"Why were you in her room?" Giorno angrily asked once again, starting the interrogation

"Again, i was inviting her to see the city since you didn't do that" Jack annoyedly answered while being tied by the guards with some strong ropes

"And why would you do that? After i told you not to talk to her?" the blond continued while glaring Jack as if this man was the biggest traitor of the empire

"Because she can't stay in her room the whole time! Why can't i talk to her anyways, she's from my generation and we both want to go home. She needs some company from someone that would understand her" the guy replied, not even imagining what would happen to him in a few minutes

"Because you have no right to get close to her, not even to invite her anywhere, you filthy bastard. A peasant can't go with a goddess like her. You're acting so smart yet you made the dumbest move you could've ever made" Giorno said as he gestured to the guards to start cutting some flesh out of the boy's body as the beginning of the torture.

Now blood was everywhere, mixed with screams of hatred and pain. The situation was going out of control, no one but the emperor knew what was going to happen next. Stuff that no one could've expected from someone like Giorno, a nice and good guy who was always rooting for the best for everyone, without taking any kind of advantage of his people.

"What the fuck?!Okok i won't talk to her anymore just fucking stop this shit" Jack screamed, hoping for that horror scene to end as soon as possible

But instead, Giorno took a sharp, short roman blade, the gladio, and looked at the guy

"You really think i can forgive you for such sin? I don't want people to live in misery, so i'm just doing you a favor" the blond said as he started getting closer while waving the blade

"No, you're doing yourself a favor just because of your stupidness and obsession that will-"

The guy didn't even have time to finish the sentence as the emperor quickly sliced his throat like it was a simple piece of meat

"I..am.. not... " Giorno coldy said, staring at the newly made corpse with completely dead eyes.

In their whole life, the guards have seen some stuff that was terrifying and all, but that was just... Unexplainable? They truly didn't understand why their boss was being so harsh on a boy who really did nothing so bad. In their opinions, death was not necessary, but if the emperor decided this punishment, then they couldn't do anything about that. Besides, there must've been a reason for sure; Giorno wasn't crazy, he knew what he was doing so he most probably made the right choice anyways. If only the guards knew what their friend and commander was actually thinking...

"I did everything correctly, he was wrong. I-i am... " Giorno thought, with the last part of his thought killing all the insecurities the man had about his decision. Now he trulty believed to be right.

"Fugo, Bruno please take care of the corpse. Burn it or something, just get rid of it before anyone else sees this mess. Leone, call some servants to clean up the place and make sure they don't ask too many questions, if you know what i mean" Giorno now ordered, completely proud of his actions as if he's just conquered some territories

"Sic, imperator! At your commands" the guards stated, not daring to go against the boss. Even if they wanted to do something, what could they actually manage to do? Yes, they were Giorno's friends, but at the end of the day they were still guards with no power against the emperor himself, so whatever they thought didn't matter in situations like this, where everything depended on Giorno and Giorno only.

After giving the commands, everyone left the place: the guards in order to accomplish what they were ordered to do, while Giorno went to call your guards, Mista and Narancia, to ask them about your little trip to the town.

You thought he didn't know? Silly you!

You're living on HIS territory, where he has eyes and ears everywhere and he's got the power to control them. He knew you went out, he knew where and who with exactly; but he wasn't against it. Besides, Jack was right at one point, you had to visit the city you're going to live for, hopefully for the emperor, a long time. This is why he called your guards, took them to a private room where there could be more privacy and asked them about how you liked the place so far.

Giorno actually cared about that matter: it was his city and the opinion of someone like you was really important and interesting. Just to know whether there should've been changes, whether there was something wrong with the city or its architecture and services and simply whether you liked it. Needless to say, he was satisfied with what the guards told him and right at that moment he organised his infiltration to what should've been another excursion of you and the guards.

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"This girl.. she's a precious resource, you must protect and watch over her. Hence you gotta be with her" as if a little devil appeared on Giorno's right shoulder, telling him this

"No! She's not a resource! You're just having a crush Giorno; the girl's pretty and seems to be a good person too. Plus she's your type, so your attraction to her is reasoned" now it was the turn for the angel to appear on the opposite shoulder, reasoning the emperor's growing interest in you

"Don't listen to that dumbass Giorno. Why should you crush on someone who is already yours? She's in your property so she can't do anything against you. Besides, have you seen how she looks at you?! You don't even need to do anything to her, she's in love, i tell you this" said the devil, clearly getting the blond's attention and approval

"No, she is on your property but she is not a property herself. She's a person just like you and everyone else. If you like her, treat her well and court her, so if she actually likes you back then you can marry her and if she doesn't, then give up" the angel hurried to answer, seeing that he was loosing the match with the devil

"I'm the emperor, i decide what to do. Devil's right! I'm gonna court her a bit and then marry her, she won't refuse because she simply can't; and if she really likes me then this is much easier than we think" finally Giorno explicited his true thoughts, agreeing with the devil. He was hoping that the red little being in the right was also right about the fact that you were crushing on him, but if it wasn't true then it wouldn't be a problem nonetheless. Any crush or date of yours would've ended up like Jack, Giorno was going to make you love him in one way or another; but now, he had to start gently, softly...