No, If the king REALLY wanted to be a dick, he would have put the key and the dagger in the same box, and then said “one box contains a key, and one box contains a dagger.”
It says if you find the key you’re free and the dagger is if you fail, implying that if both were in the same box his finding the key would have averted the failure.
And if the king wanted to be particularly nasty the other box would also contain a dagger :)
No, If the king REALLY wanted to be a dick, he would have put the key and the dagger in the same box, and then said “one box contains a key, and one box contains a dagger.”
It says if you find the key you’re free and the dagger is if you fail, implying that if both were in the same box his finding the key would have averted the failure.