Empress Hestia, after a hiatus from public life to focus more on her duties to her family, and Grand Minister Viranius would accept the invitation gleefully.  A few years of taking a back seat in active world affairs whilst maintaining Pax Dracon's humanitarian aid pledges was difficult, but a worthy challenge.  The two would arrive by ship, the aging Grand Minister no longer able to travel by air as comfortably as he used to.  Rumors abound that he will be retiring after this term ends.