"Just eating?" Lina asked.
"Yeah," Teren raised the leftover garbage from his lunch, "just eating."
"Hm... okay." Lina nodded with wide motions, "I guess that's fine. However, I'm still the class president, Teren, once I see you doing sothing inappropriate, I will imdiately reprimand you, is that okay?"
'You're my doggy, stay that way and you'll get a good dog award.'
'What? I said that having a potty mind than a potty mouth is better but I still don't understand her.' Iesa thought and scoffed, 'And you don't know who you are talking about. Teren is a psychopath. Be careful where you tread, clas prez.'
"Um... I wouldn't do such things."
But contrary to Iesa's expectations, Teren passively replied.
'Huh? I thought for sure that he would scare her or sothing. Did he forget what he said - You do what you want? Ugh... I don't understand him at all! But no, maybe the situation is not that serious for him to intimidate her?'
Due to experiencing Teren's threats and fearsoness, Iesa was always expecting him to do sothing more than he should.
'Maybe I'm just got too intimidated by him. Rember Iesa, he only acted like that towards you because you could ruin his life.'
To this thought, Iesa was able to remind herself, 'Yes, I have the advantage!'
She knew she wouldn't be able to use it against Teren, actually, However, this gave her a positive mindset.
'A calm mind is always better!'
Finally, her smile ca back.
While her train of thoughts was speeding, Teren had just successfully reflected the class president's persistent attacks.
Afterward, the three ca back to class together.
'It isn't necessarily true but I'm sort of afraid of going to class first before Teren.' Iesa thought, 'He might get angry at or sothing.'
This attracted a lot of attention. It would've been understandable if it's Lina and Iesa coming back together-
'But why Teren too?' Mike, the popular guy, thought.
The class continued.
anwhile, at the Heren Private Hospital, Nick laid on the bed with bandages all over his body.
"What do you an you don't have enough proof!?" he shouted at the detective.
"Kid, don't shout at . We are trying our best. The only thing we found at the scene is your things, blood, and so ashes. Although these ashes are suspicious since they're recent, it is obvious they cannot be used as evidence." the old man rebutted.
Nick then asked.
"What about the knife? There should be fingerprints? I didn't see him wear any gloves."
However, the detective shook his head.
"Nope, only your fingerprints. We can retrace where the knife was bought but..."
"But?"
"Are you really talking the truth? He is just another seventeen years old like you. How can he be so calm and be so calculative about performing such a flawless cri? He doesn't have any criminal records."
Nick was speechless. However, he couldn't bla the detective either. He didn't think Teren that way either until the incident yesterday.
"Instead of telling us what to do, why don't tell the full details of what happened. Innocent until proven guilty. Even if it actually happened, it doesn't an that the court will accept that it did without any pieces of evidence."
"..."
"I know, the court and the law sucks, But that is necessary to avoid lies getting accepted as fact. We need to compromise, after all. Instead of taking the chance that the lie must be the truth, the law is careful and treats all truth lies until it is proven."
"That's... complicated." Nick didn't understand the old detective's wise words.
The old detective sighed, "Just tell what happened?"
"From the start?"
"From the start. With no lies, please. If you're caught, even if you're the victim, you wouldn't escape the law."
"O-... okay..."
Nick then enurated what happened, truthfully, which made the old detective raise an eyebrow.
"So... it's kind of your fault?"
"Yeah...?"
"Don't worry. No matter the reason, a cri is a cri. Since you're so honest about it, I'll help you lighten your punishnt for the attempt for extortion and harassnt."
"T-thanks...? Light punishnts are worth it if I can help bring myself so justice."
"Sure, so what happened next?" the old detective video recorded everything from the start.
"Well... I tried to punch him as a warning." Nick's face then turned serious as he recalled that surreal mont, "When I thought I was about to jab his body, he agilely dodged and hit in the neck. I felt no hesitation in his hit. After his first hit... he kicked on the side."
As he told the story, Nick showed the bruises to prove his story.
"When I fell on the ground, he took a knife from his bag and charged at . I could see the intention to kill in his eyes. He has no hesitation at all! I defended myself but I was sliced." he pointed at all the bandages.
When he got to that part, Nick suddenly rembered, "And when he was about to stab on the chest, a girl suddenly ca out of the corner..."
"Girl...?" the old detective was intrigued, 'A witness, a victim, or an accomplice?'
"She's the popular girl at school. Her na is Iesa Hun. I don't know what she was there but when she showed up, Teren stopped. For a mont, at least." Nick frowned as he caressed his left arm, "After that mont, he stabbed but I defended myself with my arm."
"After that?"
"After that, he went to Iesa Hun. Although I was in pain, I imdiately tried to escape. I looked back and saw that the girl ran away too, as fast as she can, like an athlete! Then that was it. Luckily for , Teren didn't chase after and I know my way around until I reached out for help."
"Then here we are..."
"Y-yeah" Nick nodded.
"Very good..." the old detective stood up and stopped the recording, "That was very helpful."
"What will you do now?"
"Hmm... we'll give the suspect a psychological test. It's either he has a ntal disorder or he has a motive. The forr is more probable so we'll start with that. Also... we will reach out to this Iesa Hun."
"Thank you, detective..." Nick sighed in relief since the detective seed reliable.
However, as soon as that sigh ca out of his mouth, it ca back.
A nurse ca in, bearing bad news.
"Sir Nick Mauren, you have a visitor.. He claims to be your brother, Nathan Mauren."
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