Leon tallied the funds at his disposal.
He currently had approximately 5,077 gold crowns, but for the moment, there were only 177 in Selva's small treasury.
Certainly, this wasn't the Sealing Lord reneging on a debt—it was just that Baron Eriv had come and gone in haste, definitely not carrying so much money with him, so he had first given him a hundred Orland gold coins, with the remaining 4,900 gold crowns to be sent from Archers Castle later, escorted by knights to be handed over to him.
However, it would be in the form of Kantadar gold coins.
Evidently, the Thorny Flower Family had spent a vast amount of their held Orland gold crowns on the war before it began; hence, most of their cash on hand must be funds plundered from this bold gamble.
One wonders how many pearls the former Lord of Archers Castle, likely deployed on the Mamor Front, would shed upon learning the dire news of his home being stealthily plundered.