"Deceive you? Judge, at this point, do you think I still need to lie to you?"
Avril glanced at Lu Tianxing and said calmly, "I accidentally overheard Edward talking to a confidant about this when I was thirteen. At that time, I was half-believing and half-doubting, thinking it was impossible. But as time passed, I gradually discovered that the girls I grew up with, whose abilities were similar to mine, would disappear at the same time every year. It was then I realized what I heard was not a lie, but that all this was arranged by Edward. Even those Dark Council members who killed my parents were people from the Church, arranged by Edward. To eliminate the evidence, he killed them all immediately."
