The Dragon Begged Me Not to Leave

Synopsis

On the third day after a silver dragon carried me off from the castle balcony, I finished organizing all 4,396 items in its hoard and sorted neatly by origin and condition. When it came back from hunting, it stopped at the cave entrance and just stood there for three full minutes. Then it shrank down to its smallest form, flopped onto the ground, nudged my knee with its head, and started purring. It was so loud the entire cave shook.