**V2 Chapter 5 - The Pendragon of Legend**
It was already too late when Madana came back from Long Island. But she did not return to Queens, going to Manhattan instead. Madana's daily patrol usually starts in Queens and ends in Manhattan. Long Island and Manhattan are over an hour's drive away. But Madana has a great riding dog, Sebastien. It's a little faster than going by car, and it's less than an hour.
Madana's daily patrol begins at 8 a.m. and heads east from Queens, passing through Green City and Bay Beach, ending at Long Island. As usual, she returns to Queens before 11:00 AM to rest. After 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the midday patrol starts and goes west of Queens to downtown New York. Then, she heads north and stops in Manhattan. At 4:00 p.m., she returns to Queens and ends the day's heroic work. In other words, she doesn't patrol the whole of New York City. There is no need to turn. The rest of the territory is left to the New York Hero Association. She runs when there's something important to do; otherwise, she could die from overwork.
However, if another hero is in Queens, Queens is only one city for their responsiblity. They have to try hard to take responsibility for even one city. Madana can monitor from all CCTVs, so it saves a lot of time, allowing her to be responsible for many cities.
But today, she has to say that she has no more time. She got a little busy with the Russian mafia and came back late, so she missed Queens and had to go to New York and Manhattan instead. It was half past five in the evening when she arrived in Manhattan.
The Silver Warrior stood on a skyscraper in Manhattan, looking down on the entire city. Then she ordered the whole CCTV system to be connected to her suit system.
"System, connect Manhattan to all security CCTVs. Check each street for coincidence and report any unusual activity."
[Accepting the task.]
After the suit started working, Madana called Freya. She needed to inform Flora about the technology leak.
"Hello..." After a while, Freya's voice came from the other side, as usual, tired and wanting to listen.
"It's me, Flora. I have something to tell you." Hearing Madana's voice, Flora, who was tired, immediately replied with an energetic tone, as if she had drunk two cups of hot coffee.
"Madana, is it you? I'm thinking that You don't remember me anymore because you haven't called me these days. Where have you been? Is it the office? So tomorrow, we'll have a date."
"....." Madana didn't even know what to say because of Freya's sarcastic words. After a moment of silence, she spoke slowly.
"Manager, can't you put those things aside for a while? Let's talk about something important here."
Hearing Madana's urgent tone, Freya, who was in the office, was also worried. And Madana's voice was a panting tone. In fact, Madana was tired of riding a big dog around the city. But Freya thought otherwise.
"Uh...it's important...b...how important? Is it...is it that you're sick? Is it...or is it because the boys are following you around?"
"....." Madana was back on her feet again. She was more tired of explaining to Freya than she was tired of going all over New York.
"Actually, they aren't, I think our metal paladin suit technology has been leaked."
Flora said in disbelief when she heard Madana's words.
"But we keep that technology strictly secret. How come you say it's leaked?"
"I don't know, but check out Silver Knight's Twitter account. He posted about illegal tech suits hitting the market."
At Madana's words, Freya also went to Twitter on her office computer and searched for Silver Knight. A tweet was posted an hour ago, and the number of retweets is already in the tens of thousands.
'Everyone be careful. These Russian guys even have two illegal Metal Paladin suits. Arms smuggling is already on the rise.'
Madana is a smart person. She did not include the full range of questions she asked the Russians. Doing so would only serve to scare Dimitri to no avail. So, as if she knew, it was written as if to inform the public that it was seized by accident. With no footage of the accused being released, there is only a short video of less than a minute showing a close-up of the Metal Paladin suit.
People are panicking. These suits can be compared to C rank Mutants. If only the suits were in black market, wrong doing people could even protect themselves from the police. Then the rule of law will be reduced. Some people are tagging the metal platen company and asking for a solution.
Madana continued to explain to Freya. "Ever since I saw that video, I've been wondering, since these suits don't have the Metal Paladin logo on them, they're not your company's stuff. They're copy. But they're definitely not reverse-tracked. Because I'm not the one who invented them, and I know for sure that's not the case. The technology is exactly like mine."
Reverse tracing technology is a technology that takes an item apart and looks at how each one was made and then imitates it. The People's Republic of China used to steal a variety of Western technologies using such methods. They remade the Russian-made AK 47 as the Type 56 using that method. Because it is imitated without knowing the production process, there are differences in some places. There can be many different ways to produce an item, right? In short, there are many ways to purify water. Although they may not be exactly the same, these suits are identical.
"You mean our suit technology was acquired by an insider?"
"Well..."
Freya was silent. The Metal Paladin Company is no longer the same as it was in the previous golden era. In fact, it was this suit technology that gave them hope that they would continue to hold on. If other competing companies get this technology and come out with similar suits, they will collapse. Metal Paladin hasn't been at the top of the hero accessory world for a long time. Big companies that have better money and technology than them make metal paladin suits better. If they produce more, Metal Paladin will lose. They can sue them for stealing the technology, but if they come up with something different, there's nothing they can do. If the backbone technology is available, cloning is very easy.
After a while, Freya said again.
"I'll investigate." After saying that one word, she hung up. She didn't say anything to Madana.
"....." Madana patiently looked at the system again. The system was still looking for suspicious events.
[Accepting the task.] After a while, the light turned red and a warning appeared.
[A child separated from her parents and seemingly lost is found near Chelsea Market more than two ways.]
Manhattan is home to many attractions. The Empire State Building and the United Nations Headquarters are the most prominent. After that, there is the historic Chelsea Market. It was a trading place with the Anglo-Indians long ago and is still internationally known. It's not uncommon for people to get lost when they get confused.
