An ordinary-looking Xinfei Mana Sedan slowly came to a stop. The driver's door opened, and Xu Yi stepped out.
The people hurrying past paid no attention to Xu Yi or the mana sedan, so for a moment, no one recognized him.
Seeing this, Xu Yi couldn't help smiling.
A dozen or so years ago, mana sedans had been extremely expensive, and production had been so limited that even money couldn't guarantee one. Anyone who owned one had been a person of considerable standing.
Back then, anyone stepping out of a mana sedan would have drawn the attention of everyone nearby, even if they were merely the driver.
But after more than a decade, mana sedans were no longer particularly unusual on the Sains Continent, even if they weren't as ubiquitous as cars on Earth. Naturally, they no longer attracted the same attention.
Of course, if Xu Yi had driven the latest Anviya Goddess Series mana sedan released by the Xinfei Magic Locomotive Merchant Guild that year, he would certainly still have drawn everyone's gaze.
The guild positioned the Goddess Series as its most prestigious line of mana sedans, with annual production limited to just a thousand vehicles. Every one went to the most prominent figures in various countries; ordinary people could never get their hands on one.
When Xu Yi had still been the Xinfei Merchant Guild President, he had usually traveled to formal occasions in an Anviya Goddess Series mana sedan custom-made for him.
But after stepping down, he had handed that sedan over to Freya. She disliked the series' overly dignified, imposing appearance, however, so it hadn't been driven out in public for a long time.
The mana sedan Xu Yi now drove was an utterly ordinary Xinfei Karo Series model. With an average price of a mere