Is that actually the first time in her life that Ione has ever been appreciated for anything? Possibly. She's not sure.
She's the oracle of Nethys and it shouldn't be possible to buy her loyalty with, like, money, instead of knowledge or what serves Nethys or at least incredibly rare and irreplaceable books. But what with Cheliax having not even bothered to bid, they're not exactly making it difficult for Keltham to straight-up buy her loyalty with money. She doesn't even know what she's going to do with that money. It's just working on her anyways. She can feel her loyalties shifting as she thinks. Even though the money in this case is coming directly from Cheliax. Some Asmodeans really need to rethink some of their life choices here.