The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 307: Cars...but not the ones she knew.

That evening, was another exciting one for Eldorians. The new transportation methods that were said to be better than horses were about to launched. The unveiling, was done at the mage estate with members of the royal family, mages, nobles and chosen commoners gathered in eager anticipation. The rest of the citizens had to watch it on televisions.

Sigrid, standing behind the podium with her griffin on her shoulders faced the cameras. Her eyes occasionally drifted to the most mischievous mages in attendances, hoping that they would not pull pranks on this important occasion.

The lord mage cleared his throat.

Sigrid received the signal that it was time to begin.

"Good evening Eldoria and friends from other empires that are joining us for this magical unveiling of the future of transportation. Great news everyone, we will no longer be at the mercy of horses alone as a means of traveling back and forth. Instead, we can now rely on automagic vehicles."

Some mages at the front cheered. Those that had not seen the new type of transportation held back from applauding until they saw for themselves what Sigrid was selling to them.

"First of all," Sigrid sighed, "Very reluctantly, I have been presented with the task of introducing the broom stick to you."

Some young mages and two adult females walked to the front, before the podium and faced the audience and cameras. In their hands were broomsticks of various colors, large and long. Some hand handles and others did not.

"With the push of a single button or one command, anyone can ride a broomstick. And I mean anyone because even if you are not a mage you can ride a broomstick." Sigrid shared.

The crowd muttered, most of them were not contented. If this was what they thought would replace horses, it was a joke! The comfort of a carriage could not be beaten by a stick.

The mages took to the air, showing off their broom riding abilities. It should have been a simple move, fly up, go straight, make a u-turn and return to the ground. Instead, Jackie, one of the female mages decided that she could take it a step further.

She started making loops through air, flying upside down and tried to stand on the broom. She lost her footing and fell through the air.

The citizens were frightened and panicked, screams cut through the audience which was on edge. Luckily, the queen consort intervened and cast a spell, lowering Jackie to the ground gently.

There were a lot of sighs of relief in the crowd.

"This is why the broom stick is not an encouraged mode of transport, especially for non mages. I know that many of you will be tempted to buy it because it is fun to ride but it is not without risk." Sigrid looked into the camera directly. "I repeat, broom sticks are not an encouraged mode of transport and there will be a lot of rules regulating their use.

The department of transportation will share those rules. Make sure that you read them before you buy one. Also make sure that you have a license to fly a broom stick before you even purchase one."

She nodded at the mages and they brought other unlikely things. What looked like a gigantic egg with windows and tires in which humans could fit. Two mages were also dragging a carpet!!

Honestly, Sigrid had given the mages leeway to create and design as they saw fit. As long as the cars could be driven, the aesthetics could be debated another time.

The reveal continued as more vehicles were driven in. A car shaped like an ominous owl with eyes that moved from side to side as if it was alive, a car that looked like the ones on earth but sleek red, glowing with lava magic. It left steam in its wake and roared like a beast.

There was even a candy shaped car that looked like a gigantic chocolate bar.

Luckily, most of the buses looked normal but they were magic vehicles so Sigrid had a feeling that they had their own unique features. Like one bus which had dozens of deer antlers that doubled as luggage racks. Another bus occasionally snorted and let steam out of what looked like a nose.

Things like things made Sigrid believe that she was the most clever of all the transmigrators that she knew of. How could Emmah or Akia look at this and suspect her of being a transmigrator too? If she had gone with all normal earth vehicles, they would suspect her immediately.

She did her best to introduce the vehicles with a straight face and people were given trial rides on the real roads outside the mage estate. They drove all the way to the train station where a train that had which had soft puffy clouds above was waiting.

’Welcome to the Cuddle Express, station one.’ A big sign read.

Children and reporters were very much in love with the cloud, Some of them did not want to take a ride inside the train but on top, in the cloud.

After the trial runs, they were driven back to the mage estate and the smiles on the faces of those that had tried out the vehicles told a good story. One of satisfaction.

Once again, Sigrid stepped behind the podium and addressed the citizens.

"I hope that this roll out of the automagic vehicles had impressed you all. Another avenue of income and employment is now open to all Eldorians. We can manufacture cars and sell them in our empire or beyond.

Most importantly, we will never have to go through winter without our favorite pastries or wines just because it is too cold or the snow is too heavy and we cannot ride a horse to the bakery."

Five teenage boys rode to the front of bicycles and two followed them on motorcycles, exhibiting the last newest ways of getting around.

"To ride all of these various vehicles, you will need licenses. Driving lessons are now being offered at the royal driving academies which will be open all over the empire as of tonight.

Note, there are not enough vehicles for everyone at the moment. We urge you to be patient and you can even continue to use your horses and carriages for now. As vehicles increase, horses will be phased out in major cities. In less crowded areas, you can continue to use your horses, nobody will bother you.

As I bid you goodnight, I will leave you with our young mages to show you how flying carpets work."

While they applauded her, Sigrid backed away from the podium and walked down to shake hands with the mages that had worked hard the most to design and make the vehicles. They also took pictures and then she escaped the moment she got an opportunity, running away from reporter Karl that wanted an interview and straight into Roland’s arms.