"Caroso..." Maren wore a pained expression.
"Caroso, he's a guest here for the academy exchange," Bai said helplessly.
"Hmph." Caroso rose to his feet.
Just as Maren tried to move again, Caroso stomped down once more.
His face took another heavy blow.
"Ah..." Maren screamed.
"Sorry, I couldn't hold back." Caroso straightened his clothes.
"Brother..." Nimel instinctively moved closer to Caroso. She glanced at Maren, a trace of pity in her eyes.
"Nimel, you're too kind." Caroso lectured her. "Ever since you entered the Kolia family, you have had nothing to do with your former family. Remember that."
"Yes, Brother..." Nimel hurriedly nodded.
"Caroso, just you wait..." Maren staggered to his feet and limped away into the distance.
Watching his retreating figure, Nimel could not help feeling sorry for him.
No matter what, he was still her biological brother.
[Boss Caro, what exactly is going on?]
[Yeah, Nimel never mentioned having a biological brother.]
[It seems like that family wasn't even in her memoirs.]
[Did Grand Duke Kolia really forcibly buy her back then?]
"Nimel's talent was a burden to the Prodemore family," Caroso explained. "Even if the Kolia family had not taken her in, another family would have."
Caroso was looking at Bai, but the viewers knew whom he was truly explaining this to.
"A burden?" Bai looked at Caroso in confusion.
She thought Caroso was too embarrassed to explain it directly to Nimel, so he was using her to tell Nimel what had happened.
"Yes. Nimel and Maren were both very talented. The Prodemore family had long since declined, and if they wanted to rise again, they needed a powerful heir." Caroso said, "Between the two of them, they could only raise one. Naturally, the boy was the better choice."
"Then why not marry Nimel off?" Bai did