Herald of Steel

Chapter 1424 Money Lending (Part-1)

Although there had already been many clues before which nudged Lady Parthia to believe in Alexander's claim of divinity, it was this small, unremarkable invention that proved to be the unlikely straw that broke the camel's back.

This was because Lady Parthia had spent many years on this problem yet without any result, to the point she almost became convinced there was no solution.

She even began to think coin clippings were not a bug of the system but a feature. These thefts happened and you had to just deal with them.

Hence upon seeing her being proven otherwise....

'Who else could have solved this problem that has been plaguing us for so long? Only the gods could come to produce something so simple and elegant,' Lady Parthia at last half admired, half lampooned.

The former was self explanatory, while the latter feeling was felt over the 'mistake' of picking a fight with such a foe with such providence.

'Oh... if you I had advised you before dear, then Ponti... Lyde... and the others would be alive. We would still have our country.'

Lady Parthia was naturally still sad over the deaths her family and her country suffered due to Alexander's invasion, thus internally mourning the loss of her sons and husband.

But she did not blame Alexander for causing this.

No, at first she only chalked this up as collateral of war, and the fate of a loser decreed by the heavens themselves. Then she even felt a bit grateful that Alexander had chosen to show them leniency and let them preserve much of their status and power.

Losing royal families did not usually have it so good.

But now she began to blame her husband Perseus for starting the fight in the first place.

'Alexander was already willing to talk peace. Oh... if only you had listened!'

Suddenly Lady Parthia even began to think it was only right that they lost and that Alexander deserved to conquer them, for they had violated the favor of the heavens.

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Alexander would remain oblivious to the subtle but extreme changes happening to the lady in front of him. He might not have even considered such an intense reaction was possible because to him the ridges on the coin were a part of life.

In fact, it was perhaps even more incredible for him to see coins without these 'patterns', and always wondered by it took until the 17th century to come up with such a simple solution.

But that was it about human inventions, wasn't it?

Sometimes it took them a long time to figure out even seemingly very simple things.

Thus focusing more on Lady Nanazin's burst of exclamation confirming his heavenly status, Alexander quickly produced a mysterious smile, and responded,

"Hehehe, well let's not talk about these things out aloud Lady Nanazin. There is only one divine family in this world and they live in the capital."

"This is a business exclusively controlled by the temples and a few powerful nobles. They control all the lending in the country and are fiercely protective. It would not be wise to step on their toes. So if you are not strapped for cash then I suggest you do not wet your feet in this dirty business." Her advice was made in a firm, sincere voice, genuinely looking out for her man.

But Alexander also noticed it was tingled with a bit of fear, so he could help but smirk,

"Oh, it seems my lady had a not so favorable view of them. Did you come across them during your time with Ptolomy?"

"...." Lady Nanazin first produced a thin, weak smile at this, as if remembering some unpleasant memories.

But then her face suddenly turned extremely wicked and malicious,

"Where do you think I got all those burn marks around my body? They did that to me because that limp could not pay. Every day I want to burn each of those bastards at the stake a thousand times over!"

Lady Nanazin's answer was more of a shout than a statement, her eyes blazing and her abundant chest heavily heaving with unfiltered grievance

"....." Alexander produced a slightly guilty face at this. He had no idea such an innocuous question would lead to something so dramatic.

But quickly figuring out the story, Alexander could see the reason behind Lady Nanazin's answer.

Ptolomy likely borrowed a lot of money to gain supporters for his rebellion and in exchange for this coin, these 'donors' got to enjoy a piece of the 'Queen' for the night.

Lady Nanazin might have framed it like Ptolomy being unable to pay leadng to her enduring those excruciating nights and those 'perverted' parties but Alexander thought was highly unlikely to be the case.

Because on several other separate occasions, Lady Nanazin had told Alexander that prior to the rebellion, Ptomoly had almost no money and so she had to get creative to keep the books black.

This was probably one of those creative ways.

Lady Nanazin did not outright reveal this openly probably because she felt too ashamed for selling herself.

And since the lady was unwilling to open herself, Alexander certainly did not have the heart to poke at the sore spot.

Instead widening his eyes a bit, Alexander hummed, "Oh, even the temples are involved in this? I did not know that!"

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