Eve hauled herself out of the goblin cave she had just cleared out, twelve copper richer for the hours spent fighting in their smelly den. She flicked a piece of goblin ear off her dull brown staff, disappointed that it hadn't changed color yet. Supposedly it would flush whatever color of specialty she chose, but even knowing so many spells it hadn't as much as stained.
At nineteen, Eve was unrivaled in the arcane arts by all the other casters in her small village. Gifted with a perfect photographic memory and natural talent, she could look at a spell scroll and almost instantly understand how to cast whatever it described.
She knew all the spells she had encountered at home: mage hand, prestidigitation, fire bolt, magic missile, acid splash, create bonfire, chill touch, gust, light, mending, minor illusion, and countless other cantrips, but her thirst for more knowledge drove her to leave town and search for more advanced magics.
Before the fight, her inner well of power held enough magic to cast two or three grade I spells, but after beating the small horde of goblins a new reservoir had formed, one deeper and broader than the others. Finally! She could cast second grade magic!
Exhausted, but elated at her progress, Eve picked her way back to the path, then strutted down the street toward town.
A wagon jingling with trinkets and supplies trundled forward ahead of her and with a little extra effort she closed in on it. There was an old man at the front, hunched over the reins. He stopped the cart when he saw her and hopped down with surprising agility.
"What a pretty little thing that has found me today. What's your name my sweet?"
She raised an eyebrow at the funny man. "I am Eve, novice wizard and adventurer. Are you a peddler Sir?"
The old man walked around the back of his cart and started rummaging around, ignoring her question. "A wizard. Hmph. I have something that used to belong to one of your ilk."
He pulled out an iron box, then flipped it open to reveal a black leather spellbook.
Even's eyes widened. She reached a hand forward, "Could I flip through it?"
SMACK. The old man swatted her hand away, something in his gaze warning her not to underestimate him.
"I've been meaning to get rid of this old thing, been back here long enough. Had to save it for the right person though," he said, grinning wickedly. "One platinum and it's yours."
Eve's jaw dropped. A platinum? After months of saving up she had nine gold coins, still one short of a platinum piece. Stomping on goblins and living shrubs didn't pay very well, plus she still needed to buy food and supplies for later.
She tried to keep an even face, "I might already know the spells in that thing anyway, there's no way I'd pay that much for it."
The old man grinned a semi-toothless smile, then flipped open the first page, covering half the script. Eve immediately recorded it, going over and over the lines in her head but drawing a blank on the effect of the spell described. If only she could see one more line of text...
The old man snapped it closed again, "What'll it be?"
"How about seven gold," Eve asked hopefully.
"Nine and six silver," He countered, grinning as if he knew exactly how much was in her purse.
"Nine gold, final offer," she responded
The old man tsked in her general direction, then began to put the book away.
"Wait! Alright, nine gold, two silver, and sixteen coppers. It's all I have."
He grinned at her, "You don't have much of anything worth a couple extra silver on you. Tell you what girly, throw in your shirt and that lavender bandeau and you've got yourself a deal."
Eve blushed and opened her mouth to shoot a retort back, then paled when she realized he had no way of knowing what color the wrap around her breasts was. Was he some sort of spellcaster?
"That's ridiculous! I won't just-" The old man started putting the book away again and Eve's desire for knowledge won over everything her parents had taught her; given that they were two clerics their dress code was pretty strict. She turned around and tore off her shirt, then unwrapped the fabric covering her modest C cup breasts. Her nipples stiffened at a chill breeze that blew by.
"Fine! Fine. Here, give me the book." She tossed the clothes and money onto the driver's seat, holding her hand out behind her while keeping the other arm over her breasts.
The old man chuckled and put the book in her hand. She could practically feel his eyes on her naked back.
"Pleasure doing business," he said, ogling her from the side as he walked up to sit on the cart.
Eve turned her back to him, denying the pervy old man any more of a glimpse at her than he already had, but when she looked over her shoulder to see if he was staring at her, the cart was gone. Vanished, as if it had never been there in the first place.
She flipped the book open right there on the road and greedily absorbed the knowledge from all the spells she could parse, which for the moment was only two: a cantrip, Invoke Lust, and a first degree spell called Bare Weakness.
It appeared as though Invoke Lust had both an incantation and required skin to skin contact for the spell to take effect. In the margin of the book the previous owner had made comments, including the fact that the effect could also be used on oneself.
She chanted the incantation, feeling a new type of power flow through her, then concentrated it at the tip of her finger. Doing as the margin suggested, she took the ball of energy and pressed it into her bare chest.
The results were immediate: her loins tingled and her heart rate sped up. She could practically feel herself getting wet. She moved off the road, massaging her breasts with her hands after setting her staff against a tree. Back to the large velvetwood tree, she pulled her traveler's pants down just enough to get free access to her pussy. The soft wood felt wonderful on her bare bum.
Without pause, she shamelessly started rubbing her clit, then slipped a finger into herself after a minute. Eve had always been a vocal caster, and the same was true in regard to more... pleasurable things.
She inserted another finger after sliding down the smooth tree and laying down to get a better angle. She could feel an orgasm building inside her, fingering faster and faster while rubbing her clit with her other hand. She was nearly lost in waves of pleasure when she heard hoofbeats approaching from down the road.
Snapping out of her trance, she pulled up her pants and used prestidigitation to chill the air around her, helping calm her blazing blush. She wiped her fingers off on the tree, then scooped up her staff and looked up at the road.
Three muscular orcs riding sturdy donkeys came into view. Eve's eyes narrowed. The only tribe of orcs in Trevelon were bandits and thieves. That, and there was a bounty on every orc's head at one gold a piece. She was drained after her fight with the goblins earlier, but if she was creative she might be able to take out all three of them.
Still topless, Eve climbed up a velvetwood tree, using her skinny body to her advantage as she took roost in the highest branches, nearly fifteen feet in the air. As the orcs rode past. Eve conjured a firebolt and flicked it at the orc in the back.
She cracked a smile as he panicked and fell off his mount, looking around at the trees. He cried out in alarm, but for the time being they had no idea where she was. She focused her magic and shot another mote of fire at the injured orc, grazing the side of his arm. He bellowed in rage and the other two had their weapons drawn.
Eve got off a third shot before they noticed her, downing the already injured Orc. Now it was two verses-
WHOOSH. A spear careened past her, thunking into a tree behind her as it narrowly missed her perch. She fired another blast of flame, missing entirely. Not good, not good. She should have waited and rested before taking on a bunch of orcs!
A second spear came hurtling toward her and in her attempt to dodge she slipped, falling from the branches. She thumped on the ground hard, the air knocked from her lungs and her head throbbing in pain. Within moments the remaining two orcs were on her and the female one knocked her staff aside, then hauled her to her knees by the hair.
"Nothing here! Just sack of useless flesh," she grunted angrily as the male orc approached. She drew a knife, surely meant to finish Eve off. Thinking quickly, Eve whispered the sweet incantation she had just learned, already in contact with her target.
"What wait for? Kill it," the male said, impatiently. "No. I have fun with this one. See if Gork dead."
The male shook his head as the female fumbled with her belt buckle, "Gork not dead. Have fun later."
Instead of responding, the female orc let her studded leather pants fall to the floor. Surprisingly the orc's green crotch was well shaven, but regardless Eve gulped as the orc tugged her hair forward. Eve had fooled around with the innkeeper's son back at home, but she had never done something like this.
"Suck or die," the orc offered helpfully. Well, at the very least she wasn't dead yet. Eve stuck her tongue out, licking up and down the orc's sopping slit.
"More. Harder."