Criminal
Hearing such wild claims, forget Adam, almost half of the tavern was flabbergasted.
Seeing that he had now grabbed the attention of most of the people around, the young man had an extremely smug expression on his face as he began recounting his tale, "Hear closely, my friends. It all began with the siren's song—"
However, before he could even continue his story, the drunk sailors nearby got up from their seats and started beating him up.
"Everyone, pound this kid!"
"He dares talk about banging a mermaid!"
"Getting our hopes up for no reason!"
"Where am I supposed to find a mermaid now?!"
"Beat him up! Teach him a lesson!"
Witnessing a sudden brawl taking place, Adam was taken aback. But then he burst into laughter.
He glanced at the young merchant being kicked all over his body and sighed, "Poor guy."