She was given an ultimatum to kill him and she could not do anything reckless that would bounce back to her.
' Let's think straight and focus on the most possible quest.' Abrielle thought, the inability to kill Cedric before the first scene didn't lead to instant death, although it was disadvantageous to her.
The first quest to find the hermit witch was a bit tricky, but at least the hermit witch was a character she knew and designed. The hermit witch was a con artist who travelled through several kingdoms using her magical abilities to defraud people.
Abrielle, in the original plot, had been almost defrauded by the witch at a time when she was desperate and was looking for a way to make Cedric love her when she started to realize her husband's obsession with the female lead.
It was during her encounter with this con artist that Abrielle found out she was not as talentless as her parents said, but her magical nature was sealed.
