[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-saya-and-the-dragon":3,"chapter-saya-and-the-dragon-saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-194":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},1705181,2177,"Chapter 187: Unsafe For Human Contact","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-194",194,"\u003Cp>We sit at opposite ends of the oubliette now. A good ten paces between us. A moat of rat bones and suspicious puddles in the middle. I’ve dragged myself up onto a slightly less damp pile of skulls. Regal, in a gutter-chic kind of way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t come near me,” I warn, pointing a crooked finger. “Your boobs are doing… things to me. And I don’t want any pox.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She giggles. Full, sultry giggle. Like I just said something flirty instead ofdeeply hygienic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean it,” I say. “Better safe than festering.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She winks.Boobs still doing things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cross my arms. Focus on a bit of bone that might be a rat femur. Or a wizard’s finger. Hard to tell. Time crawls. The light from the window slants. We both sit there. Silent. Breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thud above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muffled shouting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screams.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clang of something metal. Then the unmistakablewhuffof fire catching flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I jerk upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More screams. A second roar, deeper. A sound like air being sucked out of the world. The flames again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Saya? Are you down there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That ridiculous, nasal, haughty,beautifulvoice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scramble to my feet, nearly slip on a ribcage, and yell up, “Yes! Down here! About time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his voice again, already suspicious. “What is that smell? Did youbathein plague broth?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glance over at Miss Carnal Catastrophe, lounging like this is a spa. “Well,” I call up, “funny story. I made a new friend!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He groans. “No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s charming. Deadly. Vaguely moist.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hatch creaks. Then his massive snout appears in the hole above, nostrils flaring, smoke curling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wave. “Say hi to the dragon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl smiles sweetly. “Hi, Dragon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He freezes. Sniffs again. Then recoils so hard he nearly falls off whatever he’s standing on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Saya.What. Thefuck.Is that girlinfected?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nod. “Technically, yes. But only in thedeadly vaginasort of way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lets out a horrified hiss. “IknewI smelled festering doom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl, unfazed, brushes back her hair. “Pretty sure it’s not airborne. And I doubt you can catch it from beingridden.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No way,” the Dragon snaps. “Your poxy crotch isnottouching my bare scales. This hide is antique. It needsoils.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sigh. “We can’t just leave her here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He growls. “Oh, wecan. In fact, weshould. She’s an assassination spell with boobs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She’s alsoin a hole,” I snap. “With me. So either get both of us out, or you can come down here and keep me company with your big fatimmune system.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a grumble. “I hate my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Much later, by the river, the Dragon is half-submerged and absolutelylosing it. He’s hunched under a soapwood tree, twisting and grinding his massive back against the bark like a bear in heat, flinging water and flayed moss in all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Foul, plague-riddled harlot spawn!” he growls, clawing at his scales like they’ve personally betrayed him. “Shebreathedon me. I canfeelit. It’s in my pores. I’m going to molt. I’m going todie itching.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the bank, I’m drying my boots over a warm rock. The girl sits nearby, cross-legged again, wringing water from her hair like a temple nymph with a body count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glances over at the frothing reptile in the river. “So,” she says, casual as sunrise, “you ride around with arealdragon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nod. “Mostly to scam villagers and insult each other. But yeah.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cool,” she says, genuinely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon lets out another strangled groan and tries to wedge a tree branch under his wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stands, ties her tunic at the hip, gives me a once-over smile. “Well. I’ll be going along now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blink. “That’s it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shrugs. “Thanks for the rescue. Tell your scaly boyfriend not to scratch too deep or he’ll bleed out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she saunters off barefoot, ass swaying, whistling some bawdy brothel tune as if she didn’t just cause a full-scale hygiene meltdown in a six-ton mythical apex predator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watch her walk off, bare feet squelching through the mud like it’s a royal promenade. Hips swaying, not a care in the world, probably humming the same song she used to curse emperors with her cunt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just sit there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still dripping soup from earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So… okay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thereissomeone out there with weirder karma than mine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s… oddly comforting. And deeply disturbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind me, the Dragon lets out a strangled wail as he accidentally snaps a branch off mid-scratch and tumbles into the river with a splash that soaks both our cloaks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're fine!\" I shout, not looking away from the girl’s disappearing silhouette. “It’s not even transmissible to lizards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shetouched a rock I later stepped on!” he roars from the riverbank, flailing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shake my head. \"Drama queen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Assassin with tits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whole kingdoms falling from a single lay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah. I’m gonna need a minute. Maybe two. 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