Gold is Gold

Swallowing nervously, Alice rises to her feet before walking over to the bathroom. A few scantily clad women were already there, and just as Rosa said, there were also a row of waiting cocks. Some were bigger and girthier than others, and some were honestly intimating with how veiny and thick they looked. Approaching the row, the princess checks nervously to make sure no one was watching, but it's clear the others were all busy with their own affairs. One woman was on her knees, engulfing a cock with her ruby red lips, while another was bent over with her posterior facing the wall, moaning while grinding her hips. A third girl was just finishing up her handjob, letting the cum spray a load of cum onto her exposed tits. Moments later, coins spilled out from the hole, and she collected it all before leaving.

"50 coins for a handjob," Alice muttered. "Doesn't seem worth it..."

Still, the economy here was busy, and she was taking up a spot, so she needed to start making progress. Looking around, she found a decent sized cock sticking out of a hole, and she hesitantly kneels before it. It was musky and smelt of masculinity in its purest form, and Alice found herself being drawn in by that scent. Peeling off her gloves, she hesitantly grips the cock before slowly stroking. Emulating the movements that she saw from the previous girls, she found herself drawn to the motion, and she could hear the man panting on the other side.

"Fuck this, I'll just do it all," Alice mutters, leaning in and kissing the tip of the cock. It was surprisingly soft and sensitive there, judging from the twitch, and soon she had it inside her mouth. The man on the other side was pushing forward as hard as he could now, and Alice used a combination of her hands and tongue, getting more and more used to the pattern that makes the man squirm. Eventually, she was rewarded with a flood of cum as it shoots out, landing on her face. Following the cum were the coins, and quite a bit more than the 50 received by the previous woman. Even so, Alice would need much more than that...

With a sigh and slight, self-deprecating smile, the princess turned to the footsteps arriving at her station. A new arrival appears, and this one even bigger than the last. It was time to start again...

"I'm never gonna get the smell out," Alice grumbles as she returns to her table. The money was hers, but at what cost? She reeked of men and their seed, and judging from Rosa's grin, she didn't look too much better either. Luckily, she was incognito, so no one would recognize her, but her pride still stung a little, though not as much as her knees stung from kneeling all that time.

"Alright, here's your gold," Alice said, handing her the hard earned gold, which Rosa snatches up eagerly. Taking the orb in her hand, the princess once again thought to herself how cold the thing was. Still, to think that she would spend this much money purely because her instincts told her to... She had no proof at all that this thing was magical in nature. Hell, magic hasn't been seen on this continent in decades, ever since the last mage was slain. And yet here she was, buying this because a prostitute was convinced that a local crime lord could control minds. Even if this was real, she'd have to find a way to charge it back up, so to speak, or this'll be relegated to being the world's most expensive paperweight.

"Hehe, appreciate doing business with you darling," Rosa says, pocketing the coins. "Have fun with your purchase, and remember: no refunds!"

With that, the redhead downs her second cup of ale before immediately dashing out the door, not wanting to stay a minute longer with that kind of fortune in her hands. Honestly, she was probably right. Alice hadn't quite realized how dangerous the slums were, and in hindsight, bringing all that gold with her was probably a silly idea. Still, now that she had made the purchase, it seemed doubtful anyone would want to rob her just for a dull looking orb. Putting it in her pocket was still too cold, so she ended up wrapping it up in a handkerchief first. To make full use of this thing, she'll have to dig through the palace library and archives in search of records and books that detailed a time when magic still existed and was used, which was long before she was born. Hopefully it would be worth it.

Leaving her cup of ale untouched, Alice got up, ready to return to her original objective. The orb was nice to have, but for now, she had more pressing concerns.