Thirteen

Time passed by and the family had undergone several changes but so had Zou in some ways.

Each of the heirs had become thirteen years old and each of them had started to take the battle for the family head position more seriously.

The enemies or competitors of the Meridian family had halted with any plots due to them being watched over and wishing to avoid leaking their intentions.

Those that had seen Pixel as a hindrance or a threat to their plans could not find a way to get to her without exposing themselves so they had to continue to wait until an opportunity presented itself.

Felice had expanded her influence among the noble families and had built of a solid support for herself.

She had gained a qualified teacher who had a great reputation and was from a marquess family so they would become the backer for Felice that would help to improve in many areas and help plan out various important events through out her life.

Cleo was rarely at the Meridian family and had often visited Micah whenever she could so that she could avoid her brother who had become more secretive and distant to her.

Maximillion had reached the stage where he would easily be distracted and had often went out with his friends to fool around so his name did not appear often unless it involved the trouble he was involved in.

Milo had become less known and had shut himself off from others once his mother had been removed from his side but he had started to show much better results in his studies.

Pixel's name had appeared and had been linked to some popular businesses related to clothing and food then later was related to the opening of a school within Zou and had donated some of her own profits towards it.

The schooling project was slowly beginning to show its potential as there were many that had taken on jobs in some businesses related to those who sponsored the school.

There were some that had shown great potential and had been offered to have them join a family or business once they had graduated while the top scorers had earned themselves a scholarship.

The various perks involved helped poorer students to work part time to gain experience while they studied and the scholarship program helped to increase the competitiveness within so there would be many who would work hard to get the top scores.

Whether it was woodworking, metalworking, herbalism, farming, combat, electro, Sulong, literature, tailoring, arithmetic, cooking and many other subjects, there were teachers which held at least one lecture or lesson which could be attended by each of the students.

The poorer Minks that had failed to get opportunities to learn more about their electro and their Sulong form had the chance to find a place where they could safely learn those things so they would no longer be a danger to themselves and others.

Pixel had followed Dr Miyagi around and had paid many visits to the Grease family so she had become more acquainted with old Grease.

Due to her solid foundation in knowing many types of herbs and various other things related to cooking, Pixel had picked up on the teachings of Dr Miyagi very quickly and had undergone a strict teaching plan while gaining some real experience with patients.

In order to deal with the long days and nights which were exhausting Pixel, Tristan and Dr Miyagi worked on some medicine to aid her and some things to help overcome any future dangers.

With a little convincing, Misty was allowed to study along with Pixel and assisted with the different tasks they had to perform during that time.

Their cooperation sparked a new business which had become popular among the older Minks and those that were overworked.

Various health supplements or vitamins were sold to those that needed them but they could not be sold carelessly so Dr Miyagi handled that part for Pixel.

Anyone that could use them or needed them for their health needed to get a check up and a prescription from Dr Miyagi first.

Some of them had beneficial effects for aiding with harsher training so they had become a military secret of Zou which was only available to the forces under the three dukes.

Many ideas came from her previous world and had been named after them or were given a similar name based on their effects.

Although the effects were not strong due to there being a need to use cheaper ingredients and there being many herbs that could not be found on Zou, the prototypes were able to be put to use and had been shown to have positive effects without having any side effects so long as they were used correctly in the right doses.

HP UP was created as a stamina and health vitamin to aid in building up stamina.

Protein was created as a strength vitamin which helped building up strength in the muscles.

Iron was created as an endurance vitamin which helped to boost the toughness of the bones.

Zinc was created as a special vitamin to help boost the toughness and resistances of the skin and fur of the Minks.

Carbos was created as another special vitamin for helping to reduce the larger mass of muscle and fat so the body would be faster, flexible and more lightweight.

When taken normally their effects were minimal but when they were used along with physical training, they were very effective in aiding the improvement to the body in various ways.

There had been no other solution found for Calcium which would aid the growth in special attacks or more specifically Electro but nobody had been able to surpass their limits unless they were in their Sulong form besides Pixel.

Due to the contribution made by her, Tristan and Dr Miyagi, the private forces of the three dukes had gradually improved themselves through intense training.

Pixel who had undergone Kingsbird training had experienced the benefits of them and the highly nutritious meals she had made for herself so her abilities had grown rapidly.

Dr Miyagi had been triggered by the poison event so had developed several different types of medicinal sprays and potions to deal with all kinds of situations.

There was an even greater idea which Pixel had once she had seen one of the main medicines of Zou which aided in the quick recover of others that had some major side effects afterwards.

Pixel was seated examining the notes and then asked. "Can we not reduce the effects? There must be a way to do this if we change some things around and use more common herbs. This way we can help others heal from different types of injuries without having to use rare and expensive medicines. Reducing the effects should also help to remove or reduce the after effects too."

There was various levels of sprays or medicines that could be used to treat Pokémon in her old world and the special serum of the Minks could be used on anyone.

It had so much potential but was much too rare and dangerous to use.

Dr Miyagi would usually be against using such a serum on someone unless they had really needed and had asked for it themselves so when he heard the suggestion, he had nodded. "If we can work on something like that then it could be a better alternative. You do not have long so I will need you to assist me before you are busy again. Me and Tristan can continue the research until you get back."

Pixel revealed a big smile and bowed. "Thanks again for always supporting me."

Dr Miyagi waved his hand. "It has been my pleasure to have such a young talent to teach. You really have some interesting ideas that have only helped to spark my desire to create them."

Tristan crossed her arms further away as she was dressed in a light nurses uniform, she pouted a little and said. "What about me master? Are you forgetting all I have done for you already? Who is it that keeps track of everything for you and helps to watch over your health so you do not drop dead from overworking?!"

Dr Miyagi let out a sigh. "I know, I know. I couldn't do any of this without you too."

Tristan turned her head away in an attempt to hide the grin that formed on her face. "Hmph!"