Sometimes the dices of the fate often get played the wrong way. The reason due to which a certain thing was going to happen, now is the mere reason for it's absence of existence.
"What does good fate actually look like?"the question might have even troubled the gods to worry as well. The opportunity to gain something might as well become the only thing due to which the treasure is lost.
It is indeed tricky.
It is indeed a gamble.
The king, after an awkward lunch as he invited Belford and Duke Stanton he never had a single idea of the approaching storm.
D'Azure and Stanton both were there for their selfish reason. The reason being, the wanted the good son for them. The winning son and the one who would ascend the throne and make their daughters queens.
They were indeed selfish and cunning but they were afterall looking for the best for their kid. They weren't the villains. The choices they had was.