Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 171

Yesterday, despite barely drinking any alcohol, I felt as if I had a hangover.

I was proud of Claire for risking her life to save the prince, earning a countess title for it, and for uncovering and curing that mysterious illness while serving as the Imperial Capital’s physician.

Yet I was shocked to hear others treating these accomplishments as mere gossip.

‘It was I who wanted to break off the engagement first!’

That was Lord Eloyd, who never showed any interest or respect for what I did. I tried to convince myself, ‘He’s just socially awkward, but deep down he’s a good person,’ but it was clear we were simply incompatible.

Especially because he dismissed everything I had accomplished as insignificant and took it for granted that I would abandon everything I’d built in the Carlobanian Empire to follow him to the Pledinus Kingdom.

I’d even seriously considered paying a large sum just to end our engagement.

‘Someone like that—I’ll gladly pass!’

Throughout my life, I’ve taken pride in my profession, whether as an apothecary or a physician.

Moreover, I possessed exceptional skill—it was an undeniable fact, though admittedly embarrassing to say aloud.

Countless people owed their lives or recoveries to me, and most expressed their gratitude.

Yet now, all my hard work was being belittled simply because of one foolish man’s infidelity!

And all because of one despicable man who had been irresponsible not only to his fiancée but even to his own family.

I couldn’t comprehend how this could possibly be something others found laughable.

Even more absurd was how Lord Eloyd, who had abandoned everything in the Carlobanian Empire for love, was being hailed as a romantic hero of the age, while Princess Greina—who stole a man already engaged—was portrayed as charming and alluring.

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