Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 161

“There are no ghosts! Ugh, but it’s still scary.”

I crouched right in front of the door, torn between sprinkling salt and preserving my dignity as a physician.

As a doctor, it was only natural to consider what environmental factors might cause hallucinations, auditory delusions, and negatively affect blood circulation or women’s health—but today, rational thought simply wouldn’t come.

“Am I under mental pressure lately?”

While I wouldn’t mind if I were in a stable state, there were times when stress or mental strain impaired rational judgment—especially when fear, dread, or obsession became overwhelming.

This was true for most people. The problem was that few realized they were in such a mentally strained state.

The fact that I reacted so strongly to the word “ghost” clearly meant I wasn’t in a stable condition. My hypersensitivity confirmed it. But still—

“I just don’t understand why…”

I couldn’t pinpoint the reason for my mental exhaustion. I’d had plenty of rest recently and hadn’t faced anything particularly difficult.

Could Lord Eloyd’s presence have been a subtle source of pressure? I asked myself inwardly and nodded. He certainly qualified as a stressor.

That wasn’t to say I disliked Lord Eloyd or that he was at fault. It was simply his existence as Claire’s fiancé—and his proposal that we go together to Pledinus after the engagement.

Though he’d suggested enrolling in their academy, the fact that it didn’t accept female students, combined with the pressure of having to abandon my achievements in the Carlobanian Empire and my position as an Imperial Physician, might have unconsciously become a source of stress.

Moreover, Lord Eloyd had abruptly and rudely returned to the Kingdom of Pledinus without so much as a word.

“It wasn’t that Lord Eloyd was without fault—it was that I’d been understanding him with a generous heart.”

His boundless loyalty and reverence toward Princess Greina were also disrespectful to me, his fiancée. No matter how inexperienced he was in social matters or how absorbed he was in his own world.

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