[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-saya-and-the-dragon":3,"chapter-saya-and-the-dragon-saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-138":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},1705125,2177,"Chapter 132: Big Letters, Big Ego","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>The sign was crooked. Sun-bleached. Half a corner torn off like some goat thought it was edible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was nailed to the post at the crossroad, just above head height, so I had to stand on my tiptoes to read it. Sweat already pricking at my neck. Not from the heat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Big block letters again. My kind. That was the only mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I squinted. Licked my lips. Traced the first one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Duh…” I whispered. “D…A…N…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Densers,” I mumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dancers,” said a passing farmer without even slowing down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scowled after him. “Was getting there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refocused. Next line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wa…waaaa…” I hissed through my teeth. “Want…ed. Dancers wanted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My finger slid down the board. Next line. Smaller letters. Less mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Foorr… eve…even…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Evenings,” came a voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t even turn. “If one more peasant corrects me, I swear I’ll bite.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Calm down,” the dragon said, appearing beside me like a judgmental stormcloud. “I was just helping.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can help by letting me finish before my pride dies of blood loss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tilted his head. “You were on...?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I jabbed the word. “Evenings. Got it. Evenings and—what’s that? Dan…c…ing and drink…servin’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Serving,” he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Same difference,” I muttered. “And what’s that squiggly one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned in. “Auditions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked. “Oh. I thought that said ‘addictions.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understandable,” he said dryly. “Given your history.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stuck my tongue out at him and went back to the last line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In…in…quire…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inquire,” he said, rubbing his snout. “At the inn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Iwasgoing to say that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You said ‘in-quar.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Iwasgoing to fix it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave me a long look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stared back up at the sign. Read the whole thing again, under my breath, slowly, lips moving, finger tracing every letter like it owed me money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dancers wanted. Evenings. Dancing and drink serving. Inquire at the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I could do that,” I muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon raised a brow. “You planning to audition with or without the ability to read your own job description?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I flipped my hair. “I can read enough. Letters. Curves. Intent. And I’ve got the hips for it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted. “Just don’t sign the contract backwards this time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ilikemy S backwards,” I said proudly. “It’s my signature.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a crime against orthography.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s flair,” I sniffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave the signpost a little pat. “Besides. Who needs perfect reading when you’ve got perfect form?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then I turned and strutted toward the inn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Backwards S and all.\u003C\u002Fp>",405,"2026-06-06T14:39:25.900Z",1,"novelbin.me","643b70822230d6e446c038f0caf23da55e8c91b8e7d8fe8ef57a512917379c83","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-139","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-137",228,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsaya-and-the-dragon-cover.jpg"]