Money Lending (Part-1)

Although there had already been many clues before which nudged Lady Parthia to believe in Alexander's claim of divinity, it was this small, unremarkable invention that proved to be the unlikely straw that broke the camel's back.

This was because Lady Parthia had spent many years on this problem yet without any result, to the point she almost became convinced there was no solution. 

She even began to think coin clippings were not a bug of the system but a feature. These thefts happened and you had to just deal with them.

Hence upon seeing her being proven otherwise….

'Who else could have solved this problem that has been plaguing us for so long? Only the gods could come to produce something so simple and elegant,' Lady Parthia at last half admired, half lampooned.

The former was self explanatory, while the latter feeling was felt over the 'mistake' of picking a fight with such a foe with such providence.