The system zoomed in on the CCTV footage and showed it to Madana. A little girl with blonde hair, wearing a neo-goth dress, sat on the steps of a shop, her face in her lap, crying. Other adults are not with her.
Other heroes won't care about this kind of thing. At this price, the security personnel will leave it as a job. But for the good-hearted Silver Knight...
'Fragile little girls' smiles are worth protecting.' With that realization, the silver warrior leaped down onto the street, running sideways with the dog robot from the high-rise building. But such an action cannot be done without Sebastien.
Before long, she reached the point where she could see the little girl crying. When she looked closer, she saw that the child was even younger than she thought. More than nine years. It seems that it will only be ten years. But it's also possible that she appears younger than her actual age due to delayed development. The people who were walking next to them just looked at the crying little girl and kept going.
It's like a psychologist's experiment. You can't assume that there are people who will help you. People will help. You will see an increase in the number of people watching with their hands folded, thinking that this person will be saved.
'The child is crying, so it's okay to soothe it with something?' Madana stared at the girl and entered the scenerio with her chin supported. To the outside world, they would only see the big silver warrior with his chin down, thinking deeply about something. Then Madana saw an ice cream shop selling ice cream from a cart on the side of the road.
"Hahaha... Isn't ice cream the best way to soothe children?" As the silver warrior thought, the ice cream came closer, and she raised two fingers.
"Give me a vanilla ice cream, I'll pay with Mobile Pay." The uncle from the ice cream shop looked at the silver warrior with his mouth agape, and even the ice cream cutter he was holding in his hand fell back into the ice cream box.
After a while, the Silver Knight, who walked straight forward like a true warrior and raised her chest, reached in front of the little girl, leaned on one knee, and brought the ice cream to her face.
Noticing that someone was approaching, Fralita looked up slowly. Then she saw the silver warrior's face and didn't know what to say.
'From praise, Right now, I'm going to meet the person I don't want to meet the most.' The Archmega, Fralita, considered herself SilverKnight's rival. So she didn't want the silver warrior to see her as a weak little girl. So she immediately pouted her lips and turned into an angry face.
"Princess, are you separated from your parents? Even if this warrior has to go to the end of the world, I will find them for you. For now, take your time and enjoy the ice cream."
The little girl, who showed such a weak face in front of her great enemy, was so embarrassed that her face was already red. But because she had been crying all day, she was already thirsty for water. So she took the ice cream while talking with a heavy heart.
"Don't treat me like a child. I'm not a child. I didn't get separated from my parents. I came here alone."
Madana's face in the suit became sharp. 'This kid is so cute,' Even though I was told to go up, did not refuse to give it again.' In fact, Madana didn't have much experience in taking care of children. She is the only child in the family and lived the life of a lonely mouse.
'But what about coming on my own? This child ran away from home, didn't she?' The silver warrior glanced at the little girl to make sure. The little girl, enjoying her ice cream, noticed the silver warrior's gaze and shouted back.
"Huh... what are you looking at?"
"...." Madana also scratched her head in disgust. But you can only rub the head of the suit, not the inside of the head. 'This girl is very angry.'
"Is the princess lost while wandering around alone?" This time, the little girl nodded. Madana continued to ask.
"Then where should I send you, and where is the house?"
Madana's words made the little girl sigh and finish the last of the ice cream.
"This mistress is staying at a hotel in the west of Pendry, send me there."
Madana raised her eyebrows slightly because of Loli's words. The Pendry Hotel and Chelsea Market are just over three streets away. The city dwellers used to walk that distance. It looks like this girl is pretty bad at distinguishing between directions.
"Young servant... you lead the way, this mistress follows behind..." The little girl seemed to sit on her head as soon as she gave her an order. She called her a young servant and stood up. After that, she had to sit back in pain because of the wounds on her feet. The face was ugly.
When Madana saw this, she stopped saying anything and picked up the little girl in her arms and held her up like a princess.
"Hey...hey...what are you doing?"
"This young servant must send the princess back to the palace." Madana laughed and carried the little girl forward. In the clearing, Sebastien came out of the same alley and barked at Madana.
"Wow...Wow..." The little girl looked a little startled when she saw that dog. Madana said not to be afraid.
"Don't be afraid, this dog is big but clever." After that, the little girl was put on the big dog first, and she climbed up behind her. If you don't know, it's like a great warrior who is about to put the princess on a horse and take her to safety.
"Hold on, don't let it fall." Madana gave a final warning and took the little girl with one hand and rode the shuttle to the hotel.
Not long after, the two of them arrived in front of the hotel. A hero suddenly arriving at a five-star hotel caused quite a stir. An employee saw the little girl in her arms and a group of employees came running.
"Isn't it Miss Pendragon? I'm looking for Miss. Remind her not to worry."
An employee dressed as a steward said. As a five-star hotel, it's normal for them to take care of their customers, but from the way she's going about it right now, this girl is going to be more than normal. Madana raised her eyebrows again.
'Pendragon?' She raised an eyebrow at the little girl's family name. Isn't King Arthur's family in legend enough? But after the little girl had dismounted from her dog, she bowed a little, raising the hem of her dress a little in the manner of British noblemen.
"I apologize for greeting myself so late, Sir Warrior. I am Viscount Fralita, head of the two Pendragon and Tyrone families."
After that, she straightened up and continued.
"If you ever see me again as a non-royal, please call me Lady instead of Princess, Sir SilverKnight."
"As you wish, My Lady." Madana greeted her as a warrior greets. After that, she waited until the little girl entered the hotel. On the way home, her mind was dominated by the strange little girl.
"Is she really a Pendragon?..."
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