If Valeera knew how to smile, she would definitely have done it, because now she had enough money thanks to Zosimos and the dwarves! She deliberately fell into a trap set up by Edward and Isaac to use it against them. Bernard was the bait. It's time to use the «money argument». They tried so hard to deprive her of it.
The girl took out a huge bowl from the ring, filled to the top with multi-colored spheres: «Since I was left without metal, then where did these two hundred and fifty million raised from its sale come from?» – she asked the old man and his grandson in a mocking tone.
Isaac opened his mouth slightly in surprise, which said a lot. His grandson's eyes widened, because he knew about the agreement with the black market and he did not understand at all how the girl could sell the metal otherwise.