Chapter 256

"By prince money, do you mean money from the royal court, or my actual money?" I asked. "Your actual money... I assumed you were from wealth..." Devari said, uncertain. "No, I'm not from wealth... I mean... yeah, I'm not from wealth." I chuckled, "The money is the money I was rewarded from King Bourgion for my efforts when I worked for him..." "You were working for the King and you gave that up for this rat hole?" Samara asked, shocked. "You know this! We talked about it last night!" I said back. "Hey! It's not that ratty..." Devari chuckled, slightly offended. "Sorry, not sorry..." Samara said with an eyeroll. "Well, still," Devari sighed, "I don't want that either..." "I have no need for the money and it would save this place... I can't watch this place struggle like this. It's a ton of money, several million rubles! It's more than enough for debt and rainy days to come." I responded. "I'm confused... I thought you were using me to get what you need? I've been fucking doing the same