"King João, I hid the natives' book in the hidden compartment of my captain's chest... Please, let me go to the ship to retrieve it..."
"No need. The things from the ship are now in the Royal Palace... Hmm, consider it collateral for crashing into the pier... Guards! Bring Captain Columbus's chest here!"
"Yes!"
Soon, two guards carried in a pried-open wooden chest, entering the grand hall of the court. Seeing the open chest, Columbus shuddered and quickly dove forward to check. Sure enough, the bag of sand gold he had painstakingly slaughtered, robbed, and deceived from the natives was gone.
"Holy Mother! My gold! My gold! My money!!..."
Columbus let out a wail, more heart-wrenching than before when he was being searched outside the court. King João II raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the two guards holding the items. The two immediately stood at attention, explaining softly.
