[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-saya-and-the-dragon":3,"chapter-saya-and-the-dragon-saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-75":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},1705062,2177,"Chapter 72: Domestic Bliss","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>I woke up with my face smushed against something warm, leathery, and smugly immovable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon's tail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I blinked blearily, snorted out a bit of my own drool, and groaned into his scales. \"Ugh. Not this again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tail was the perfect temperature. Like a sun-baked rock. Except it pulsed slightly, and smelled faintly of ozone and ego.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn’t remember falling asleep there. But Ineverremember falling asleep there. Somehow, by some dark pact or stupid instinct, I always ended up curled in that exact spot—curled up like some stray tavern cat that’s claimed the comfiest chair in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And above me? Of course. The wing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His massive, ridiculous, overprotective wing was draped across me like a tent built by a lovesick bat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seriously,” I mumbled to no one. \"It's like being hugged by a canopy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t answer. Just let out a smoky huff. I felt it in his chest, reverberating through my pillow. Haughty bastard was probably pretending to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I peeked under the edge of the wing. Fire was mostly embers. Sky still dark. Chill in the air. But me? Toasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too toasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kicked one foot free from the ratty old blanket I’d stolen from gods-know-where. The thing smelled like a goat had farted on a campfire. But it was mine. Mine to sleep under. Mine to drape. And since I’d been usinghistail as a mattress, I’d thrown the blanket overhimout of pure fairness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was agiver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blanket had slipped halfway down his back, barely covering one scale. Completely useless. But still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re welcome,” I muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said nothing. Typical.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shifted, burrowing deeper into my scaly nest. I could feel his heartbeat—slow, steady, smug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should’ve moved. Sat up. Pretended to be strong and independent and all those other things I sometimes lie about being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, I sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And let myself fall back asleep with a smile on my lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disgusting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Domestic bliss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, gods help me, it was warm.\u003C\u002Fp>",330,"2026-06-06T14:39:25.620Z",1,"novelbin.me","709859f2046e1eb5e1a150749ac8bae0e98ba10112a36682a87b1b5cfc759804","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-76","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-74",228,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsaya-and-the-dragon-cover.jpg"]