A butler's identity

Making our way back to the clocktower, I can't help but feel extremely glad that I was able to get both items. A single strand of the Golden Fleece. No I am not an idiot who bought a piece of hair and got scammed, I can literally feel the absurd energy on that thing and it gave me a wonderful idea for this upcoming war. I will have to wait to summon who I want to summon... but once I do this war will be mine without a doubt.

"Do you have any plans for the evening young master?" he asks me.

"Yes, I will start working on creating homunculi seriously, it might take a few months or even a year or so to actually achieve the results I want, but I will run out of time at this rate." I replay while looking at the window, watching a race between two water droplets to see which one arrives first.

"Run out of time?" he asks me once again.

"Yes, I need to be perfectly ready in three years and I have barely started with the philosopher's stone subject." I answer, taking my eyes off the window slightly depressed since the water droplet I expected would win ended up loosing.

"Anything you require my help with, young master?"

"With the experiments most likely, but I will let you know when I start doing them. For now I will start testing theories." I say, while thinking about the different experiments I will actually have to make in order for this to succeed as I want to.

"Very well young master."

The rest of the car ride was silent. Eventually, we arrive at the clocktower, where we go directly to the private lab that dad bought me.

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[ 15 years old ]

[ Butler pov ]

"DAMN!"

"What is wrong, young master?" I ask my young master.

I usually stay on the same room as him, especially during experiments. He tends to rant whenever he fails so having someone to say it to helps him calm down faster. I also pass him most things and then help him clean up, especially when the experiments are particularly... gruesome.

"I just wasted a philosopher's stone. Tsch, fucking bastard didn't seem to have the necessary will to live. Ughhh how annoying, I only have two more and it took me nearly a year to make the appropriate preparations to make them." he says.

It never takes long for him to calm down, usually he says a small speech insulting whatever failed and then proceeds to try again. Truly admirable, watching him try over and over again regardless of how much he fails until he finally succeeds makes me proud.

"All I need is for a test subject that has an actual will to live strong enough to endure the pain of having his body deconstructed and recreated on a cellular level, is it too much to ask for?! Okey it probably is but still!" someone with... a will to live? "I see... so what he was lacking was the will to live huh?" he said.

"Yeah, kind of annoying considering that is the only requirement I need to actually make this succeed. Ugh I have already replaced every other thing and created homunculi bodies with perfect compatibility to anyone, all I need is to actually find someone who can go through with it." he answers me.

"Then... why don't I become your test subject, young master?" I tell him.

I see him freeze on his spot, his head slowly turning backwards to meet my eyes.

"What?"

"You see young master, up until I was born I was nothing more than I failed soldier, left as the butler of an empty house. When you came along however, I found purpose, I taught you manners, I taught you how to speak and write, I taught how to walk and read, I taught all I knew about guns and fights. When I see the man you turned out to be I am overjoyed, and when I remember that I won't be there to see how you walk down this path, I feel destroyed.

I am sure I can endure the pain if you tell me to do so, I have the will to live in order to continue serving you, young master. So, will you allow me to do this?"

"B-But-"

"Even if I were to become a failure, failure is what helps people grow, perhaps you will even find the answer you need because of this... I am already old, young master, I am afraid I will die regardless, so please let me do this." I say

"I see..." I see his eyes become more determined than before.

"I won't doubt your reasons, nor will I doubt your loyalty, however... I forbid you from failing!" he says.

A small smile forms on my face while I incline my upper body into a bow.

"Then I have no choice but to follow your command, young master."

"Very well then. The procedure will be tomorrow, I will prepare everything today. Take the rest of the day off."

"I am thankful young master, but should I fail, I would rather spend my last day with you."

"I see... I understand."

After setting up everything, I laid down on the centre of one of the three circles he prepared for this, another circle contained a homunculi he designed and fabricated himself and the third one was empty.

He came and looked down at me, a sad yet determined look on his eyes.

"I already told you, but I will repeat myself just in case. I forbid you from dying!"

I smile forms on my face.

"Of course, young master." I reply to him.

"Good, see you in a minute... Giorno."

"See you in a minute, young master Dio."

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[ Dio pov ]

Huh, so far I only know how to give to one homunculi only one ability of the three I actually know how to design, ultimate eye, ultimate shield and ultimate spear. For him the ultimate spear, which is Lust's ability, would be useless. Ultimate eye, which is Bradley's ability, might be good for his shooting skills... but he doesn't actually use them on a daily basis since I am never attacked. If I were to be attacked however, the best thing would be the ultimate shield, which is Greed's ability.

The thing I lack the most is actually defensive capabilities, I already have great attack power and healing spells, all I need now is a strong wall to protect me.

Damn I am not even hesitating about choosing what suits me best... well whatever, it would be stupid to start feeling bad about using others now, besides, having the ultimate shield ability would make him be safer.

After I finish checking his state, I go and place a third body on the third circle, this body however is nothing more than a skeleton with an Ouroboros tattoo on the skull.

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Author note:

Originally I was going to make Giorno be a homunculus, either sent by the Einzberns to get info on Atlas' alchemy or by one of his parents to keep watch over him, but eventually I scrapped that idea because I liked him too much to have the mc kill him or erase parts of his mind and re-write them.