Neko to Ryu [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Deep in the forest where demonic beasts roam. A fire dragon lands in a small cave. The dragon laid eggs and went on a brief hunt in preparation for raising its young. However, the dragon never returned to its nest. All that remained were the eggs, which had nothing to keep them warm but cold death... But then a miracle happened. A small beast was huddled over the eggs. A small cat carrying a child. The mother cat gives birth to three kittens there. And the body heat of the mother cat and the kittens continue to warm the dragon egg without knowing it. Four days after the kittens were born, the dragon pups hatched. The cats add this unusual "fire-breathing, flying cat" to their family and live on. This is a warm, mysterious, and sad story of a dragon, a cat, and humans raised by a cat.

魔獣が跋扈する森の奥。その小さな洞窟に一匹の火竜が舞い降りた。竜は卵を産み落とし、子育てに備えて束の間の狩りへ出る。しかし、竜はそれきり巣に戻ることはなかった。後に残ったのは温めるものを失い、ただ冷え死ぬばかりの卵だけ。...しかし、奇跡は起こった。そんな卵の上に一匹の小さな獣がうずくまる。子供を身ごもった小さな猫。母猫はそこで三匹の子猫を産み落とす。そして母猫の体温、子猫達の体温が、そうとは知らずに竜の卵を温め続ける。子猫達が生まれてから四日後、竜の子が孵った。猫達は、このちょっと変わった「火を噴き空を飛ぶ“猫”」を家族に加えて生きていく。これは猫に育てられた一匹の竜と猫、そして人間たちの、温かくて、不思議で、ちょっと切ない物語。