Of course, there is a problem here.
Based on past experience, entities like the Goddess of Sin and Punishment and Angel's Mirror tend to affect their surroundings indiscriminately.
And in these two attempts, I had not refrained from misleading the crowd, and it was clear at times that they actually believed me.
But I didn't feel any significant change or feedback.
That's why Fu Qian didn't think in this direction initially.
However, looking at it now, Fu Qian could come up with an explanation—degree.
The degree of cognitive distortion varies, thus affecting the strength of the feedback.
My previous deceptions were nothing more than performances that led others to misunderstand my situation.
For those people, this was a matter of cognition related to "others."
What Cynthia did to me was to make me doubt myself, even to the point of overturning the concept of self.
In comparison, there might be a qualitative difference between the two.
