I got the Jester Badge first and immediately showed it to the jester but i didn't go fight that lion boss instead i continued exploring and i went EVERYWHERE except stop 35 cause i killed asmund but never got the badge nor key. So you're right i have to go reload my save point before i entered the cave unfortunately.
Thanks for the reply
maybe you are misremembering and are thinking of that "scream" sequence, not the actual fight with him, would test more with the save.
i actually just tested doing what you did though, and i found out asmund's "!" stop in the prison vanishes if you do king harald's boss fight, sooo... the only explanation is you have 7 (or more) AGI, which secretly unlocks the stops in the top left of the main floor early, got the jester badge there, gave it to the jester, fought harald and missed out on the actual asmund fight, which gives the knight badge and the key to access the way to the last optional fight and prince badge.
i am not sure it is intended, see if that is what happened.
