After the pills are fed, the officials slowly became sober and their senses came back to them. Then only they understood what happened to their bodies. They started having cold sweats. This is not something they experienced before and they sure as hell don't want to experience this again.
Then they remembered to owners of the wine tavern and felt a faint shudder in their hearts. This time, the Usaine sect is screwed. That is the only thought in their mind.
They understood that from now on their life is sealed. There is nothing they can do about it but go with the flow.
Slowly, the officials started coming back to the duties and they didn't complain about the wine anymore. In fact, they decided to quit drinking.
The wine tavern still went on running just like that. And everybody still talked about it just like before.
By the end of the ninth month, the officials almost caught up with their duties and the empire seemed to have to come to a normal state.
