She is not an investigator.

"Actually, it's nothing, I just haven't seen you in a long time and I was worried that you weren't adapting well to life here."

In Olivia's eyes, this was Igris's first time here, but in Igris's eyes, this place had been almost as long as she had lived in her house in Maulkenson.

If given more time, she'll probably develop feelings for this place.

"You don't need to worry too much about me, I can take care of myself."

It felt like Olivia was treating her like a child, as if she were a little kid telling her parents, "I can do it."

It feels like I'm being a bit too concerned.

"Oh, that's good."

Olivia fell silent, mimicking Igris, leaning against the wall, gazing at the distant road and sky, lost in thought, and saying nothing.

"Is there anything else?"

Iglesias interrupted Olivia's second thought at a very inopportune time. Although she didn't seem that impatient, Olivia felt that Iglesias was annoyed at being disturbed.

However, Igris certainly didn't mean that. She just wanted to know why Olivia had come to see her in the first place, and what was it that was worth her coming to see Igris to say?

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?"

Olivia took a deep breath and glanced at Igris with an expressionless expression, her meaning unclear.

Igris didn't know either, so she just blinked and shook her head indifferently.

"Of course not, you can come to me anytime, but I thought you had something more important to talk to me about."

Iglesias was ruined by her ambition. When a young and beautiful boss like Olivia came to her door, her first thought was that she had some important work or matter to discuss with her.

"Okay, actually it's not that there isn't."

Olivia sighed somewhat uneasily and simply got straight to the point.

"Could you please stay away from Southern University of Science and Technology?"

"squeak?"

Igris looked in the direction of the sound and spotted the rabbit that had been hiding and eavesdropping. She couldn't resist throwing a stone at it, trying to scare it away.

After Olivia finished speaking, she fell silent, waiting for Igris's reply and questions, her expression grim.

"why?"

Igris is clearly not an ordinary person; even in this situation, she can still speak her mind without any distractions, even when she is facing her boss.

“I know he looks rich and young, but Igris… you can’t have any unrealistic fantasies about him. He’s rotten and not worth your time, understand?”

Igris blinked, her expression turning somewhat strange, but she still asked curiously.

Does he know what you think of him?

"What? I don't care about those things. The point is you, Ibagrisi, you can't... He can't give you what you want. You're short of money, right? I have a lot of money. I can afford all your expenses. I mean... You're my assistant, right? You're mine."

"Why don't you calm down first?"

"No, no, I'm very calm! I need to make these things clear to you. No matter what you like about him, I don't agree. Everything he can give you, I can give you too. You shouldn't let this hold you back!"

Igris sighed silently, picked up another stone, and threw it at the rabbit in the distance, eliciting a protesting cry from it. Only then did she turn to look at Olivia.

“You’ve misunderstood, and misunderstood a lot. I do need money, but that doesn’t mean I have an obsessive pursuit of it. And while I don’t dislike Nanke that much, that doesn’t mean I have any feelings for him… Rather, what you’re saying is making me feel a bit awkward, since you should be more perceptive and smarter than you are now.”

Igris picked up another stone, but the rabbit in the distance had run far away, so Igris figured she wouldn't be able to throw it to it and simply put the stone down.

“I don’t know why you have such unrealistic ideas, or what you’re struggling with, but you are right about one thing: we shouldn’t let this slow us down. I’m your assistant, and you pay me twenty-five silver dollars a week, which is almost three times the average salary in the market. So you can have more confidence in yourself. At least I don’t have any plans to switch jobs right now, and I don’t think I will in the short term, unless you keep disappointing me.”

Igris stood up, waved to the rabbit in the distance, and watched it run back to her. Then she picked the rabbit up again and handed it to Olivia.

"Here, didn't you want to hold it? Be gentle, it might be a little shy."

Olivia hesitated for a moment, but still took the rabbit from Igris and silently stroked its ears.

"Are you feeling any better, Miss Detective? Cheer up, we probably still have a lot more to do."

I'm sorry.

Olivia returned the rabbit to Igris and took a deep breath.

"Your previous behavior and interactions did make me a little too sensitive, and this kind of thing will not happen again."

"Oh…"

Maybe? But if Igris does the same thing in the next cycle, Olivia will probably still be very likely to end up like this.

A cycle, isn't that amazing?

