Aside from that single distraction, the remainder of the swearing ceremony came to a swift, and eventless conclusion, with most of the people choosing to simply forget the incident.
Except for two people- Philips and Queen Parthia, who for the rest of the party could neither feel the taste of food nor the sweetness of the wine, such was their worry.
And it was a state they were made to endure for the entire night as Alexander would change the scheduled meeting with Philips from that night to the next day at the last moment because the ceremony and preceding lavish feast lasted far longer than he had anticipated.
So by the end, Alexander, after being forced to drink toast after toast made by all the various nobles, was so drunk that he could not even see properly what was in front of him, much less discuss anything with anybody.
"Master! You must punish her! Harshly! How dare that bitch does such a thing! Aghhh!"
