Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 22

Jane always paid close attention to Ian taking his medicine, saying he had to take it diligently to avoid having his lifespan shortened. Ian, too, hated the pain that occasionally struck him, so he obediently swallowed the medicine she prepared without a word. But now, there was no longer any need for that.

A world without her held no meaning whatsoever.

He neither ate nor slept, staring only at the glass case containing Jane’s remains until he finally collapsed from exhaustion.

Every time he lost consciousness, he had dreams.

His dreams, once ambiguous, were growing increasingly vivid—perhaps because he had stopped taking his medicine. Sometimes he saw the past; sometimes the future.

Some of what he saw had already happened, while other things had not yet occurred. Ian wished only to wander endlessly through these dreams, for it was only there—if not always, then at least sometimes—that he could see Jane whole and complete.

“But it really is strange. They say this charred lump is Jane… then why in my dream are you smiling?”

The dream he’d had just a short while ago was clearer than any before. It was clearly something that had not yet happened.

In the dream, Ian found himself in the Imperial Banquet Hall. The room was packed with people, yet he stood dazed, staring blankly ahead.

There was Jane. For some reason, she knelt at the Emperor’s feet.

Ian was bewildered—Jane had never once met the Emperor in person. Since this couldn’t be something from the past, the dream must surely be showing him the future.

But how could she, who was already dead, be kneeling at the Emperor’s feet? Why would she…?

Soon, the Emperor rose and left, and she stood up from her kneeling position. Their eyes met. Jane stood there, clearly startled, facing him directly.

She looked different from the Jane he knew. Her face was still vibrant and full of life, just as he remembered—but her attire was unlike anything she’d ever worn.

Instead of her usual tightly bound single ponytail, her long hair cascaded in soft curls, adorned on both sides with pearl-and-velvet hairpins.

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