Devaguea had let Anke handle the issue, until he learned that the punishment was essential nothing. At that point, he warned Anke he would be asking the dignitary to leave, and that him and his house were requested to not come back for a decade. For an elf that was a short vacation, but among his subjects, it was effectively an exile. It would have the benefit of making him look good, actually punish the dignitary as another house would be getting prestige instead of his own, but wasn't so long that the elves would take offense. When he made a protest, Devaguea simply pointed out that there were several charges he could bring up instead of the elf voluntarily excusing himself. Devaguea then reminded people that the law was the law here, before returning to other duties prior to the actual coronation.