Ch.233Chapter 233 – I Don’t Forgive Those Who Covet What Belongs to Others!

If you were to ask the citizens of the Gelebrio Empire who the most famous person in the empire was recently, nine out of ten would name one person.

“Obviously, it would be Count Pathos Severio.”

“Is there anyone these days who doesn’t know his name? How out of touch with the times must someone be to not know that?”

It had reached the point where not knowing the name of a mere count meant being judged as someone out of touch with the times.

Naturally, Pathos had not intended for his name to be on everyone’s lips once again.

So why had his name become the talk of the town?

It happened about 10 days after Pathos had treated Count Lucio and his wife, making it possible for them to have children.

The tenth month of the year had already arrived, and Glesius Academy was bustling with students preparing for their midterm exams.

However, while the students were busy preparing for their exams, Pathos was occupied with entirely different matters.

“Today, thousands of letters arrived at Glesius Academy again… most of them addressed to Count Severio.”

“Haah…”

Since Pathos had treated Duke Tramante and Count Lucio and his wife, he had been receiving an overwhelming number of requests.

What was particularly notable was that the vast majority of those sending these requests were nobles or wealthy commoners.

They all shared a common trait: despite years of marriage, they had been unable to have children.

In this world, having children meant receiving the blessing of Celebrin, the goddess of love and family.

So people who had been troubled by their inability to conceive had all sent letters to Pathos.

As a result, Glesius Academy was in chaos due to the flood of letters from people seeking Pathos’s help.

“Chancellor. The academy’s mail system is on the verge of paralysis due to the letters addressed to Count Severio.”

Eventually, this caused a disaster that disrupted the academy’s mail function.

“Usually, non-urgent mail comes once a month, but now carriages loaded with mail are arriving once a week because of the Count’s correspondence.”

“It’s already difficult to process regular mail, and handling the Count’s mail is too overwhelming.”

“That’s right. There’s so much work… I might collapse if we’re not careful.”

Seeing the staff complaining of overwork, Regina made a bold decision.

[Due to the sudden increase in correspondence, the academy’s mail sorting operations are on the verge of paralysis. For the welfare of our mail sorting staff, all mail from ‘outsiders’ addressed to individual students at the academy will be returned or discarded. Please take note of this. Additionally, if you need to communicate confidential information, you may speak with students in the reception room prepared by the academy, limited to weekends only.]

She had completely blocked all means for students to exchange letters with the outside world.

Naturally, there were people who opposed this, but due to the special nature of Glesius Academy, their protests were silenced.

In fact, the security level set for Glesius Academy was on par with the imperial palace.

Of course, despite having the same security level as the imperial palace, various incidents had occurred in the past.

[Additionally, as lethal amounts of poison have been detected in a letter addressed to one of our students in the past, we have taken these measures for the safety of Glesius Academy students. We appreciate your understanding.]

But when they mentioned past incidents and claimed these measures were necessary for student safety, those with complaints quickly fell silent.

When they heard that poison had been detected in the mail, anyone who continued to object risked being accused of being in league with those who had sent the poisoned letters.

After that, the number of letters flying into Glesius Academy decreased noticeably, and no personal correspondence arrived except for official letters sent by families or various organizations.

However, some people thought that if they couldn’t send letters, they could just come to meet Pathos in person at Glesius Academy.

“Glesius Academy is quite far, isn’t it?”

“Haha. Indeed it is.”

Some proactive nobles appeared near Glesius Academy, riding in their family carriages.

However, these were not people whose family lines were in danger of dying out or who had lost the ability to have children due to unfortunate accidents.

“With Count Severio’s abilities, we could have much healthier bodies to meet more women.”

“Of course. He destroyed a demon sword. He could certainly make our bodies healthy again, despite all the alcohol and drugs we’ve consumed.”

These were what one would call degenerate nobles.

They only cared about their own comfort and safety, desired only pleasure and luxury, treated commoners with contempt, and were generally of poor character.

So they came to find Pathos with unfounded confidence and requested him to use his abilities…

“What degenerates need is nothing but a good lesson!”

Pathos roared in anger at their request.

This was because he had heard the academy guards explain who these people were…

“Those people aren’t very good people. My friend told me… they forcibly took a commoner woman because she was pretty and made her their own. She had a lover, but after being forcibly robbed of her chastity, she committed suicide.”

“They weren’t punished?”

“Their families have considerable power.”

After hearing this, Pathos decided to reform them.

Pathos’s hammer swung toward their heads, and the sound of a hammer cracking watermelons rang out six times.

“We’re sorry, Count.”

“Our thinking was very short-sighted, and we now realize that many people have suffered because of us.”

Afterward, when the two men regained consciousness, they were completely reformed.

They sought out the victims they had tormented, sincerely apologized and asked for forgiveness, provided generous compensation to the victims’ families, and then departed on a journey of repentance.

“Have you heard? Those two degenerates visited Count Pathos Severio and were taught such a lesson that they became new men.”

“Ah, I heard about that too. Those degenerates… the Minister was determined to deal with them… it’s fortunate they’ve become new men thanks to Count Severio.”

“Sigh… I wish I could take that degenerate in our house to be made into a new person too…”

“Why don’t we set a date and bring all the degenerates from each family to be made into new people?”

This news naturally spread throughout the Gelebrio Empire, further elevating Pathos’s name among the nobility.

Pathos, whose reputation had grown once again as a figure who reformed degenerates with a burning sense of justice, was actually not pleased with such fame.

“The Great Reformer… Heheh. What a magnificent title you have.”

“Don’t tease me. I’m troubled enough as it is.”

“What’s the problem? You cure diseases, reform people, and fix objects. You’re literally an all-purpose repairman.”

Having to endure the teasing from both Regina and Cheon Hyeryeong was even more exhausting.

Just then, Pathos’s eyes fell on a letter he hadn’t yet processed.

“What’s this?”

On the envelope Pathos picked up was written “House Ecatos.”

The House of Ecatos was the family headed by Count Ecatos, who taught swordsmanship at Glesius Academy.

It was also the family of Serin Ecatos, who had been his companion on his first journey.

Pathos opened the letter while reminiscing about the past and became interested in its contents.

[Would you be able to repair our family’s sacred sword, the ‘Storm Guide’?]

The sacred sword ‘Storm Guide’ was a weapon Pathos couldn’t possibly be unfamiliar with.

Wasn’t it Serin Ecatos’s personal weapon?

“Hmm.”

The moment Pathos saw this letter, he made a decision.

He would go to House Ecatos and repair the sacred sword.

He looked at Regina and Cheon Hyeryeong and said:

“I’m planning to visit House Ecatos.”

“For what purpose?”

“To repair a sword.”

“I see. This one shall accompany you.”

When Pathos said he needed to go repair a sword, Cheon Hyeryeong naturally volunteered to go with him.