“May I know, who I have the pleasure to meet?” He asks you calmly, showing genuine interest in hearing more about you. Perhaps he even wanted to be in the spotlight again. You were transferred to his grade because of your intelligence, and he didn't wanted a new classmate stealing the attention from him. Even though you were younger, he still saw you as a potential threat.

As soon as he talked to you, everyone in the classroom was watching your interactions closely, just as he anticipated.