that since she couldn't even beat a sheep, she definitely wouldn't get to eat mutton, so she might as well just die.

She could accept being killed on the battlefield by a commander-level powerhouse, but she absolutely could not be humiliated like this! It was too much of a blow to her pride!

Just when she was at her lowest point, she suddenly saw an unexpected figure standing on the grassy slope, quietly watching her.

This was the person she hated most these past few days, the one she wanted to tear to pieces. Even in her dreams, she wished she could devour him alive.

Unlike in her dream, seeing him now filled Abella with an overwhelming sense of excitement, as if she had met an angel from under the goddess's throne. She was so happy she almost cried. Of course, there were no angels under the goddess's throne, and she wasn't truly grateful. She just wanted to rely on him to get through her current difficulties.

"Lady Loshivia, have you finally come to rescue me?"

As Yvette approached, Abella struggled to stand up, but fearing she would be pushed up if she did, she rolled over and crawled toward Yvette, then knelt before her as if performing some kind of kneeling ritual.

Looking at her once beautiful face, now disheveled and unkempt, Yvette didn't know what to say. Seeing that she was still somewhat afraid of the lead sheep beside her, Yvette went over and kicked it, driving the sheep away, before saying, "Wait a minute, I'll go get you something to eat."

It's noon now, and Dugrabi is probably preparing for their last roasted whole lamb before parting. She could go and borrow some.

"Thank you, Lady Loshivia!" Abella said excitedly. Due to exhaustion, she could not follow and could only continue to rest on the grass.

After Yvette's figure disappeared into the valley, Abella breathed a sigh of relief. For a moment, she even felt that her enemy's face did not look so hateful anymore, and she even felt a little grateful.

After lying on the ground for a while, Abella felt it was too undignified to lie there, so she decided to stand up.

But as soon as the thought crossed her mind, she shuddered and instinctively looked to her side. Sure enough, the sheep had come closer again, staring at her with its devilish sheep eyes, as if it were waiting for something.

Abella took a deep breath and silently lay back down, thinking that after she had eaten and drunk her fill, she would definitely start her revenge on this stinky sheep.

Even if I can't beat Lady Loshivia, do you think I'd be afraid of you?
……

A few minutes later, Yvette, using wind magic to lift a perfectly roasted lamb leg that was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, approached Abella. Watching her wolf down the entire leg and let out a satisfied burp, she asked, "What are you planning to do next?"

“Me?” Abella looked puzzled, knelt on the ground, and suddenly said in fear, “You…you still won’t allow me to follow you?”

“I told you, I don’t have a mother nest. I won’t help you advance, nor will I have any extra nutrients for you. There’s no benefit for you to follow me,” Yvette said, crouching down to look Abella in the eye.

In truth, she wasn't averse to Abella. After all, in a world where humanity had perished, and she had no allies left, what conflict of interest could she possibly have with the aberrations? She simply consumed the lower-level aberrations as nourishment to replenish herself. But the aberrations themselves did the same thing, so it wasn't surprising at all.

And what if she really is a mutant? The kind with a special mutation?
However, she didn't know what Abella, as a mutant, truly thought.

Without the constraints of the mother nest, can she maintain loyalty like a human? Could she harbor ulterior motives, outwardly submitting while secretly plotting to devour me?

“But I still want to follow you…” Abella looked at her pitifully, like a puppy worried about being abandoned by its owner.

Of course, she was sincere at this time. After all, if she didn't cling to this powerful figure, she would have to go back to the wilderness to survive, which was no way for a human to live. Even the divine heir couldn't handle it.

As for revenge, that's a long-term plan, there's no rush.

Yvette stared at her face for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "For now, that's fine."

She planned to take Abella on a trip for a while, to deepen her understanding of the higher-level aberrations through long-term contact. Once Abella's strength recovered to around stage three or four, or when she wanted to leave on her own, Yvette would release her voluntarily.

"Really?!" Abella exclaimed in surprise, then immediately knelt down again, saying sincerely, "I will definitely not let you down, Lady Loshivia!"

Yvette nodded, admitting that the key to making this decision was that Abella's evolved form was a beautiful, mature woman who looked almost identical to a human, making her very pleasing to the eye.

On future journeys, it wouldn't be bad to have a pretty maid to serve me, drive me around, and do chores like dusting.

(End of this chapter)