Turner nodded at her acceptance and he brought out a book and started flipping through it while talking.
"I had an interview with the vice-president of the student council yesterday, uh... was her name Maria? Yes, I think it was. She stated during the interview that she was with you during the time of the incident. Can you confirm if this is true or not?"
Why was he acting as if he didn't remember Maria's name? Arit knew that Turner remembered Maria's name perfectly. Was he trying to make it seem like he just spoke with Maria in passing? He was trying to make her lower her guard by pretending that he didn't have a serious conversation with Maria about her.
Arit nodded her head at Turner's question.
"Yes, I was with her."
"Can you tell me what you were doing with her?"
"She needed my help with the upcoming school festival. I'm supposed to be part of the student panel of judges for the quiz competition. She wanted to ask me who else would be a good fit for it."
Turner checked something on the paper.
"I'm not going to question if you were really with her or not, but I understand that before Francis and Esmeralda were killed, they were last seen leaving their classroom with you. Can you clarify what happened after you three left the class?"
Arit first made sure that she was calm before she started to lie through her teeth.
"After leaving the class, they took me to the corridor and threatened me to stay away from Mark. Esmeralda wanted me gone so that she would be Mark's girlfriend and Francis was trying to use Esmeralda as a shield to protect himself from Mark.
I refused, and they were about to use violence, but Maria showed up before they could do anything and she told me to come with her to talk about the school festival. I don't know what happened to them after that."
Turner hmmed and checked something off in his book again. He continued to ask questions like this and Arit kept answering. Every time she answered something, he would check something in his book and then ask something else. Arit couldn't get a good look at what he was checking, but she could only assume that it was points from the conversation that Turner had with Maria.
Arit and Maria had already prepared a good cover story that they would use in case they were ever questioned like this, so Arit was able to easily answer all of the questions that Turner was coming up with. She remained calm and made sure she continued making eye contact with him so there would not be any reason for him to suspect her at all.
"Is something wrong?"
Turner blinked up at Arit curiously before he finally smiled apologetically and shook his head.
"No, no. I was just thinking about something."
Turner finally checked the last thing in his book and closed it with a nod.
"That's it, I guess we're done here. Sorry it had to be this way. I would have done it differently if I had a choice."
Arit shook her head.
"There's no need to apologize. I can understand if you're afraid of Mark. But next time, you don't have to worry about his reaction. Mark won't hurt you just because you want to ask a few questions."
Turner chuckled. Arit could say something like that just because she was his girlfriend. Mark would never hurt her. For others who were barely acquaintances of Mark, it was necessary to walk on eggshells around him. Mark might be the weakest SOVEREIGN, but he was still a SOVEREIGN, even superhumans could be easily sent to the hospital if they got on Mark's wrong side.
Turner told Arit that she was free to leave and he sat back calmly as Arit stood and left the room. Once Arit clicked the door closed, Turner looked back down at his note and tapped his finger on the last line over and over again.
"Science, eh?"
That was something that Maria never said to him during their interview. When Turner asked what subject Arit was supposed to handle, Maria said she left it up to Arit to decide on her own. Maybe it is just a misunderstanding? But if it was a misunderstanding, which of them was making the mistake? They both sounded so sure of themselves during the interview.
Turner sighed as he finally closed his book and stood up to go back to class.
Chapter Find:
"Maybe it really is a misunderstanding."
Turner left the room and he was surprised when he saw Arit was still standing outside the room. But she was not alone. She was standing there with Luna and the both of them seemed to be talking about something before he came out. Once Turner saw Luna, he cursed internally as he saw the look of disapproval in her eyes. He was busted.