1 Hello. I wasn’t sure how to begin this, but for the first words, a greeting seems suitable. Hello, world. Hello, Shiroe. I’m writing this letter at an inn located in the town of Saphir in central Yamato. When I’ve finished writing it, I plan to give it to my friend Minori. I’m told “Shiroe of Log Horizon” will be the one to read it. When I heard that name, it made me feel quite strange. I have your memories inside me, you see. Just as you Adventurers are beings who have been incarnated into Theldesia from another world, we too, have been incarnated here from yet another world. My name is Roe2. We call ourselves Travelers. From your perspective, we are intelligent alien life-forms. At the same time, I myself am also your little sister. Your expectations have no doubt been raised, and all I can do is apologize: Neither we Fool-inspectors nor the Genius-collectors, who are also members of the Traveler race, are able to explain anything about the Eclipse—what you term “the Catastrophe”—to you. To be accurate, we could explain it, but the explanation would be our understanding of the Eclipse, not an elucidation of its principles nor a way to resolve it.
Even so, I believe we are very slightly ahead of you and your people, and as such, I intend to carry out my duty. After all, I am your little sister, but as I assured Minori, I am your big sister as well. On that point, I should begin by explaining two things: Why I am Roe2, and… …why I am your little sister. Like you, we Travelers arrived in Theldesia via the Eclipse. However, our world is far more distant than Theldesia, and our species had no original physical forms or configuration data. Therefore, when we reached this world, we borrowed bodies we found locally to use as avatars. If what Minori says is correct, you are an extraordinarily perceptive, intelligent individual. Now that I’ve explained this much, no doubt you already understand, but my current body is yours—the one that was in storage on the moon. To use the terminology of this world, it had no active “soul connection.” I would like you to forgive me for borrowing it without permission. This body holds vivid traces of your thoughts and memories. I have been able to explain things to you this way by reorganizing your vocabulary data. In large part, it is thanks to you that I am able to speak the words of this world. The repayment of that debt is one of my reasons for writing this letter. If possible, I would like you to read it with an open mind. After all, you may tear it up and throw it away at any time.
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