The New Year's Festival was a festival that combined the year-end party and the New Year's party from my previous life. As such, the New Year's Festival was held for a total of five days, from December 30 to January 3. Since it was rare for the Empire to dedicate five days to national events, the New Year's Festival was a big enough event to be called a festival. 

In addition, the ceremony department’s probationary training spanned across the four weeks of December. Ending exactly on December 30, I’ll have finished my probationary training career and will be graduating from the training center with my final grade.

Although the preparation for the New Year's Festival events was a huge pain, the actual operation of the events did not require that much manpower. That was a relief. If I had been held for work even after the probationary training was over, I would have personally visited the Minister of the Ceremony Department and smashed his head.

Looking at the calendar, I saw that tomorrow was the last day of my trainee life. The experience felt similar to school, but, at the same time, they felt different, so I didn’t feel like I would miss it at all. Even after the training was completed, I’d only be assigned to a public institution...