Chapter 57 The Call of Illusion
"Would you change just because someone else's perception of you changed?" Catheria gave Pannis an unimpressed look. "Once we are born, we are independent souls. How could we possibly change based on someone else's perception? Think about those deities born from belief. Essentially, we are the same as them."
"After birth, do you become independent from belief?" Pannis said thoughtfully. "If that's the case, then even if all the books carrying your legends were destroyed, or say, no one remembered you anymore, you would still, like those deities, only fall into weakness due to the direct attack on your essence, instead of ceasing to exist completely, right?"