"Sorry to bother you, dinner is about to start. Shall we go to the restaurant together?"

"No, I'll stay a little longer and come back to find you later."

Olivia eventually left, and the rabbit in Igris's arms was finally freed and became the second Igris.

"What's up with her?"

"This is actually easy to understand. She is very satisfied with the detective assistant she found, but because of this, she is also extremely afraid of losing her. Any slight disturbance could affect her detective dream, which is why she came to me specifically to discuss all of this."

Igris sighed nonchalantly.

“If everything weren’t in a cycle, I probably would have asked her to give me a raise.”

I feel like she likes you.

The Mirror Demon crossed his arms and spoke to Igris with a serious expression.

“You’re just a mirror image, not even human, so how can you tell whether you like someone or not? Humans are much more complex than you think. Besides, from her perspective, we’ve probably only known each other for no more than three days.”

Is there any connection between these two?

"Of course I have X. You can't tell someone you know well that you like them, because you can't understand everything about them. What you like is probably only the part they show. That's not liking, it's just admiration."

The Mirror Demon nodded as if it understood, then suddenly became curious.

Have you ever liked anyone before?

"No."

"Never?"

"Never."

Iglesias had never considered such a thing during her thirty years as Aaron.

Perhaps those things were destined to be out of his reach, so he stopped pursuing them.

Being alone isn't necessarily a bad thing; at least your enemies won't be able to find your family.

"Then how do you know all this?"

The Mirror Demon? It's possible it's deceiving the doctor, Yi Ge, after all, it hasn't experienced anything (all of this), so how could it know so clearly?

"This is like the fact that one plus one always equals two; it is an eternal and unchanging truth."

Igris didn't want to explain anymore, so she turned and left.

It's time to eat.

The Gods' Fool - The Castle's Invitation: Chapter 40, Parrot or Tortoise?

As soon as Iglesias entered the restaurant, Olivia spotted her.

"Igris".

It's hard to imagine how long Olivia kept staring at the restaurant door before she spotted Igris and then pretended to coincidentally come over for a chat.

Where's your rabbit?

"Let it go. I'm not suited to keeping pets."

Igris brushed it off casually. The Mirror Demon could usually hide in the shards of mirror, which was quite convenient, at least there was no need to worry about being discovered.

Olivia, on the other hand, seemed quite disappointed, probably because she also liked these cute little animals.

"After the case is finished, will you come back to the firm with me or go back to Maulkenson?"

Igris had probably heard this question before. Olivia's agency wasn't near Maulkenson, but in the industrial city of Molkens. Igris had already given her answer to this question, since she didn't have any particularly clear plans for her future.

"I'll just follow you."

Rather than thinking about those complicated things, Igris just wanted to eat a steak right now, since she might not have the chance to do so again.

“I’m also thinking about it. After all, if you stay in Maulkenson, you’ll probably be more familiar with the surroundings.”

She was choosing a location for her pet as if she were choosing a home for her, worried that Igris might experience some discomfort or psychological distress for various reasons. But Igris didn't think she was that fragile, even though she did look very delicate.

But that's just on the surface; both Ling and Passa probably know just how dangerous this guy really is.

"If you want my advice, I suggest going to Morgans. At least everything there will be more new and exciting for me. Bigger cities offer more opportunities and rewards. You wouldn't want your firm to be getting requests every day for things like finding lost cats and dogs, would you?"

Olivia paused for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Then let's go to Molkens."

Therefore, there is no need to consider Igris at all; her tenacity is enough for her to survive in any city, anywhere.

Besides coastal cities.

Igris really didn't like the sea, to the point that she never wanted to see it again in her life.

Taking a boat is not an option either.

"After that, we'll get a pet..."

Olivia suddenly started daydreaming about a bright future, completely oblivious to Igris, who was still struggling with a large piece of steak.

"What kind of pet should we keep? Iris likes rabbits, I think."

"If I were to have a pet, it would be a cat."

Igris eventually gave up on cutting the steak herself, simply tossing the awkwardly used knife onto her plate and deciding not to eat it at all.

"Keep a cat? Why? I thought you preferred rabbits."

Olivia very naturally pulled the plate in front of Igris over, picked up the knife, and simply cut the steak into four small pieces.

Why do you think that?

"Because you were holding the rabbit earlier, weren't you...?"