Fun fact, carrier pigeons don't work like that! They don't know how to get to any other ...

Abel✯lied June 10, 2025 10:12 pm

Fun fact, carrier pigeons don't work like that!

They don't know how to get to any other location than "home", so what they'd do back in the olden days, is raise a couple of pigeons at the castle, put one in a cage when they traveled and then released him with the message, so the people at the castle would know they're fine. The pigeon would not be able to go back to the person who released him, so back and forth messages would be impossible.

The same goes for borrowing someone else's carrier pigeon, as they'd obviously just want to stay in their home and wouldn't even know where they're supposed to go. Unless the duke has such an army of pigeons, that he'd sent them in cages to random nobles so frequently that they wouldn't re-home, on the off chance that someone might want to message him, they'd likely be unable to do what they did this chapter.

This comment has been brought to you by the suspension of disbelief police. I can understand omegaverse shadow powers, but I draw the line at genius pigeons!

Responses
    I live for the sin's within me June 10, 2025 10:42 pm

    Thanks for the facts.
    Didn't know this, learning something new from the must unexpected place.

    akiharu June 10, 2025 11:09 pm

    thank you for the crash course on carrier pigeons... i understand that this is a mistake on the author's part, though it would've been really cool if the pigeons had powers too and could do magic navigation lololol

    rean June 11, 2025 12:07 am

    omg you've just answered a question ive been wondering for so long!! i always doubted birds in general, or one bird would be so smart to be able to navigate to multiple places, so ive always wondered how that worked.. thank you for this!!

    Tsukihime June 11, 2025 2:32 am

    Did they already set free the one they brought? I didn't have paid attention in the comic but when I read the book I know they had brought at least one pigeon.
    I remember I thought about it and the book explained something about it... but it's been a lond time and they communicate a lot via pigeon so i can't remember clearly

    Noxart June 11, 2025 6:03 am

    Thank you for this!
    When he asked if they could borrow a pigeon, I was like "Huh?!"

    Mika June 11, 2025 7:51 am

    Lmaoooo this is so funny
    Honestly I've been bothered by the pigeon system of this novel the whole time it's so nonsensical I just gave up XD genius pigeon is the funniest thing I've ever read