You opened your eyes and found yourself in your bedroom.

"What? How did i end up here?" You thougth as you tried to remember something else after visiting the astrologer, but all you managed to recall were your dreams

"Hmm... Someone must've brought me to my bedroom" you continued thinking after leaving your bad to get some clothes. Strangely, there wasn't any new clothing in your room, so you decided to ask your guards to bring you some.

"Hey Guido, Narancia, can you bring me some new clothes please?" You asked and opened the door, only two find that outside there weren't neither Guido nor Narancia

"Good morning Y/N, hope you slept well. What kind of clothes would you like? And are you hungry, i could bring you breakfast" it was Bruno talking, the only person guarding your doors

"Oh hi Bruno. Where are my guards?" You ignored his questions to what he sweetly smiled

"The Emperor sent them to patrol the city since today is the big fair day, where other populations bring and sell their goods. So for today, i am your guard" he answered which surprised you since no one didn't even mention about this sudden change

"I understand. Well, i'd like some normal clothes, the usual ones. And no thank you i'm not really hungry" you answered to what Bruno nodded and left to get the clothes

"Ah! Wait! Do you know where Giorno is?" You asked before the guard turned to the right corridor.

"He's in his room. But don't go there, he's busy" he said with a lower tone of voice, much harshly and coldly

"Ok.... jeez i want my guards back" you thought to yourself.

Today was a chill day, you had nothing to do and nowhere to go. You could relax all day and use your personal servants, but you didn't. For some reason, maybe intuition, you felt that something was going to happen and that your servants wouldn't be in the right place in your room.

No matter how calm this day was you couldn't relax. You felt heavy and uncomfortable yet prepared for the worst.

Knock knock

"I brought some new clothes" the guard yelled from the other side of the doors. You opened them, thanked Bruno and closed the doors

"I have a favour to ask you, could you please let me in after you finish changing?" He asked, not so loudly anymore

You were pretty suspicious about it: first he harshly talked to you, now he wanted to talk and come inside your room. And most importantly it was only the two of you.

Knowing the period you were in, the whole situation could lead you to being killed. Certain situation weren't that rare, especially for people with power or close to that

"Why? What favour do you need?" You answered while keeping your eyes on your only two exists from the room : the doors and the window

"Don't worry, i just need to talk. It's about Giorno" Bruno continued, noticing your suspects

"What is there to talk about?" You weren't giving up. This situation was the last thing you wanted to be in during your stay and yet here you are

"Can i come in? And i'll tell you" the guard said. There was nothing else to do, so you carefully looked around for some kind of small arm just in case but the best thing you came up with was a plate with jewelries. Then, you decided to open the doors after putting the plate near to the entrance of the room, so that it would be easy for you to smack that thing on someone's head if you were being threatened.

When you opened the door, Bruno entered and bowed

"You don't need to suspect me, i won't do anything. I'm your guard so even if i wanted to harm you, i'll get a punishment from the emperor" he said while remembering what Jack ended up like for just talking to you

"What did you want to talk about?" You asked, a bit relieved after his words but still with your guards up

"You see, after your arrival... Don't take this as an offense or threat, i don't mean it. It's just that after your arrival Giorno changed. Completely" Bruno started telling you, almost whispering. He didn't want anyone at all to know about this conversation since it could lead to not so pleasent actions.

"What do you mean by changed? And why are you saying it's my fault?" you said as sitting down on your bed and inviting the guard to do the same.

"Well.." he started

"tell her about Jack, tell her about Jack"

"The emperor seems to like you a lot so he spends less time on his duties and more time with you. But this is no big deal. I'm his close friend and i see how differently he behaves now. He's more aggressive let's say. And i was wonder whether you were involved in this." He honestly told you

"But before you start talking about this, can you please tell me what is going on and what happened to your previous life?"

"Wait, you still dont know?" You asked to what he shook his head

"Ok, let me tell you from the beginning"

You said and started telling him everything: how you lived before, how you suddenly woke up in the empire and saved the emperor, what Jack told you and lastly about the astrologer

"I see now. Thank you for saving the emperor then. I shall kiss your hand" the guard said as he took your hand and licked it.

You were extremely confused and embarrassed by that, but decided to stay silent because you weren't sure whether it was a tradition of theirs or not.

"Hmm, this isn't the taste of a liar. She's telling the truth" Bruno thought as he stood up from the bed.

"Thank you for telling me Y/N. Now i see that you're truly one to be trusted and i will do everything to keep you safe" he said as he walked to the doors, wanting to leave

"Wait! So what exactly happened to Gio? Why do you think he has changed?" You asked while following him. Your interest and curiosity was written all over your face and the guard noticed

"I can't tell you now, there are a lot of people in the mansion and around. I don't want to risk anymore for today. We can meet later and i will tell you everything. Is it okay for you?" He asked you while leaning on the doorframe. You nodded at his words

"Good, meet me tonight outside. I'll be right under your windows so you won't have to alarm your guards" he said

"But aren't you Giorno's guard?"

"Don't worry about this, Leone will take my place today. See you tonight" he said as he left.

Needless to say, you were glad to get to know some gossip, but at the same time you were worried for Giorno. He didn't seem like a bad guy, just a bit weird at times. What could have possibly changed and for what reason?

Speaking of the devil, while thinking about him you heard his voice together with a few knocks on the doors

"Good morning Y/N, would you like to accompany me to the fair?" Giorno said, while staying outside your room

"Hi Giorno. Of course, give me just a moment" you answered.

Before exiting you breathed in and out a few times, already excited to see some new cultures, people and their goods and tradition. Moreover you were going to experience that with your friend and emperor, what could've been better?

As you left your room, Giorno took your hand and escorted you at the exit of the mansion while Bruno simply nodded at you smiling and mouthing "remember tonight" while the blond wasn't looking.