I Created Scientific Magic-Chapter 478 - 454 Lynn: Have you ever heard of magic bread?

The capital's morning began with the faint light of dawn, and Susan awoke from her dreams. As per her routine, she took care of household chores before heading out to buy the ingredients needed for the upcoming days.

The streets were bustling with activity, with caravans passing nonstop. Sturdy beasts of burden pulled carts laden with various goods along the widened concrete roads. A few rich merchants, on their first visit to the capital, were ardently discussing the majestic waterwheel spinning in the distance, and bursts of astonished exclamations could be heard from time to time.

Accompanied by a somewhat shrill whistle, an ornate Alchemy Car sped by, belching steams of steam from the chimney on its front, drawing envious glances from the townsfolk and merchants alike.

These steam-driven vehicles, which could move on their own without the need for horses or beasts of burden, sold for no less than a hundred imperial Gold Coins. Only those of true stature could afford to own one, and it had become the new fashion for the wealthy merchants and high nobility of the capital...

As for the Wizards, they rode in a kind of iron box that needed neither to spew steam nor horses to move, even faster. It was said to be operated through witchcraft and magic.

As Susan mused, an oblong shadow suddenly spilled down; it was a massive and majestic airship gliding through the sky overhead, blocking out the fierce sun above.

Along the street, clusters of children were gleefully chasing and frolicking in the shadow cast by the airship...

All of this bizarre reality, even though Susan saw it every day, still felt somewhat hard to adjust to.

In the past year, she felt as if she was living in a dream.

It all started with the church's propaganda that the evil Wizards had taken over the capital with their armies, brutally killed King Basel, razed the sacred church to the ground, and captured legions of devout Believers. The citizens of the capital were all in a state of panic, fearing they would be the next targets of those demonic minions.

However, what happened next was beyond their expectations. The Wizards did not hold wicked human sacrifices, nor did they plunder their homes. Instead, they started to repair houses and roads, and opened many magic workshops, offering high wages to recruit workers skilled in forging iron, producing glass, and crafting firearms.

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Initially, no one dared to join the workshops, and rumors even spread that this was a trick by the Wizards to lure them in. The magic workshops, while seemingly recruiting workers on the surface, were actually conducting nefarious human experiments, where Wizards extracted people's souls, turned their bodies to skeletons, and cast them into the abyss!

However, once the bold Haydon joined the Wizards' workshop and began living a more prosperous life, even being allocated a new house, such rumors naturally fell apart.

Susan was extremely grateful that she and her husband were among the first few to join the workshop's labor force.

Even though the magic workshops expanded several times after that, the number of workers they could recruit was ultimately limited.

Those who realized too late could only resort to road building and mining—although the pay was not bad, it was indeed a lot more laborious than working in the workshops.

Now, with both her and her husband working together in the gun-making workshop, they earned a total of twenty Silver Coins a month. If it were a year ago, such compensation would have been unimaginable!

It was also the first time Susan learned that there was one day off each week from work to rest.

This place was simply the heaven described in the Bible, only built by the Wizards...

Lost in thought, Susan quickly arrived at the most bustling street of the capital and couldn't help but glance at a newly opened clothing store. Behind the glass walls were rows of colorful and splendid dresses, with fabrics and colors that seemed even more luxurious than those worn by the noble ladies of the past.

The price was not too steep, at about ten to fifteen Silver Coins each. Susan counted the coins in her pocket but, thinking of the fees required for her two children to enter the Wizard College, she still resolutely made her way to the bakery next door.

"The usual, please. Three bags of white bread and two portions of beans." Susan took out a small pouch of copper coins and handed it over.

The baker, Kem, shook his head. "That'll be one Silver and ninety Copper…"

"How can it be so expensive?" Susan's eyes widened, incredulously staring at him.

She remembered that just a week ago, a bag of white bread cost about fifteen Copper Coins, and a portion of beans sold for only ten Copper.

"You may not know, but recently the price of wheat has skyrocketed, so naturally, bread has to go up as well," Kem muttered, explaining that in just a few days, the price of wheat had almost tripled, and what he was charging was already cheap.

"As for the reason... it might be due to the war."

There were rumors within the capital that the Wizards had advanced into imperial territories. The citizens of these new territories could also join the workshops and enjoy a life where every meal included white bread.

But where would so much bread come from?

Even though Kem heard from traveling merchants that the Wizards had created an alchemical contraption that could till the land automatically, it was unlikely to supply the food needs of millions in the kingdom.

To make matters worse, there seemed to be a famine in several northeastern territories of the kingdom, leading to rumors within the capital that there wasn't enough food.

Many shrewd merchants had already started hoarding wheat; Kem was no exception. He then advised Susan to buy more today, as the price might be even higher tomorrow!

Susan looked at the high prices with indecision, but fearing that bread prices could continue to rise, she counted out the money and sighed as she spoke.