Buying Insurance

Alexander on the surface very neatly gave his reason for the hundred million roplas price tag.

But Ptolomy, having at least a basic sense of prices, only sneered, "Heh, commander, are you sure you are not confusing tustas for roplas?

Then he sarcastically added, "Let me remind you in case you have forgotten, one ropal is equal to ten tustas."

"So, in essence, you are asking for a billion tustsas! Has the commander turned into a wastrel just because you don't have to foot the bill?" Ptolomy scathed Alexander.

But Alexander appeared unperturbed by this attack, understanding that swindling so much money even from a baby would be hard.