As the end of the year drew steadily closer, the weather grew colder.
For the people of Bunta City, however, this winter was much easier to get through than those of previous years.
With their incomes rising, the Heating and Cooling Magic Air Conditioner, which had seemed far beyond the reach of most households just last year, was now within their grasp.
Although the Xinfei Merchant Guild's new generation of Heating and Cooling Magic Air Conditioners had gained another feature-timed heating achieved by inserting a set quantity of tiny Magic Crystal fragments-the price remained unchanged at thirty gold coins per unit, just as it had been last year.
Once winter arrived, many families took out the wages they had saved over several months, gritted their teeth, and bought one or even several Heating and Cooling Magic Air Conditioners from the Xinfei Merchant Guild.
After the air conditioners were installed, the families enjoyed the warm air blowing out of them and found that their entire homes were no longer as freezing as they had been in winters past. The lingering sting of spending that money vanished in an instant.
Coming home from work each day and feeling warmth the moment they stepped through the door was an enormous comfort to everyone.
If they took a bath after dinner and enjoyed the comfort of the plentiful, convenient hot water supplied by a Xinfei Magic Water Heater, it washed away an entire day's fatigue and made their sleep that night especially deep and restful.
At this time last year, most people in Bunta City had still regarded the various kinds of magic machinery produced by the Xinfei Merchant Guild as novelties. Now, after just one year, they had grown completely accustomed to all kinds of magic machinery appearing in their lives, and could