Magic Man

>be travelling magician
>Not like fire ball, you shall not pass magician
>more like, pulling rabbits out of hats, nothing up my sleeves magician
>never really paid much attention in magic school
>travelling through forest road to next village for a potential gig
>nothing but moths and lint living in wallet, cant remember the last time you ate real food
>suddenly feel something wrap around foot and hoist you up
>dangling upside down
>raining cards, juggling balls, and colorful scarves
>”Well well, looks like I caught a young one for dinner tonight” a fork-tounged voice says
>Lamia, must have caught you while you were day dreaming
>Lamia about to rip pants off
>gotta think fast
>Pull out bouquet of flowers out of sleeve
>”My what lovely eyes you have my dear”
>Lamia stunned by surprise floral attack
>Offer a deal to Lamia
>If you can guess what card she picked from a deck of 52, you’d win your freedom
>If not, you’d be her willing cum slave
>Lamia seems to ponder the idea
>sweeten the deal by mentioning you are a virgin
>”Alright funny man, I’ll play.” Lamia slyly says, apparently liking to play with her food
>Fan out deck of cards, she picks one without you looking and places it back into deck
>shuffle cards three times, then three times over again
>randomly pull card out
>”Is this your card?”
>Lamia evilly grins, “No, its not.”
>Can feel tail tighten around ankle
>”Of course its not, your card is behind your ear”
>Pull out her card from behind her ear and flash it in front of her
>Lamia drops you out of surprise, clutching your card and staring at it amazed
>Lamia can’t even formulate words as she holds the card in wonder
>Use distraction to pick up dropped scarves, juggling balls and miscellaneous items that fell from pockets
>proceed to give impromptu magic show to Lamia for the next half hour
>Lamia loses her shit at the simplest magic tricks
>Time for the grand finale
>mention that you need a guest from the audience.
>Lamia waves her hand frantically
>Give a dramatic pause before finally picking Lamia who joins you
>You are now going to attempt your most dangerous but thrilling piece of magic yet
>making yourself disappear
>Give lamia a blindfold to put on, and tell her not to remove it until you say the magic words
>Lamia puts it on without question, waits for the magic words
>magic words never come
>Been running down the road for the last five minutes nonstop now
>clean getaway
>silly bitch, they call me the magic man



>eating stale bread and old warm beer at tavern after gig
>some eight year olds party, wasn’t even worth the time
>can’t complain about the pay though, a few copper pieces, but enough to fill your belly
>barkeep comes around
>”Hey buddy, you can pay for that right?” the pot belled old man off-handedly threatens
>Proceed to sneeze out a copper coin from your nose
>Barkeep cringes, ”Tell you what. Don’t do that again, and that’s on the house.”
>Fine by me
>proceed to eat food and drink
>sound of cheering starts to emit from outside tavern
>curious, begin to investigate the source of the ruckus
>massive crowd of villagers gathered around some adventurers by the looks of it
>armor shines out in brilliance compared to the villagers ragged clothes
>on closer inspection you realize it’s the Fated Hero, the best hope humanity has against the Monster Lord
>shine off his teeth almost blinds you, his hair never out of place
>Can also spot a hulking brute of a man in thick armor, an elf with a large bow on her back, and another shadowy figure trailing behind him
>Fated Hero’s voice booms out into the crowd
>”Good people! I seek brave heroes to help me in my quest to slay the Monster Lord, whose minions ravage these lands and enslave our men! Who will join me on my epic quest?”
>crowd goes silent, everyone eyes cast downward
>serves them right, everyone knows whoever travels with the Fated Hero dies, while the Hero gets all the legend to himself.
>”This guy can do it!” a young voice erupts from behind you
>”He’s really cool! He can pull stuff from sleeves and summon birds and breathe fire! He’s the best magician ever!” A shrill voice continues, pointing directly at you
>Oh god
>Its that brat from the birthday party
>Immediately try to wave him off, kid doesn’t know what he’s talking about
>Hero already standing in front of you, looking you over
>”Hmmm. Excellent! We needed a mage! And you seem to be exceptionally powerful if you can summon creatures to do your bidding!”
>Hero slaps your shoulder, nearly breaking your arm
>”Welcome to the party, Mage!”
>Can hear an audible ‘che’ from the elf
>”With your powers, we may finally breach the Monster Lord’s castle and defeat her vile army of Monster Girls!” The hero continues
>shiet




