Ansei Year 7 (1860), January 16th—
Edo Magistrate's Office's holiday system is "work two, rest one."
That means working two days, resting one day.
While this seems quite delightful, you can only enjoy such a humane holiday system if you're relatively lucky.
For samurai like Aoto, who are part of the "Three Times," encountering a big case and going for dozens of days, or even over a month without a break, is perfectly normal.
Fortunately—Aoto is having quite a bit of luck right now.
On his second day at work, besides encountering Mukiwa's "meow meow meow meow" incident on the patrol route, nothing else happened.
The second day at work passed in peace and tranquility.
As someone eager to quickly enhance his own strength, Aoto was undoubtedly looking forward to the holidays the most.
Because then, he could go to Shiwei Hall and practice swordsmanship.
