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I also have a groiseh kashe on The Golden Crown. Basically, when Nicholes announced that Boresov had killed Duke Alexander and he sent the Captin of the Royal Guard to the Forest of Petrosk to kill Borasov and recover the golden crown. Then, Nicholes goes to Alexander, but how did he get into the cell without the golden crown as only the golden crown could open the door to the cell?