Warlord: King of All Clans

Feisa barked happily, and the three little guys gathered together and began to plan how to help Feisa save her people.

"Woof woof woof! Poor kobold, take him home!"

Poor green-haired dog-headed man, we can’t let him stay alone in a country full of humans!

Leo felt relaxed as he looked at them. He lay on his back on Little Mouse's bed, flipping through the books that Little Mouse had placed on the bedside while watching them whispering.

Those books on the basics of alchemy and introductory spells that were full of formulas and diagrams were circled and dotted by the little mouse, with dense notes made on them and many annotated notes stuck on them.

It is obvious that the little mouse has been studying seriously in the past two years.

These things were also useful to Leo, they were hypnotic. As he watched them, he fell asleep.

When he woke up, the bedroom was quiet. When Leo moved slightly, he felt a person curled up under his arm.

The little mouse was lying beside him, with its head tucked into his armpit, sleeping soundly.

Apparently Leo's action startled her. The little mouse opened her eyes sleepily, suddenly leaned close to Leo's ear and whispered, "Dad~"

Without waiting for Leo to react, she curled back up with a laugh and continued to fall asleep.

Leo looked up subconsciously. In the huge bedroom, only Knight Norin was standing at the door, watching them from afar.

If it were anyone else in the palace, they would have put a sword to his neck by now, but Noreen knew their friendship and just smiled like an aunt.

An hour ago, Princess Gulveig said goodbye to her friends, secretly climbed onto the bed and slept in Leo's arms. Seeing this, Norin had no intention of stopping her. Instead, she drove all the outsiders out of the bedroom and took care of the situation herself.

Seeing Leo subconsciously holding Princess Gulveig in his arms in his sleep, Norin thought of the other's smiling face when he fell off the cliff.

A true knight can always touch people's hearts inadvertently.

Leo carefully got out of bed and walked to the door, "Where are Fisa and Freya?"

"He said he was going back to gather some people."

"I heard that all the water pipes in the imperial capital are lead pipes?"

Norin thought about it and nodded, "Really? I don't quite understand, but it should be about the same."

"What about the palace?"

Noreen replied: "The ones visible are copper pipes, but the ones buried underground are definitely lead pipes."

Leo frowned deeply and said, "The princess's bedroom looks quite shabby. It's time for renovation. I think it's best to tear it down and rebuild it!"

Norin was speechless for a moment. She looked at Leo and said, "How can you tell that the princess's bedroom is shabby? Don't just say that!"

"The Princess's Palace was built less than fifteen years ago. It was built specifically for His Majesty the Emperor when he married Lady Lola."

The Madam Lola that Noreen mentioned is the late Queen Lola Odalov, the mother of the little mouse, a woman known as the "Rose of the North". It was she who established the Order of the Rose, allowing women in the empire to become knights.

Before this, there was no such title as "female knight" in the Empire.

Noreen is obviously a die-hard fan of Queen Lola, and she becomes very interested when talking about her.

"Before getting married, Madam Lola and her brother Sir Grant sneaked into the imperial capital to observe their fiancé and lived in the palace for a while. She disliked the gloomy and cold palace architecture, so the emperor demolished the original palace and rebuilt it, building a bedroom for her, which is now the princess' bedroom."

As Norin spoke, her voice became lower, "Madam Lola said that the palace was actually built seven hundred years ago, and the ground was covered with mercury. Since then, the bloodline of the palace has declined, and the royal family members have been weak and sometimes died young, so she doesn't want to live there!"

Leo's eyes lit up when he heard this. The little mouse's mother was also a smart person. She knew that mercury was highly toxic.

"Then what?"

“So His Majesty the Emperor spent a huge amount of money to renovate the foundation of the palace and replace it with lead plates.”

"..." Leo's eyes darkened and he said speechlessly: "The Queen didn't object?"

Noreen questioned, "Against what?"

Leo had to say, "Actually, lead is also poisonous."

Norin didn't believe it at all. "What's the point of lying to me? How can lead be poisonous? The amount of lead ingots consumed in the imperial capital is three times that of iron in a year. It is used in every aspect, and it is known as the Lead Capital."

"In the southern grape plantations, grapes are put into lead pots and boiled into lead sugar for sale. Every bite of jam and every glass of wine you eat in the imperial capital contains lead sugar."

"The nobles in the imperial capital would use lead powder to make cosmetics, and even apply powder all over their bodies to whiten their skin."

"Lead pots and cans have always been daily necessities for the citizens of the imperial capital."

"It's been seven hundred years, and no one has said there's a problem."

"You people in the North can't afford lead tools, so you can't say there's something wrong with our lead tools in the South!"

Noreen's words almost made Leo doubt himself.

What if this world is different from the previous one, and people’s bodies can naturally digest lead poison?

The imperial capital is said to have a population of one million, which is a bit exaggerated, but if the suburban population and surrounding estates are included, the number is not much less.

With so many people using lead, the problem should have been noticed long ago.

Leo didn't have the energy to refute, so he could only change the subject. He saw the magic crystal lamp on the wall and said, "This lamp is pretty good. It doesn't need oil and doesn't have any magic crystal function. It's amazing."

"This is a radiant lamp that is a specialty of the Free State of the Archipelago. Once activated with special means, it can glow for a long time and last for a hundred years. However, it is expensive and only the upper class in the imperial capital can use it."

With the background of heavy metals such as lead and mercury, Leo felt uncomfortable and began to doubt the radiation lamp.

Anyone who has read an education knows that radiation is a neutral word. Theoretically, everything has radiation, it’s just a matter of intensity.

But it is a simple understanding that the greater the radiation, the greater the harm to the human body.

Leo immediately felt that this thing was not good, and waved his hand and said, "Tear it down! Tear it down! The princess doesn't like these fancy things!"

Whether it was paying a huge sum of money to commit suicide or being in the radiation without knowing it, Leo could not use scientific methods to test it, could not show clear evidence, so he could not convince Noreen.

But the solution is not just to reason, lies can also be used.

Sure enough, after hearing Leo's reason, Norin hesitated and asked, "Doesn't Your Highness like this kind of lighting?"

Leo leaned over to Noreen's ear and whispered, "If the princess knew this was valuable, she would secretly tear it apart and sell it, then send the money to me."

Noreen immediately felt that it made sense. The princess couldn't be allowed to develop a habit of stealing, so she quickly ordered people to take it away and not give her and Leo any chance.

The next day, the palace held another dinner, this time for scholars and celebrities from the imperial capital. The scale was larger than the last time. Denise's mentor, Professor Herod, and alchemy master Freeman were among the invited guests.

Her Majesty the Princess also specifically instructed that Master Freeman bring his goblin engineer Virgil with him so that she could see the alien craftsmen of the Free State of the Islands.