She is not an investigator.

"...I can't lose him, but this cycle must be stopped. If there's anything I absolutely must do, it's now..."

Nan Ke spoke a lot of incomprehensible words, his gaze fixed firmly on Igris.

"Help me, help me try to persuade Buze. If he can understand all this, then he can definitely do it. As long as I sacrifice myself, then both the family and everyone else will have a better outcome."

Igris finally understood. He was still worried that if he really chose to sacrifice Buze for this reason, he would be forced to live on Buze's hopes and become the new head of the family. This was not what he wanted, and he could not do it.

But Buze would be a good choice. He is the only one who can truly lead the Noval family to prosperity. Nanko is also willing to sacrifice himself for all of this, including the freedom of Igris and the others.

"But how can you make him believe that he died in the cycle of death? And, do you really think he would do that? In your opinion, does Buze value the family's honor more than you do?"

Igris had talked to Buze before, so he knew that the only thing truly precious to Buze was his younger brother. Therefore, he was unlikely to sacrifice Nanko for this. So the chances of this plan succeeding were even lower than if Igris had found a rabbit and had it make a wish with a carrot.

"I will try to persuade him, but you have to help me."

Nan Ke still hasn't given up on the idea, but how can Igris help him?

She doesn't know hypnosis.

"All you need to do is prove that everything I say is true... Leave the rest to me."

"Have you thought this through? If you really succeed, you won't have another chance."

If it really succeeds, Nan Ke will probably just become the second corpse with a gem in its mouth.

"At least, this is one of the few opportunities I can help."

Nan Ke smiled and casually touched his neck.

"Besides... if I really did that, Buze would probably never forget me..."

The Gods' Fool - The Castle's Invitation: Chapter Thirty-Seven, You Should Have More Trust in Your Assistant (Bonus Chapter)

"They truly are brothers."

Igris clicked her tongue softly. She was somewhat envious of the relationship between Nanko and Buze.

After all, she had no parents or brothers, and that had been the case for both her lives.

"Then the task of persuading Buze is left to you. Since you've already made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you anymore."

Igris stretched and moved her somewhat weak body.

That's enough for today, I have nothing more to tell you.

"Okay, by the way, do you need me to take you to your room?"

Although Nanke knew that Igris also had memories of the previous cycle, he still asked Igris if she needed help, out of a sense of duty as her master.

However, Igris's memory was clearly not that bad, so she simply shook her head to indicate her refusal.

"Then I'll head back now?"

"Oh, right."

Igris called out to Nanko, who was about to leave, and extended her hand to him.

"Give me the key to the basement."

……

In the basement, Igris came to the mirror again and looked at her reflection.

This was her third time returning to adopt the Mirror Demon, and Igris hoped there wouldn't be a fourth.

"Wake up, I'm here to pick you up again."

Igris tapped the mirror, and the reflection slowly changed, opening her eyes with a somewhat confused look.

"We've met again. We've met so many times already, so does that mean we're friends now?"

"Whatever you say, you'd better pray this is the last time you show up in the basement."

The mirror demon pursed its lips and struggled to climb out of the mirror, but gave up after climbing halfway.

"Give me a hand."

"You were able to come out on your own before?"

"Your body is too weak, you have no strength left."

Half of the mirror demon's body was dangling outside the mirror, while the other half was inside, and it looked completely unwilling to move.

"You could easily transform into someone else..."

Despite saying that, Igris still went over to help.

"I still prefer your body, at least it looks prettier... Don't pull my head off!"

Faced with the mirror demon's suspicious rebuke, I (Grissom) reluctantly let go of the mirror's winged bag and instead grabbed the arm outside the mirror.

"Three, two, one!"

With a sudden burst of strength, Igris pulled the Mirror Demon's body out of the mirror like a radish and slammed it heavily onto her.

"I'm free again!"

The Mirror Demon sat up from Igris's body, shook its head energetically, and showed no trace of the life-or-death state it had just been in.

"Get off me..."

Although the Mirror Demon's body is Igris's, its dead weight naturally inherits Igris's type, which could be blown away by a slightly stronger wind. As a result, Igris is not forced to trigger the Joker's passive ability because of this weight hitting her. However, this does not mean that she can let the Mirror Demon ride on her so casually.

