The matter of payment

"You'll need to pay the entry toll, first, ma'am."

"Since when was there a toll?" Hilda replied indignantly.

"Since the Brandt family decided they wanted a share of our taxes for protecting us. We had to raise the money somehow."

Tina shot her mother a dirty look while Hilda blushed furiously and stepped back. "Is there any way we can pay you later? We, uh, don't have any money on us." L'abbee offered.

"I got that much." Julio replied. "We accept barter in exchange for gold if you're ****."

"We... kinda don't have any possessions, actually."

Hilda spoke up again. "You wouldn't accept our clothes as payment, would you?" She lifted up the hem of her dress slightly, showing off her bare thighs and (perhaps unintentionally) the shadow of her mound.

"Calling what you've got on 'clothes' is a bit generous." Hilda huffed and was about to retort when Julio continued. "I doubt the town council would accept grass and leaves as barter, but I think there's a way you can make up the difference."

Tina smiled, and starting sauntering towards the guard station. "I think I know what you're looking for." She raised her bare leg up to the wall, placing her foot next to Julio's head. Her leaves, weak as they were, fluttered to the ground, revealing the nipples and lips they barely covered to begin with. She leaned in and whispered. "And I'm more than happy to oblige, if you think you're up for it."

"Yeah, that's not what I meant." Julio replied, deftly squeezing out of Tina's grip.

Tina blinked back, more than a little surprised. This was the first time seduction had failed, to her knowledge. "What, am I not good enough for you? Do these girls," she lifted up her boobs and pushed them towards his face,"not tickle your fancy, Mr. Picky Eater?"

"Well, beyond you being in dire need of a public bath, I'm not exactly a 'sex' person. I'm asexual."

Tina blushed, looking back to her mother and husband. Evidently they had literally never met someone without an interest in ravaging their bodies, and the experience was frankly more embarrassing to them than their nudity.

"No, I had something else in mind."