"What is the fluster about?" Andre looked at Richard.
"My apologies for alarming Your Majesty." Richard quickly stood up. He hesitated for a while before deciding to come clean. "The 10th elder said that previously, Duke Abraham placed 20,000,000 copper coins on Amy becoming the champion with 100 folds on the winning bet. Now, the Magus Tower casino has to pay him two billion copper coins. I have overreacted."
"Two billion!"
"Duke Abraham plays really big…"
"Now, not only have we of the Magus Tower lost our face, we've also lost our money."
The courtiers all had a strange expression. Duke Abraham did not appear at the elevated platform today, but he was somehow watching the matches somewhere, and actually placed such a heavy bet. That caused the president of the Magus Tower to panic.
Meanwhile, the Magus Tower's elders were slightly flustered. Two billion. Would they have to give up their bonus as well?