In the Edo Era, a time where "unless favored by a superior person, the position you can hold largely depends on your family status," being elevated to the rank of Hatamoto would truly make you a "superior person."
However, for Aoto, he was more concerned about where he would be promoted next compared to the matters of enhancing family salary or status.
It would be absolutely impossible not to care about which new government office he would be transferred to afterward.
But no matter how much Aoto cared or concerned himself with his future career, it was useless.
As he just mentioned, such matters were completely beyond what he could influence with his personal will.
What he could do now was quietly recuperate, patiently waiting for the superiors to announce the rewards and his future appointments.
Considering the significant contributions made by Aoto, the superiors were surely going to carefully review how to reward him.
