Ruthless

The Creep at the Inn

Meliodas crossed the road quickly and paused just before going in. He shook his head, then entered.

It was a fully packed bar, people were just drinking and yelling and the noise was deafening. Luckily, there were lots of girls there so he didn't look too suspicious.

"Merlin, do you know where he is?" Meliodas thought, scanning the bar.

"Yes, but you can't just approach him. Order a drink, and sit somewhere. I'll tell you what to do."

Meliodas walked up to the bartender and politely ordered some ale. The bartender brought him some and he thanked him and sat down in a spare seat at a table near the door.

Meliodas drank his ale and just looked around the inn and watched everyone interact. He chuckled as a fight started in the bar.

"You know, this is honestly the best thing I think you've done." Estarossa commented. "You look nice as a girl."

"Shut up." Meliodas thought. "Or I swear to god I'm going to put you in a coma as soon as I see you again."

"Jeez, calm it. It was just my opinion." Estarossa hissed.

"Yeah, well, keep them to yourself." Meliodas thought back.

"Okay, Meliodas, study the other girls. Watch how they interact with men. You'll need to know." Merlin instructed.

Meliodas watched the other girls in the bar, and Merlin, Gelda, Lia and Elizabeth kept giving him tips. He honestly just wanted to go home. He felt ridiculous, and he knew the others would never let him live it down.

"Okay, I still don't get it." Meliodas thought.

"Just watch me, idiot." Lia slipped into the seat opposite Meliodas.

"What are you doing here?!" Meliodas hissed. Unlike the voice in his head, his actual voice was a girl's.

"Watch, imma get someone to kiss me, since you obviously don't understand." Lia rolled her eyes.

She stood up, and walked over to a slightly decent looking man.

"Hey." She giggled.

Lia then proceeded to talk to the man, and she looked like she was embarrassed, playing with her hair and blushing. Then she kissed the man and they left the bar together.

A few minutes later, Meliodas heard her voice through his necklace again.

"I knocked him out and he won't remember a thing. Did you learn anything?" Lia asked.

"I think so." He thought. "Merlin, is it time yet? I can't order more than one more ale before being suspicious."

"Not yet. Give it another hour." Merlin sighed.

After another agonisingly long hour, it was eleven o'clock, and the bar was completely filled, and people kept bumping into everyone.

"Alright, now. See that man sitting in the very end stool at the bar?"

"Got it. That's him? He is not my type." Meliodas wrinkled his nose. "Look at his scar." He was a large built man, with a lot of muscle, and had an ugly scar running down his face.

"Go up and sit in the stool beside him, then order an ale. Smile at him, look shy, just pretend you're a girl. You're married to one, so you should understand it a little." Merlin commanded.

"And act a little tipsy!" Lia added.

"Okay, but I'm going to hate you forever after this." Meliodas thought grumpily.