By your Side (Undead Ban x Reader)

Chapter 1| The Boar Hat

10 years later...

Y/n's P.O.V

I was all over the tavern serving some men, drinks they ordered. I was working in a tavern called the Boar Hat with my friend, Meliodas.

"For such a little fella, he's a hardworking waiter." I hear someone talk about Meliodas. I walked to the kitchen to get more booze. Not for the men but for me.

"I'm not a waiter. She is." He pointed at me. "I'm the owner. This is my place." He walked away.

"The owner? A kid like him?" They say, surprised.

"Here you go!" Meliodas served food to other men. "The Boar Hat's signature meat pie."

"Itadakimasu!" The three men yelled and grabbed a bite of the pie. As soon as they took a bite, they threw up. I laughed.

"Figures. Our rep is for good booze and terrible food." Meliodas mentioned.

"You could've mentioned that." They yelled at him.

"Are you messing with us, you punk?" One of them said cracking his knuckles.

"Hang on, this guy has a sword." His friend pointed at the sword on Meliodas's back.

"Oh dear, we've got a difficult crowd tonight." Meliodas said with a smirk and snapped his fingers. "Clean up this mess."

"Sheesh, you call this a mess?" Hawk said coming out dramatically. "Why do you need me for this?"

"The pig. I-it's talking." One man said pointing at Hawk.

"Don't get surprised by every little things. This is why I hate hillbillies." Hawk told them. They looked pretty terrified for some reason. It's a goddamn pig.

"Hawk, I need you to clean the floor." Meliodas ordered.

"What a hassle." He says but starts eating the scraps. "I don't know why you need me for this. Why can't Y/n can clean up this mess."

"Oi, I do my job in this tavern, porky. Do yours too and stop complaining." I tell him and kept drinking.

"Make sure there are better scraps next time." He complained after cleaning the floor.

"If you guys are interested, I could make a decent whole-hog roast." Meliodas offered. Hawk shrieked in fear.

"That was great! This place has the best scraps!" Hawk tried to recover. We all laughed. Then a man opened the door.

"I saw it!" He said and sat down. "I saw it with my own two eyes. I'm positive it was the Wandering Rust Knight." They all gasped. The what now?

"Everyone's talking about it lately." One man added.

"C'mon there's no such thing." The man who questioned Meliodas earlier said. "It's just to scare children. 'If you keep misbehaving, one of the Seven Deadly Sins or The Dementor will come for you in armor that's rusty from blood." Let's call him Jerry.

"Seven Deadly Sins?" Meliodas asked.

"Dementor?" I asked. 

"Yeah, you've heard of them, our good underage owner?" Jerry said.

"They're even on wanted posters. Those over there." His friend joined. I'll call him Kyle.

"When was that, ten years ago?" Then they started telling lies about how we killed dozens of Holy Knights and Zaratras ten years ago. "Their captain, Meliodas, is the scariest of the bunch." I looked at Meliodas. He was serving booze just like always, quietly listening.