In an effort to find somewhere she could stop and think, she ducked into the nearest store.
"Be with you in just a mo- Ahh!!!" May heard someone calling from the back of the store, along with the sounds of glass breaking and metal clanging. May decided to not press the matter, she already had enough on her mind as it was.
The store was pretty small, with only a few shelves with bottles of identical looking liquids. Behind the counter, a much greater selection of drinks was visible. For a moment, May thought she'd walked into the world's most pathetic liquor store, until she got a closer look and realized that not only were many of the liquids slightly glowing, but they had labels like "Regeneration," "Stamina," and "Mana." This was a potion shop!
"Sorry about that!!!" Called out the slightly nasally voice from before. From a curtain leading to a back room emerged who was no doubt the owner of the shop. She was only slightly taller than May, with pale greenish skin and dark blue hair tossed into a haphazard braid that clearly wasnt enough to contain it's frizziness, stray hairs coming loose. Her face was round, with large spectacles on her pointed nose that showed a lot of wear and repair on the lenses and frames. Her ears were short but pointed. However, her face wasn't what caught May's attension.
The shopkeeper had a body like nothing May had ever seen before. Underneath her apron, the shopkeep's orange turtleneck was stretched out by what had to be E-cups, at least. May had never seen breasts this big in person, only on those tv shows where woman become addicted to plastic surgeries. But given where she was now, that seemed highly unlikely to be the case.
"Um... May I help you...?"
May jumped, realizing how long she'd been staring in silence.
"Uh, no, j-just, um..." she quickly stammered out, her blush only growing deeper as the shopkeep eyes seemed to widen in realization.
"Oh! You're here for the apprenticeship, right?"
May blinked.
"Yes. That's what I was doing."
"Great!" The girl's smile grew brighter as she walked around the counter to greet her. May, in turn, grew more flushed as she realized that holy shit her thighs are twice as big as her chest. Not to mention the absolute dumptruck ass that was only barely contained by her skirt.
"I'm Drizzle, by the way! I guess I'm going to be your master from now on!"
May should be opposed to this, but she absolutely was not. She allowed Drizzle to take her hand, leading her into a back room that was much larger than the storefront, but twice as claustrophobic thanks to all of the presses, mortars, barrels, shelves of empty bottles, stacks of books, cauldrons, and so on crowding the room. May couldn't comprehend how her curvy master was able to move without knocking anything over when she had to be constantly watching her step.
"This is the main laboratory!" Drizzle started, "the kitchen and living room are down the hall, my room is over there, and upstairs is where you'll be staying! Any questions?"