Bitterly, the knight snapped the arrow in two in the hardened palm of her gauntlet with a thick glower but also a rather perplexed expression as well, her eyes trailing from the tainted steel tip of the deadly projectile towards its intended victim, the ever flustered and hesitant Crystal who stood before Irina, timidly showing her gratitude for the woman saving her life for the second time in a row. With a flick of her wrist, Irina tossed aside the broken posion arrow, her scowl slowly returning to a more sincere face as she replied to the Princess' shaky but grateful utterance of words, "Tis true, M'lady." Although that sounded a bit too matter of factly, but Irina was never one to sugar coat anything, even when it came to rescuing a beautiful young girl such as Crystal. "I was fortunate enough to catch the glint off your assailant's spyglass before they were able to volley this most foul of killing blows to you." A little trick the knight had learned when she too had come under fire by archers in the battlefield. There would be two of them, a spotter, he was the one who chose targets, far or narrow for his archer to engage, a spyglass or telescope he would have on hand, just so he could marvel at the grim twisting of the face one experienced from a well placed arrow coated in basilisk venom, piercing into their flesh with such an agonizing, fiery pain until the poison coursed its way to your heart and you dropped instantly to the mud and the blood below you...dead....

However those spyglasses were quite the give-away, especially on a clear, sunny day as this, the convex lens reflecting the light back and instantly compromising the enemy archer's whereabouts with what most hardened warriors coined [i]The Star of Demise[/i]. Well thank the Goddess no further demise had come to the Princess in due thanks as well to Irina's keen sense. Still, rather terrified was the young girl, a second attempt on her life, and for why? Who in their right of mind would even think of harming such a delicate flower as the Princess? And also for what damned reason was there to snuff the flame of the brightest candle glowing throughout the fair lands of Alegasia? It puzzled Irina so, but...the attempt was done...for now. "Worry you not, M'lady." Her voice was calm and reassuring to the frightened girl, as was her face. She guessed now would be the best time to tell her...seems she's already shown Crystal why she was here. "For as appointed by His Majesty your father....I shall protect you with everything I have...even if that means giving my own life for yours."