"Hmm, how should I explain all this? Where should I begin?"
A fiery-red figure swayed indecisively before a desk, but that wavering was not a shadow cast by a candle or an oil lamp.
He himself was glowing.
There was no shadow of him anywhere in the room. In fact, he was the light source.
"All right, whoever comes after me, don't be surprised when you read this letter. That's right, I'm your predecessor, and I also crossed over from another world."
Despite his repeated hesitation, Lin Jin finally chose to keep writing.
But he wrote not in this world's bug language, but in simplified Chinese.
That way, even if other bugs found the letter, they would be unable to understand its contents and reveal its secrets.
Will there be another?
I can't be sure whether they'll be good or bad.
But even so, I have to do this.
He was deeply conflicted, but this was no sudden whim of Lin Jin's. In fact, the idea had been buried in his heart for some time.
Just because I crossed over doesn't mean there won't be others.
Maybe I haven't met any because I'm the first. If that's the case, I ought to leave something for those who come after me.
As their predecessor.
"My successor, you must have been through quite a few twists and turns to find this letter. In fact, you should already have noticed."
"That's right, this is the world of Hollow Knight, and the civilization you see here, which never existed in the game, was created by me alone."
"Hmm... I don't know whether my luck was good or bad. I ended up here after suddenly dying while playing the game. Pretty embarrassing, right?"
Lin Jin chuckled as he recalled his previous life, that brief yet