James only smiled as Neku confronted him with his identity of a witch, even though the student said he would be keeping it a secret. The Staff of the Academy already knew, including Stein - that guy scared him. 

"I'll see you tomorrow too." he grinned in a farewell as Neku left before turning back to Kiri and sighing. "...I know what you're thinking. 'What are you doing here'. Well, Let me just start off by saying that the staff and I cut a deal, so I'm safe here... technically."