Excavator's Edge (3)

"...Everything, all collapsed?"

"Yes. After the entire Florida colony fell to the slave rebellion, our colony is under threat. We must make a decision as soon as possible..."

"That... that's why I said I should have captured Queen Elizabeth back then! Then the war could have been over already!"

"..."

"..."

The Duke of Lerma held back a sigh and gave the king a gentle smile.

"...It's regrettable. Truly incompetent ones have ruined Your Majesty's grand plans."

It's good for a king to be stupid. It makes him suitable for manipulation.

But it's problematic if he's stupid beyond a certain limit. It makes the country unstable.

The relocation to Valladolid has been completed, and there's no need to keep the king's attention away from the New World anymore.