Sirona won five hundred gold pieces in the end. It wasn't a huge fortune, of course, but it certainly paid handsomely. With this money, she could invest in all sorts of medical books and equipment, enough to fuel her experiments for at least the next few months. Prince Nathaniel would be pleased to hear that their newest project would have additional funding.
Of course, Sirona didn't get to keep all five hundred in the end.
"Here's your share, as promised," Sirona said, placing a small bag of gold coins in Daphne's outstretched hands. With the way Daphne's eyes glimmered, one would think that she was a common peasant girl, not the queen of a prosperous kingdom.
"This feels a lot heavier than I imagined," Daphne confessed, lifting her hands up and down as she tested the weight of the bag.
"I doubled it," Sirona said. "There were a couple of last-minute bets thrown in, and because of your amazing assistance, they lost their money."
