[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-saya-and-the-dragon":3,"chapter-saya-and-the-dragon-saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-110":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Saya and the Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1705097,2177,"Chapter 106.5: Scale Soup (Bonus chapter)","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-110",110,"\u003Cp>Look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because it wasn’t the right kind of scale doesn’t mean it had to go to waste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what I told myself as I dropped the brittle little red scrap into a bubbling pot of vinegar and broth and watched itfizzlike it was dying all over again. The steam hissed up, thick with sour heat and something faintly... reptilian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave it a stir. The scale dissolved clean, left behind a reddish shimmer like glitter from hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nice. Fancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind me, Dragon finally cracked an eye open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t turn. “No what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groaned into the moss. “Saya, that was a wyrm scale.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, and now it’ssoup stock.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re insane.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re dramatic. I added wild greens. And noodles.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat up, slowly. Sniffed the air once. His brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Is that… rice vinegar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I grinned. “Maybe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another sniff. Closer this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wild gingerroot?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned over the pot, gave it a long, slow inhale, then exhaled with a reluctant sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You usedmy recipe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yours, mine, stolen from a smuggler’s noodle cart in Port Ulisha—does it matter? It’s soup. And it smells divine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He squinted. “It’s probably cursed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cursed soup’s still soup.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We stared at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I handed him a bowl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grumbled the whole time, of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he slurped the first bite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then looked at me with deep, resigned shame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Damn it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smirked. “Good?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he asked for seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which is basically an apology in Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>",256,"2026-06-06T14:39:25.900Z",1,"novelbin.me","3448cba0f48478ee1774304e023fd8bbca72005cf2c798c0a52efe77772fbc6a","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-111","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-109",228,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsaya-and-the-dragon-cover.jpg"]