Carrier Pigeon Post: Delivered on the Due Date [Wuxia Crossover + Jianxia Qingyuan 3]

“Coo.”

A white pigeon carrying a little red letterbox stood on the shoulder of a girl in blue with sable trim. It calmly preened its feathers with its beak, then turned and plucked down a small stack of papers.

Liu Gao casually stroked the pigeon’s feathers and took the letters. “Let’s see who they’re addressed to.”

The envelope clearly read: “To my wife, Qi Fei.”

Liu Gao checked her quest panel for the delivery date and recipient. Hmm, still a few years to go. Hopefully the target would still be alive by then. Thinking this, Liu Gao stretched, climbed a tree, stretched again, and decided to take a nap in the lovely sunshine.

Before long, the pigeon that had been resting beside the girl circled the tree and returned with another letter. Little Coo unceremoniously dropped it on Liu Gao’s face as she slept in the branches, then gently pecked her ear.

Liu Gao took the envelope off her face. It clearly read: “To my beloved Qing Wan” and “From your foolish husband, Liu Yu.”

Well, does she have to deliver letters from the dead too? To the Netherworld?

The original setting is a fictional Tang dynasty, from the Kaiyuan era through the An Lushan Rebellion. The story’s main world is based on Jian Wang 3; apart from the plot, all other worldbuilding is made up by me. You don’t need to have played the game to enjoy it. The story has a slice-of-life focus.

Theme: If there can be no what-if, then weave one from longing