I PICKED UP A CHILD IN A DUMPSTER

Chapter 163: is that a plane? no is that a bird? NO! ITS MIMI!!



Chapter 163: is that a plane? no is that a bird? NO! ITS MIMI!!

Then he looked back down toward the black goo ring on his finger.

The rooftop wind pushed ash past him while distant fire reflected against the dark metal surface.

Above him, Seong pulled both herself and Aeloria sharply sideways through the air as another blast of dragon fire narrowly missed them by inches.

Si Hon exhaled quietly.

Then brushed his thumb lightly across the ring.

The reaction came instantly.

A pale white glow spread softly outward from the metal before gathering into the air above his hand like floating mist.

And then—

A small projection appeared.

Tiny.

White-haired.

Messy.

A little girl floated there sleepily in oversized clothes, rubbing one eye with the exhausted energy of someone violently awakened from the world’s best nap.

For exactly one second—

She looked completely confused.

Then her red eyes? opened wider.

And panic exploded across her tiny face.

「(⁠⊙⁠ロ⁠⊙⁠) Wah?!」

She spun wildly in midair looking around at the burning rooftop, collapsing school, flying dragon, screaming people, building exploding, exploding ice magic, and Seong literally airborne with shadow threads.

「Dad?! W-Where are we?! Why is everything on fire?! (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠)」

Si Hon answered immediately.

Fast.

Very fast.

The kind of explanation given by a man whose survival depended on speedrunning context.

"Sucked in portal. Dragon attacked school. Scenario started. Everyone screaming. Building collapsing. Jisoo missing. We’re probably dying. Need help etc etc."

Mimi blinked slowly.

Another blink.

Then she nodded like that explanation somehow made perfect sense.

「...O kay! (⁠。⁠•̀_-⁠)⁠✧」

A bright smile spread across Mimi’s face almost instantly afterward, the earlier shock disappearing so fast it almost looked fake.

One second she looked like a confused child dragged out of bed against her will, and the next she was glowing with excitement while floating slightly above the projection circle, white hair swaying softly in the rooftop wind.

Then she lifted one small hand outward toward the empty air beside her.

The space around her fingers shimmered faintly.

Not dramatically.

Not some overwhelming magical explosion.

Just a quiet little distortion, like the air itself politely moved aside for her.

And then—

A spoon appeared.

A plain silver spoon dropped neatly into her tiny hand with a soft ting sound while pale system light flickered around her body in lazy waves. The glow reflected faintly across her sleepy face and messy white hair, giving her this strangely holy appearance despite the fact she was currently holding a spoon like it was the strongest weapon in existence— because of course it is.

Mimi immediately gripped it with both hands proudly.

Like a knight receiving a sacred blade.

「(⁠☆⁠▽⁠☆⁠) Spoony is here!!! And I’ll help you, Dad!」

Then her expression softened slightly.

「And... sorry I kept sleeping... (⁠。•́︿•̀。)」

She lowered her spoon a little.

「Playing with Systemy took a lot of energy...」

A pause.

Then she looked around curiously.

「Where’s Systemy by the way?」

"Gone for a bit," Si Hon answered immediately before pointing upward toward the fight still happening above them. "And we can do emotional reunion later. Focus first."

Mimi turned.

And finally saw it properly.

Seong suspended high above the rooftop using massive dark threads to propel both herself and Aeloria through the air almost like flying, narrowly dodging another sweeping blast of dragon fire while Aeloria ’cutely’ formed enormous ice structures midair and launched them downward like artillery strikes against the dragon’s scales.

The entire rooftop shook again.

Mimi’s sleepy expression disappeared instantly.

「I love my powerful weapon by the way.」

Si Hon stared at her silently for half a second while explosions continued happening Infront of them.

"That’s just spoon."

「ಠ⁠⌣⁠ಠ Rude.」

Mimi puffed her cheeks instantly before lifting the spoon higher with maximum seriousness, pale blue system particles drifting around it in soft little sparkles while the rooftop wind tugged lightly at her oversized sleeves.

「This is not "just" a spoon. This is Spoony.」

A pause.

Then quieter—

「She gets sad when people insult him.」

"Is it a girl or a boy? And did you just name it?"

「Of course I named her. ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ」

Above them, the stream chat was still screaming from above where Si Hon had banished them earlier.

Tiny floating outrage noises echoed faintly through the air.

「LET US DOWNNNNNNNN (⁠༎ຶ⁠ ෴ ⁠༎ຶ⁠)」

「CRUEL TYRANT KING SI HONNNN」

「I CAN’T SEE HIS EXPRESSION AGAIN!!!」

「THIS IS LITERALLY OPPRESSION ಠ⁠益⁠ಠ」

Si Hon ignored all of it completely.

Instead, he looked back toward the battlefield overhead.

Seong was using her thread carefully and precisely. The movements weren’t sluggish either. They were sharp. Fast. Improvised. Every thread looked seconds away from snapping apart as the dragon’s burning breath swept past them again close enough to light the air orange.

Meanwhile Aeloria continued firing ice into the creature nonstop.

Massive frozen spears formed around her one after another before launching downward like a artillery rounds, exploding against the dragon’s scales in bursts of frost and shattered crystal. The rooftop temperature kept fluctuating violently between burning heat and freezing cold every few seconds because of her attacks.

And somehow—

The dragon was still pushing forward.

Still alive.

Mimi followed Si Hon’s gaze upward quietly while clutching Spoony against her chest.

Then her expression slowly shifted.

The childish excitement faded little by little, replaced by something calmer.

More focused.

More aware.

「That thing is really ugly. (⁠。⁠•́︿•̀⁠。⁠)」

"Yeah."

「And loud.」

"Very."

Another explosion shook the rooftop hard enough to crack nearby concrete.

Mimi floated slightly higher afterward, tiny shoes dangling above the ground while pale system light flickered brighter around her body now.

Then she turned toward Si Hon again.

And smiled.

Not lazily this time.

Genuinely.

「Okay then, Dad.」

She spun Spoony once dramatically in her hand like some legendary martial arts master despite still looking like a sleepy child in pajamas.

「Let’s bully the dragon. (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)」

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S o sorry for this Quick message lol, by the way announcement ヽ⁠(⁠。⁠◕⁠o⁠◕⁠。⁠)⁠ノ⁠.

May 21 we’re gonna mass release 10 Chapter!!!! Actually... It’s just me... I’m a lonely author like... I get my idea by watching movie or Reading manhwa, manga, manhua lolol ty for reading by theway ⋋⁠✿⁠ ⁠⁰⁠ ⁠o⁠ ⁠⁰⁠ ⁠✿⁠⋌


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