Is that Malph guy stupid? Selling a literal princess, a duke's daughter, and a regent of a different country as slaves? It's obvious that he's gonna fail, but if he succeeds, it's going to be war
How stupid is Corgino? He's trying to assassinate someone who's known to have quelled the most unruly town known in the kingdom, have killed a dragon so cleanly it can be stuffed and used as an ornament, is highly favored by the king himself, and most of his known connections are with VIPs or...