1 platinum = 10 gold line needs another look.
The dialog says 10 gard for large copper. And small copper is 1 gard
The line says 10,000 large = 1,000,000 small. That is 100 to 1
@Zephyr247 In these sorts of stories the only way that people can be used for political gain is to marry them off, or in her case she could be sold off and locked into a tower. These days a King is a hereditary position, passed from father down to son. If I have to guess, the author considers...
@LuminousAzael leeway with the story. Oddly enough in french and german versions of the tale the father is alive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella From reading the plot of the disney film, the stepsisters haven't destroyed Cinderella's mothers old dress. I'd be surprised if Cinderella...