The dealings of the Grease family had been exposed and the current head of the family had taken the fall for the rest of them after the transactions had been found of their poisons being sold outside of their family.
Several others who were involved and the middle men were rounded up and given a fitting punishment which had drawn the attention of the surrounding influences in Zou.
The family of Cleo and Milo's mother was on the list of those that had purchased the poisons so they could not avoid punishment.
Not everyone could be punished within the families so various people within were pushed forward to take the blame for their involvement.
The noble families needed to play politics and have someone take the fall so they could remain as they were and then focus on recuperating.
Although the incident involved the poisoning of one of the main line of Meridian family, the incident could not be used to turn many families upside down or completely uproot them from Zou.
Those that had been discovered to be involved with some crimes had been brought to justice and the incident had helped to identify some problems within Zou where some families had purchased the poisons.
Some past events or suspicious deaths which had been left without a proper investigation were now in question after the various pieces of information had been brought to light.
The only thing stopping those under the Dukes from investigating further was that the bodies would have long deteriorated and they did not wish to disturb the dead otherwise there was a chance that others would be discovered to be involved with assassinations using the poisons of the Grease family.
Old Grease had no involvement in the sales and lived a secluded life where he only focussed on his experiments so he avoided being punished but that did not mean he was not scolded and put under watch.
He was very aggrieved as he returned home and ordered for a new succession to begin within his family since the person he passed the head of the family to had been given up to Dr Miyagi and Duke Baan.
In order to keep a stricter hold over the Grease family, Baan had given old Grease a stern warning that if his family make trouble again then he would face the three dukes and had suggested that Dr Miyagi keep a watchful eye over the family in the future.
It was helpful for Zou and Baan's faction for Miyagi to be placed by the Grease family which was dangerous so that he could learn their various techniques and recipes then there was a way to come up with a suitable way to counter them if they made trouble again or became a threat.
The Glutt family was able to avoid any punishment since they had not been involved and had only used others to do the dirty work.
Although they had avoided being punished, their subordinates had suffered and many resources were given up to appease Duke Baan and the Meridian family who were enraged by the event so they had suffered some indirect losses.
The following days, Pixel was accepted as the student of Dr Miyagi and started accompanying him on his rounds as he visited some patients while learning from him.
Her days and nights became much busier as she had to juggle her duties as a member of the Meridian family, a Night Guardian and as a doctor.
Luckily she had her mother and Harley who were her two trusted people to help with any important matters that involved the management and expansion of her businesses.
Due to her being so busy and having to be up for longer hours than others, she had to undergo strict stamina and endurance training which was only available to the a special division within Zou called the Kingsbird.
The current Mink in that division was a female canine Mink and a new recruit who was undergoing training which was a young female rabbit Mink.
The Kingsbird division was an exception to the rules made by the two dukes which were ruling the day and night and played the role of an aid which worked as an intermediary between the two of them so it was a very demanding job and required those in that position to be able to endure a long time being awake and less hours sleeping.
Due to Catviper and Dogstorm rarely breaking their own rules and only ruling during the day or night, they never met up with each other unless it was absolutely necessary do they needed someone to work between them so information could be exchanged between them.
Pixel had been able to get to know some important Minks within Zou which were the young student of Dr Miyagi named Tristan which was a squirrel Mink while the canine Mink was named Wanda and the rabbit Mink was named Carrot.
Even if her influence and personal power was not yet anything for others to take notice of, she had slowly made some strong political allies which seemed to have a lot of potential in the future.
As more time had passed, the final preparations were being made as some projects were pushed forward and new businesses were being developed with the assistance of Dr Miyagi and Tristan.
Another event caught the attention of many as Pixel appeared by the side of Baan and Dr Miyagi along with a couple more influential figures which were well known scholars or those that had contributed greatly to Zou in recent years.
Pixel bowed to the crowd and spoke loud and clear enough to be heard from far away. "Welcome all. I welcome you all to the official opening of the first school within Zou. Thanks to the contributions made by some parties and the combined efforts of those involved, we have been able to make this possible.
In the future, if you wish to learn them you will be given that opportunity so long as you work and study hard. We have many subjects to learn from and have excellent facilities and collections of study materials. To Zou's bright future and to the potential of the youth of Zou which now have a chance to shine!"
She looked very cute as she seriously tried to speak to the crowd then bowed to them before leaving.
Baan took over and was followed by some others which were involved or would be working there as they went over the various subjects and other details.
The days were extra busy and more time had passed again as the Meridian family and others had remained quiet.
No more attempts on the life of Pixel had happened due to the strong response the previous time and her being escorted by high profile people which could not be offended.
The name of Pixel was beginning to become more well known as her businesses started to grow more and the school started to gain more attention as students started to begin their studies there.
The importance of Pixel was growing greatly unknown to everyone else and she was unofficially accepted as an important member of Zou or was an unofficial member of the Kingsbirds.
All that she missed was an official position or a title of her own then she could rightfully have a place of her own within Zou that could not be looked down on by others.
Unfortunately she was still too young and the Dukes did not wish to place any more of a burden on her small shoulders.
If it was anyone else then they would have collapsed due to overworking but Pixel seemed to be thriving in her new life which was full of challenges.