"This is an intimate interaction between us, a wonderful exchange that you can't help but experience, Iglesias. You should get used to it."

The Mirror Demon shamelessly used Igris's body to say such things, and even hugged Igris's arm, which seemed to be completely disgusting to Igris.

So, disgusted, Igris didn't hesitate to shove her pistol into its mouth and threatened it with a serious expression.

"Do what I tell you to do, understand? This is not a request."

The Mirror Demon reluctantly climbed off Igris and even kindly pulled her up from the ground.

"Don't always shove gun barrels into other people's mouths. It's very impolite and dirty."

“I’ll clean it up from time to time, and I won’t do it unless you do something that makes no sense.”

Igris disdainfully rubbed the pistol in her hand against the Mirror Demon before putting it away.

"In other words, if you do this again in the future, I will still do it."

"Oh... I think I'll go back to the mirror and wait for a while."

The Mirror Demon looked at the intact mirror, then at Igris; its meaning was self-evident.

“Every time I come here, I have to smash this thing. It feels weird.”

Despite her thoughts, Igris still decisively fired a shot at the mirror, shattering it into countless fragments.

"They just opened fire."

The Mirror Demon sighed, then squatted down and began searching the ground for the mirror fragments he desired.

"Anyway, no one will hear it, or do you expect me to smash this thing with my fists? I don't want to get hurt for no reason."

"You always seem so violent, it doesn't match your appearance at all."

The Mirror Demon finally picked up a passable fragment in front of him and handed it to Igris.

"Stop talking nonsense. If everything goes smoothly, we probably won't have to keep running into each other in the basement. But I need your help with something."

Igris stuffed the nine shards of the mirror into her pouch, and slowly spoke as she looked at the mirror demon before her, who was almost identical to herself. (锍玥——GK衣{)

"If you could know everything that happened to me in the past, then tell me exactly what I did when I first arrived here."

……

"Olivia? What are you doing standing here in a daze?"

Nan Ke had searched around for Buze to have a chat, but couldn't find him, so he came to the lobby to check. Unexpectedly, instead of Buze, he saw Olivia, who seemed to be thinking about something.

"Come here, I want to talk to you."

Olivia also saw Nanke, frowned with an unfriendly expression, and pointed to the seat opposite her.

Seeing the other party's aggressive demeanor, Nan Ke sensed something was amiss, so he pretended to be busy and shook his head.

"I need to talk to Buze about some very important things..."

"Then I'll just say it directly."

Olivia slammed her hand on the table in front of her, causing Nan Ke's body to tremble and his momentum to weaken. His desire to run away was also greatly diminished.

"Igris seems quite interested in you."

"Hmm... ah?"

"Don't play dumb. I can tell you two just met, right? Her attitude towards you is obviously very different from her attitude towards me, and she even chatted with me alone behind my back?"

Nan Ke's feelings suddenly became complicated, because all of Olivia's doubts seemed to be true, but things were not as she had imagined.

“We’ve only just met…and our relationship isn’t that great. We’ve only talked about some important, serious things.”

Why should Nanko explain this? If Olivia really has doubts and doesn't understand these things, shouldn't she just ask Igris, who made the request?

Or is it just because he's easy to bully?

"for example?"

"...I may not be able to explain this to you."

Nanko wasn't sure if telling Olivia all this would lead to anything bad, so he dared not, and could not, reveal anything about the cycle.

"Alright, but let me tell you, Igris will always be my assistant. I won't let anyone steal her away from me, understand?"

Seeing Olivia's almost warning words, Nanko understood that she had really misunderstood something, but why was she so insecure about her assistant? Was Nanko the kind of person who would poach someone to their face? Or was Igris the kind of person who would switch jobs casually?

"Perhaps...you should have more faith in Igris?"

"You don't need to tell me."

Nan Ke stopped talking; whatever he said would only make a fool of himself.

"I've already given up on you, it's no use talking to you. Have you seen Igris?"

"She must have just gone to the basement."

After giving Olivia directions and watching her leave, Nanko finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.