Pokémon: Starting from Zero
Chapter 20

Invalid Antidote Potion

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The next morning.

Sunlight shone down, dispelling the gloom of the night.

In Aiven's room, Mukkuru's wings twitched, and it slowly opened its eyes.

Looking at the unfamiliar environment, Mukkuru was startled and quickly got up, only to realize it had been lying on the bed.

Its gaze fell to the side of the bed, where it first saw the Petilil lying in the flowerpot.

Then, it saw Aiven sleeping on the desk and slowly let out a sigh of relief, plopping down onto the bed.

It touched its head with its wings and remembered what happened last night. Thinking back, Aiven must have arrived in time to save it.

It looked at its wings, then put them down without much reaction. It was already used to having bandages.

"Doll, doll."

Bathed in the warm sunlight, the Petilil opened its eyes.

It subconsciously looked towards the bed and was immediately startled. It reflexively looked towards the desk and breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the Petilil saw Mukkuru sitting up on the bed. It immediately rejoiced and jumped out of the flowerpot.

Aiven also woke up at this moment. Seeing Mukkuru awake, he breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that his potent healing potion had worked well.

Inner City of Ambition.

Under the cover of night, Sir Enzo returned home with his Luxray and Stoutland.

Upon returning, Sir Enzo went straight to the family's potion room, where all their potions were stored.

As he approached the potion room, a Stoutland guarding the entrance looked up at the knight in black, twitched its nose, and nodded.

Without further delay, Sir Enzo entered the family potion room, quickly found an antidote, and grabbed it before rushing out.

He went to his room and poured the antidote into the Luxray's mouth, finally breathing a slight sigh of relief.

"Sir, what do we do now?"

Two knights in black asked in low voices.

Their actions tonight had been truly terrible, a complete failure.

Not only did they fail to snatch the Petilil, but they also caused the Luxray to fall into a poisoned state, wasting a precious bottle of antidote.

Sir Enzo heard them and sighed helplessly, "I didn't expect that Petilil to contain toxins."

Honestly, he found it hard to believe. Petilils had always been considered precious potion ingredients in their minds.

The leaves on their heads possessed healing abilities, but he had never heard of Petilils being poisonous!

And then there was the human's command. The way he commanded the Thunderbolt and Discharge attacks not only neutralized the assault of three Magical Beasts but also forced them back.

It was during this opportunity that the Petilil approached the Luxray and inflicted poison on it.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt the other party's command ability was truly strong, leaving him with a sense of powerlessness. He felt that the chance of snatching the Petilil again was slim.

Furthermore, the other party had clearly been waiting for him there, indicating they possessed some form of detection method, which further increased the difficulty of infiltration.

"Alright, you two should go rest. I will find a way for my father to recover."

Upon hearing the knight's words, the two knights exchanged glances, nodded, and withdrew from the room with the Stoutland.

Watching the two knights leave, Sir Enzo looked at the Luxray. With the antidote, the Luxray should be fine.

But when he saw the unhealthy purple hue still lingering on the Luxray, he froze, and then his expression drastically changed!

His bottle of antidote had failed to cure the Luxray's poisoned state!

"Luxray, Luxray."

At this moment, the Luxray lay on the ground, looking extremely exhausted, which truly startled Sir Enzo.

Without time to think, he quickly rushed out of the room and ran towards the potion room again.

Dawn had broken, and the early-rising servants looked at the flustered knight with confusion.

"Enzo, what happened?"

Just then, a serious but pleasant voice rang out.

Enzo instinctively stopped in his tracks and looked towards a woman in a purple dress not far away.

"Sister Phyllis, Luxray is poisoned."

After a brief explanation, Sir Enzo continued running towards the potion room.

Phyllis froze for a moment, her beautiful eyes furrowed. She turned and walked towards Enzo's room, intending to check on Luxray's condition.

Sir Enzo's Luxray was carefully nurtured by the family and was very important to them.

Now that Luxray was poisoned, this was no small matter. She felt she had to properly discipline her unreliable younger brother for their sick father.

Upon arriving at Enzo's room, the door had been left ajar due to his hasty departure. As Phyllis entered, she saw the unconscious Luxray.

At the same moment, Sir Enzo rushed back, holding bottles and jars in his arms. They were not just antidotes but other potions as well.

Sir Enzo placed the potions on the table and took out a second bottle of Antidote Potion, quickly administering it to the Luxray.

After drinking the second bottle of Antidote Potion, the Luxray's pained expression visibly eased, allowing Sir Enzo to breathe a slight sigh of relief as he waited for the medicine to take effect.

"What exactly happened..." Phyllis looked at her younger brother, her voice pleasant but carrying a hint of coldness.

Sir Enzo, who had always been a little afraid of his sister, hesitated before quietly saying:

"Father's illness has not been getting better..."

"So I wanted to find a way to cure Father's illness."

"So, so... I took some of the family's knights... into the wilderness, hoping to encounter a Petilil."

"You know, the Panacea made from Petilils can cure all diseases."

Sir Enzo spoke in a low voice. If anyone who knew the knight saw him like this, they would surely be astonished.

"To search for a Petilil in the wilderness?" Phyllis glanced at her brother, then sneered, "Naive!"

"Sister, Father's illness..." Sir Enzo opened his mouth, saying with some reluctance.

"The Apothecaries in the city have already seen him. Father's illness requires gradual rest and recuperation; it cannot be cured all at once," Phyllis shook her head.

Then, she stood up and walked towards the door. But just as she stepped towards the doorway, she heard another exclamation, "Why, why is the Luxray still in a Poisoned State?"

Phyllis turned abruptly, her gaze falling once more on the Luxray, which still had some purple spots on its body.

Although the Luxray's condition had improved after taking the Antidote Potion, it seemed the potion could only suppress the poison, not cure it!

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