First day as a teacher (part-3)
A few minutes later at the principal's office;
"So, you are on a mission to capture the culprit behind teacher Alder's disappearance, huh? And I wouldn't have to act like strangers with you but still, you and my mom met only once or twice?"
Serestia wasn't told about the whole mission as Azzy thought it would unnecessarily cause panic among the other students if it was ever leaked by accident.
And since he cannot afford to trust her to keep all the secrets, he thought it is better to reveal a tiny secret to hide a bigger one.
Hence, rather than acting like strangers, he told Serestia to act like they were familiar with each other but met only through her father.
The story is that Calder and Gary are close friends. He and Serestia met a lot of times and are close too. However, he and Mia were practically strangers.