"It's not Aconite." The doctor said this.
"WHAT???!!! BUT TEACHER!!!" Laszlo was flabbergasted.
"Listen, Laszlo, don't be arrogant in front of me, do you think you would be able to discover a poison that i can't? It's not Aconite, i am sure of it." The doctor said this to Laszlo and went back to his home.
Laszlo looked at the door and sighed.
He went back, his excitement fully destroyed.
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"So it's not? damn..." Alex said this when he looked at Laszlo... he sighed and looked up at the roof, they were inside a little shack down in the village, and Paula and Bratislav stayed back on the hill to accompany Jason.
"What... do we do," Laszlo said while gritting his teeth, they were watching their Captain die without being able to do anything, this was the most frustrating thing that you could feel.
"Can't your teacher call other doctors from other villages?" Alex suddenly asked.
"Not really, every village is quite far away from each other, it would take weeks for the pigeon to get there, even then, the teacher is a more renowned master in this territory, i don't think there is anyone better than him," Laszlo said this with a sigh.
"Hm?" Alex heard something and said...
"Better than him huh?" He put his hand on his chin.
"What about the best doctor in the world?" He suddenly asked.
"Hahaha, you are a jokester even now Alex, how can we invite an Asclepius here, he is a demigod." Laszlo laughed and sighed.
"I am not talking about Asclepius, i am talking about Hippocrates." Alex jumped up and said this.
"Hm? i.. don't know who that is," Laszlo said this confusedly.
"What..." Alex was surprised, Hippocrates was a prominent person in Greek mythology, he was called the Father of Medicine, so how could greek based world not have any information about him.
"Laszlo... tell me what is around our territory? and tell me about the continent itself." Alex finally calmed down and asked.
"Oh... alright, our village is in the territory of Lolchus, that is what our village is named after, the continent is of course Greece and i believe the territory Lolchus is named is Thessaly, i don't know, you might have to ask Ivan for more information about the territory we are now," Laszlo responded.
Alex went into his thought, from his knowledge of Greek Mythology, that Hippocrates was born about 460 BCE, so if Jason was right and Odysseus was just at Lotus Island, Hippocrates would not have been born in several centuries.
But he just remembered someone else from Greek myth... someone more... close.
"You told me we can't invite Demigod here right?" Alex asked and looked at Laszlo.
"Yes, it's impossible, what would we give them to come here..." Laszlo answered.
"What about a son of a Demigod," Alex said it with a smile.
Laszlo opened his eyes a little wide and looked at Alex.
He saw Alex was serious.
"Alex are you thinking..." He muttered.
"Yes, Podalirius... the son of Asclepius, one of the best healers in this world, what about we invite him over? i believe he should be in the territory of Thessaly right." Alex said this and stood up.
Laszlo was a little stunned for a moment but then he shook his head "No!! No No No No, first of all, nobody knows where he lives, second of all, we still don't know what can we give him to come here, third of all, how would you try to find him and how much time would have passed in that search." Laszlo stopped when he looked at Alex who was looking at him.
"Laszlo, do you want to save your Captain?" He asked.
"Of course, i want to save my Captian..." Laszlo explained.
"Then shut your mouth and follow me." Alex went out of the shack.
Laszlo sighed and followed.
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Alex went up to confirm something with Paula and Bratislav, they were the leaders of this town, and he would need their help if he was about to do something.
He opened the door in the shack with Laszlo and saw how Bratislav was sitting on a chair drinking tea while Paula was in the rocking chair with his eyes closed moving around, in the middle of the room he could see Jason moving around.
"Oh... Alex... how have you been, i apologize for not making the dinner, i am really tired today." Bratislav smiled when he saw Alex with the eyebrows on her face.
"It's alright, Grandma, but i have come here for something else, come in Laszlo," Alex said and sat beside Bratislav.
"Right... what do you want to talk about Alex?" Bratislav asked.
"I... want to save Jason..." Alex started by saying this.
"Hahahahah, thank you, me too Alex me too." Bratislav took a sip of his drink.
"And i know how to do it," Alex said making everyone look at him surprised except for Paula.
"Don't... be joking with me, Alex!!! this isn't funny." Bratislav lost his smile and said this sternly.
"No, please let me talk, have you heard of Podalirius?" Alex said this making everyone look at him surprised once again, this time Paula opened his eyes.
"Of course, i have heard of him, the miracle doctor?" Bratislav responded.
"I want to invite him..." Alex responded.
"Huh?" Everyone once again, looked at him, except for Paula.
Alex sighed embarrassingly and continued "I believe he lived in Thessaly, that is our territory, if we try to invite anyone else they would be too far or too above us, what about we invite him, he would know a way to save Jason." Alex said this with confidence.
Bratislav sighed and said "Alex... thank you for your trying but... nobody knows where he lives, Podalirius is someone that moves around the continent a lot, it will be a miracle to even see him passing by..." she took a sip of her coffee.
"Yes, but i know who would know his location..." Alex said this.
"Hm? Who?" Laszlo asked, he didn't know anyone connected to Podalirius.
"His brother... Machaon... he lives in Tricca quite close to our village..." Alex said making Bratislav drop his cup.
"You... how do you know that Alex?" She didn't say anything before asking this.
"Uhmmmm..." Alex's face twitched and he put his hand behind his head scratching it.
He was in trouble now.
End Of Chapter.