Enter the cottage.

The building itself isn't tiny, though it does feel claustrophobic still due to the shelves of strange ingredients, desks covered in papers, and a mess of different pots, pans, cauldrons, and vials all around the center. It's a real mess. The gnome stands up on a stool to gain some height and watches as your party finishing entering. As the door is shut behind you, the only light comes from a globe hanging from the ceiling--the window blinds are shut.

"So you're here about the vampires, huh?" she asks.

Amara looks surprised. "You know what they are?"

"I do. A lot of the townsfolk have their own stories, but I'm not stupid. Call me Dix, by the way."

"Dicks?" you reply.

Niki smacks you over the head. "What the heck, Kyle?"

"But how--"

Dixby cackles. "Welcome to my home! I don't usually entertain visitors, but that's mostly because visitors aren't very entertained by me. But I'm always keen to more test subjects. I want the vampires gone as much as you do, even if they don't come out to my place much. They might eventually. Though, I won't go down without a fight!"

Test subjects? "So what can you do to help?"

"I'm a master of alchemy. I brew all sorts of concoctions, and I bet I can come up with something to help you in a pinch. Do you you have any holy water perhaps?"

"Yeah. Three vials."

"Oh I see. That's about as best as you can do when it comes to liquid to smash over a vampire's head, but still... would you give me one? I'd like to try making something interesting."

"Hold on a moment. We can't just give up our special weapon. How do we know it'll be better?" Eva asks.

"You doubt my potion making abilities? Well that's easy to remedy." Dix hops down from her stool and digs around in her cupboards until she pulls out a deep purple liquid in a corked vial. She holds it up into the air above her head. "This potion will make you one inch taller."

"Wait. Really?" Eva looks interested.

"I guarantee it. Though, it's only temporary--"

"Give me!" She snatches it from the gnome's hand, pops the top, and drinks it down. "Oh. Grape."

You watch in awe as her body grows ever so slightly. She only becomes an inch taller, but you definitely notice it happen. She seems content as well, though then she starts to appear flustered. Her mouth trembles open as she takes a stuttering inhale, and red starts filling her face. With her tongue almost sticking out of her mouth, it's suddenly quite the erotic expression she has. Then, she grabs herself between the legs and whimpers a moan. She purses her lips and tries to hide whatever it is that's happening, but then another moan bursts free as her legs wobble, and she nearly falls down.

"Oohh~!" The effect on her body is taking her completely by surprise. She starts panting, and she looks around at the others in humiliating as everyone is watching intently. "D-Don't l-look at me! Mm~!"

"Oh right." The gnome scratches he head. "It has a second effect too. It makes you look like you're about to sneeze."

"That's not what's happening!" you say.

"It isn't? Hmm." She smirks.

Eva slides down to her knees and continues to breathe heavily, and then her moans become more frequent. Pushing down her skirt, she rolls back her head and lets out one final moan of pleasure as an orgasm shakes her body. Her gaze meets yours as you cast your eyes curiously down to her, but she looks away in embarrassment as she places her hands flat against the floor--panting hot and heavy. Whatever effect was happening--and you're pretty sure you know what--is starting to calm down.

"Look at that. Told you my potions were potent," Dix says. "Made you taller for the next few minutes, and made you cum."

"You didn't say that was part of it!" Niki speaks up.

"She cut me off. Also I didn't say it wasn't. Don't worry. I'll make you a fresh potion to combat those vampires, but I need you to do something for me first. Leave me a vial of holy water and I'll get started, but there's a certain someone in the village that--"

Eva stumbles up to her feet. "You think I'm just going to move on from that?!"

"Sorry, sorry. Here," Dix says as she retrieves another potion from her drawer. It's white and sparkly. "This will actually clear up all that embarrassment."

"Wait, what?"

"It's to keep you from being flustered in a moment when it matters. Really useful thing, especially if you blush easily. I absolutely promise that this actually does that, and doesn't also make you cum. You have my word as an alchemist."

"F-Fine. I'll try it." Eva reaches out, slowly pops out the cork, and drinks it down.

"Anyway, as I was saying. Someone in the village owes me. See, I made them a potent, expensive potion. More than once. Usually she brings me a nice payment for it, but she's days late this time, and that sort of pisses me off. I worked hard to make the potion for her, you know? If you could go get the payment for me, I'd be really happy. Covers the cost of both potions the girl there drank and the one I'm going to make you still."

You look to Eva curiously. She isn't blushing at all, and it's a strange sight. She's usually at least a little pink in the cheeks. She looks completely content, even though she was humiliated moments ago. "You feeling all right?" you ask.

"Hm? Yes I'm fine," Eva replies.

"She'll be like this for just a few minutes. I wouldn't waste a bigger potion as a free sample! But watch this. It's really neat. She's actually completely incapable of feeling embarrassment. Absolutely no shyness." Dix walks over to Eva and pats her legs from below. "Hello up there!" she calls out as she looks up her skirt.

"What are you doing?" Eva asks. "Feeling what-now?"

"That is very odd," Alice chimes in.

Dix reaches up her legs and suddenly yanks her panties down to her ankles. "Ta da!"

"What are you doing?" Eva asks. "You'll make me trip doing that."

"Sorry about that, but isn't it nice and breezy?"

"It does feel nice, actually." She starts stepping out of her panties. After she does so, Dixby casually picks them up and walks back to stand on her stool.

You sigh and decide to ignore that. "And who is this villager?"

"You might have met her already, but she goes by Bibi."