>week three of traveling with Fated Hero and party
>How you lasted this long you had no idea
>Whenever there was battle, Fated Hero would charge in, Hulking Man would heave forward, Elf would shoot arrows, shadowy figure disappeared behind enemy lines
>you mumbled incoherent shit you made up, spreading your arms wide apart to feign spells
>battle always ended before you could cast your supposed ‘awesome power’
>Fated Hero jovially apologies for his battle prowess, but you suspect that Elf is beginning to doubt you
>Spend one night camping beneath the stares while the party rests
>spend your time reading out of your ‘spell book’
>It’s a cook book
>Begin to hear the furious sound of fuck making the Hero and Elf were doing from their tent
>Usually started in the middle of the night, thinking that nobody would hear
>but you heard
>close your ‘spell book’ and wander off into the woods
>judging from how the old legends went, you already knew that Heroes love interest would be slain, thereby strengthening his resolve against the Monster Lord ,and swearing eternal vengeance blah blah blah
>Didn’t care much for it, at least you were getting food
>stop in you tracks
>begin to hear the distinct sound of sniffling
>Well that’s odd
>begin to investigate deeper into the woods, until you found a small child crying beneath an oak tree
>Except it was no child, not human at least
>could spot pointed ears and bushy tail; definite Monster Girl, probably wolf
>About to turn around and leave, but the sound of a crying child leaves a sour taste in your mouth
>Approach the monster girl child, who immediately flinches away at the sight of you
>”Ah! Human!” she yelps at you
>You give a gentle smile and produce a single flower from your sleeve and give it to her, meaning her no harm
>she takes it cautiously as you ask her if she was lost
>”I’m not lost…I just don’t know where I am right now.” she says twirling the flower in her fingers
>Scratch your head at the predicament, you could bring her back to camp, but Fated Hero would probably throw a fit.
>Decide, to the best of your ability, to try and help her find her way
>You ask her what her favorite color was
>She sniffles again, “Red” she says wiping away her tears and standing up
>You produce a red scarf from apparent nothingness and tie it around her head
> taking one of her paws into your hand you begin to lead her through the forest until you eventually find a single dirt road
>”This is it! I know where I am now!” the monster girl hugs you in thanks
>You pat her on the head and she merrily bounds down the road
>Turn around to head back to camp when you notice shadowy figure behind you, holding a drawn dagger at its side
>Silence descends on the both of you.
>awkwardly you speak first
>”I wont tell if you wont tell?”
>Shadowy figure hesitates for a moment, before putting away dagger and disappearing back into the darkness
>too spooky
>make haste back to camp


>Months past
>Finally make assault on Monster Lord’s Fortress
>With Monter Lord’s army destroyed it was now just down to the Generals
>Party elects to stay behind to hold off Generals while Fated Hero engages Monster Lord
>Elf fights General Arachnee armed with a massive bow that’s shoots from the rafters in complete darkness
>Hulking man in heavy armor facing off against General Oni with massive spiked club, causing the earth to tremble with every hit
>Shadowy figure disappeared again to god know where
>You were paired up against General Kitsune caster who was wreathed in blue fire, nine tails roiling menacingly behind her
>ohfuckme
>have to dodge massive torrents of blue fire, using pillars as cover
>”Come fight me Mage! We shall see who is the better!” the Kitsune yells as a wave of fire descends upon you
>Bitch please, you were doing children parties a few  months back
>Running out of things in your bag of tricks, marked cards, tricked dice, all of your doves were deliciously fried
>Begin to throw your juggling balls at her, which she instantly sets alight
>”Ha! Is that the best you can do!?” she screams as she breathes a massive flame dragon to hunt you down
>Oh shit
>start running away from massive flame beast
>about to be engulfed in a fiery blue torrent when you suddenly disappear in a flash of white smoke
>The blue fire dragon crashes to the ground where you would have been, if you hadn’t used the last of your smoke bombs
>”Come out mage! Its not over yet!” you could practicaly see blue embers emit from her mouth as you peek from behind another pillar
>you were running out of parlor tricks now
>What skills did you really have anyway?
>You were just a bum doing childrens parties to make a living, using cheap smoke effects and sleight of hand tricks
>Cards, cups, and balls, were you specialty, not fighting wizard battles
>You should have stayed in school
>then an idea hits you
>One of your skills was sleight of hand
>You could use that
>You’d just have to get close



>You take off your cape that was given to you by the High King of the Human Kingdoms
>It took forty seamstresses forty days to weave such an elegant cape for you and your party
>You grasp it loosely with both hands as you appear from behind the pillar to confront Kitsune Caster
>”Ha! Finally decided to fight?” she grins menacingly as you calmly approach her
>She looses a fireball at you
>you’d only have one shot
>You toss the cape in front of you, taking the initial blow
>The fabric is set alight as it crumples to the floor
>”Ha! So the Human Mage falls to Kitsune magic. How apt” the Kitsune caster gloats, triumphant in her apparent victory.
>Suddenly you appear behind her
>”What?!” kitsune barely has time to respond as you make your move
>While her fireball had hit your cape, you had rolled away and came from her blind spot
>You attack, striking effectively and efficiently
>Kitune caster twirls away from you, putting distance between the two of you
>”I see you have more than tricks up your sleeve. But know this human, I’ve studied the arts far longer than-“ her sentence was cut off as her robes suddenly came un-done, reavling pearly alabaster skin, and ample cleavage
>You first attack, using sleight of hand had robbed her of her sash
>a common tactic used by pick-pockets, but it was all you had left
>using her confusion, you dashed forward, closing the distance and attacking again
>you grabbed whatever you could get a hold of
>her golden hair falls down as you effortlessly pluck her hair ribbon
>her pockets of emptied of loose change and used tissues
>you tug a string near her waist and come back with still warm panties that were apparently held together by string
>you dance around her as you manage to pull off her robes, leaving her stark naked as you pilfer her items
>she collapses on the floor covering herself with her arms as you hold all her possessions
>Well that worked out splendidly
>”You…perverted, pig-faced, human charlatan!” Kitsune suddenly rises, using her tails to cover herself form view
>Ah right, how was this supposed to help you again?
>”I’m going to burn you to a crisp, to the point that not even ash remains.” She declared as a massive fire balled twirled above her fingers
>You close your eyes and accept your fate
>Until you hear a familiar voice


