They continued with a good pace. Their surroundings had shifted a bit. They were more houses and other structures by the roadside. Also a lot more people. They weren't that far away from Svindelheim. Soon they could spot the walls of the city appearing over the horizon.
"Before we enter the city, we should get you changed," Mervin said. "We should go a little off the road for some privacy."
Jurgen was excited at the prospect. He was getting a little bored of trotting along as a horse. They left went aside the road and into the trees. They went a decent distance, enough so it would be unlikely for a person to stumble upon them.
Mervin left Jurgen's back. He stood at his side and touched his flank. Again Jurgen felt a familiar energy flushing through him. His body was shifting. His neck got shorter. His skin lost hair. He shrunk. The process was hazy. Jurgen couldn't make out the details, until it was suddenly done.
He was human again, but he quickly noticed it wasn't his normal body. Long hair framed his face, some strands in front of his eyes. He was shorter than Mervin, significantly so. And looking down, he saw boobs, big ones.
"Why am I a girl?" Jurgen asked in a feminine voice.
"You see, I have thi-"
"I am naked!" Jurgen interrupted. "Do you have any clothes? Anything?"
"Yes, I have an outfit right here." Mervin dug through the bag that'd been on Jurgen's horseback moments ago and pulled out a bundled up outfit of sorts and threw it over to Jurgen. "I'll give you some privacy." the wizard turned away and walked a little.
Jurgen grabbed the clothes. It was a dress of sorts. She started putting it on. It was enough to pull it over his head, and some adjusting the chest area, and she was dressed. It fit her perfectly. Probably not a coincidence. "You can come back now," she shouted in the direction Mervin went. He quickly returned.
"Why am I a girl?" Jurgen asked again.
"There is a reason." Mervin explained. "A friend of mine runs a tavern, and he is looking for barmaids. You can work for him while we stay here in Svindelheim."
"Are you sure you didn't make me a girl just to leer at me? Why did you, er, make my boobs so big?" Jurgen asked embarrassed.
"It's great for attracting customers," Mervin stated matter-of-factly. "You will earn much more than you did as a farmhand, and you can keep the money too."
"I can? That doesn't sound that bad." It did sound pretty enticing it fact, the chance to earn some proper money.
They returned to the road and continued the remaining distance to Svindelheim. Mervin carried the luggage. Jurgen had tried to carry some, but she was pitifully weak. One thing was being a girl, but she was such a sexed up small thing. Plenty of men walking past them left long lingering stares down her cleavage. They were so much bigger than her too. They'd have no trouble beating her in a fight. One particular man caught her eyes. A broad-shouldered muscular man. She imagined him pinning her down and having his way with her. The idea lingered. She became warm, and felt something tingling down there. Was she getting turned on?
"You might have noticed while you keep your mind, some instincts change with your form," Mervin said.
"Uh-huh," Jurgen nodded. She didn't want to admit what he was probably hinting at.
"Like yesterday when you and that mare fucked."
What? He knew? Jurgen turned beet red. "H-how did you know? You d-didn't see, did you? Please tell me you didn't," she buried her face in her hands in embarrassment.
"Relax. It's only natural to act on your instincts. It's a good thing. It shows that you're properly connected to your form."
Jurgen couldn't respond. She was way too embarrassed. Also, thinking back about yesterday, it disgusted her. She remembered how it felt in the moment, but here and now it seemed to unappealing that she could barely believe it had happened. "Please. Let's talk about something else. I don't want to think about... what happened."
"Yes of course," Mervin nodded. "Let's talk about your potential future job."
"Yeah, about that, how long are we staying here?" she asked.
Mervin explained how he figured they'd spend about two weeks here. There was a bunch of preparations and people he had to speak to for their grand journey. He didn't want to explain their journey yet. He said it would be much easier to explain it after the preparations are done. The relevant part is that it gives Jurgen a bunch of free time that she could spend towards earning some cash.