>”Hey! It’s you again!” came a familiar voice
>Kitsune Caster’s fireball dissipates as she looks past you
>You turn around following her gaze, to find somebody you met before
>it was that one monster wolf girl you had found in the forest those few months ago
>she was still  wearing the red scarf
>what was she doing here?
>Little monster wolf girl suddenly regardes the Kitsune Caster, a puzzled look on her face
>”Mom, how come your naked?” the little monster girl questions
>wait
>Mom?
>Look closely to the similarities between the two and realize that the fur color is actually quite close
>Guess you mistook kistsune child for a wolf
>”Sweetie, mommy is busy trying to kill the human right now. Go back upstairs and finish cleaning your room.” The Kitsune Caster’s voice suddenly changes to a much softer tone as she address her child
>child Kitsune gives a pouty look as she suddenly clings to you
>”You, can’t do that! He’s really nice! He helped me when I was los…didn’t know where I was” she says  hugging your leg tighter
>Kitsune Caster audibly sighs as she began to rub her head in frustration
>”Sweetie, mommy has orders from the Lord to kill the human.”
>Child Kitsune only hugs harder
>”But mom! He’s nice! He gave me this scarf too! See!” she says twitching her ears to draw attention to the scarf atop her head
>To your utter surprise, Kitsune Caster’s blue fire vanishes as she lets out a heavy sigh
>”Alright, but just this once. And I want that room clean before I head back upstairs do you understand me young lady? And you.” She says suddenly pointing one of her many tails at you
>”…I’d like my clothes back.” She says with a slight blush to her face
>You give her back her clothes and possessions, which she puts back on behind the safety of her many bushy tails
>After putting on her robes, she suddenly stops and regards you again, holding out an outstretched hand
>What?
>”…underwear” she says underneath her breath, as if ashamed to say it front of her child
>You empty out your pockets and shrug your shoulders, having apparently lost her underwear
>”Seriously?” the Kitsune Caster says exasperated
>You roll up your sleeves of your coat and show your bare arms to her
>Nothing up my sleeves.



>After earning a resounding slap from Kitsune Caster, head up towards Throne Room of Monster Lord
>signs of battle are everywhere, chunks of the ceiling and wall litter the floor
>Massive doors blown apart
>Eventually spot the Fated Hero on one side of the room beaten and bloodied , desperately reaching for his weapon
>on the other side of the room , to your utter surprise, you recognize the shadowy figure
>At least in part it was the shadowy figure, her disguise had fallen away to reveal the scaled face and horns of a dragon monster girl, a wreath of thorns atop her head
>she was also bloodied, having sustained heavy wounds
>From what you could guess, the Monster Lord had infiltrated the party to sabotage the Fated Hero’s endeavors.
>Quite clever really
>”Mage! Thank goodness you’re here! They killed Elf-Chan! I’ll never forgive them! Help me so as I can finally bring peace to the land!” he proclaims to you, an exuberant look on his face.
>You scratch your head at the situation
>Well yeah, you did have the opportunity to defeat the monster lord
>But then again, according to legend, and just like how it repeated itself in the past, the Monster lord would rise again, and the cycle would continue
>”Come mage! Cast your mighty spells! I’ll cover you!” the Fated Hero announced as he struggled to pick himself up, only to fall back down
>Yeah, this guy definitatly didn’t deserve to be a Hero
>You conjure another scarf from your sleeve and proceed to the Fated Hero, and blindfold him
>you elaborately tell him that your next spell is not to be seen by mortal eyes, lest their souls be suck out by blah blah blah
>Fated Hero seems to buy into you, “Truly, you are a good friend.” Hero says weakly
>Proceed over to shadowy figure/Monster Lord
>She flinches at you but you help her up and dust her off
>Satisfied that she could stand on her own power, you begin to scan the ground for a sizable rock
>You find a good size one and heave it up and give it to the Shadowy figure/Monster lord
>You gently pat her should and leave the room and wait by the stairs
>Eventually, Shadowy figure/Monster Lord descends down the stairs, appearing quite satisfied as she sits down next to you
>”Thank you” she audibly whispers she drifts off into sleep and rests her head on your shoulder.


>Some months later
>Be appointed as High Court Mage of the Monster Lord
>Kitsune Caster was quite miffed of how you were able to defeat her with magic whatsoever
>For some reason, she didn’t mind giving you real lessons in magic
>Begins to wear more revealing outfits whenever you study with her
>apparently that was just her ‘Battle Dress’
>Still play together with Kitsune Child, she still wears the red scarf, and continues to wear it for many many years
>Monster Lord still her quite self, although she does blush quite a bit whenever you pass by her
>Lamia still waiting for the magic words