Gabriel's words seemed to appeal to the younger knights certainly. Many of them stayed still, a few still hesitating, but when the first older knight stepped on Gabriel's side the knight captain's smug smirk turned into a frown, and then into a glare. Ultimately, roughly half the knights stepped over to Gabriel's side, but it seemed the others held ground near the knight captain. He had all the young knights, the new third, and a small amount of older knights.<br/><br/>Among them, however, was the Duke's Knight Commander.<br/><br/>"We have to make a choice, and I think that even if the king has made mistakes, being willing to admit them and face the consequences is better then trying to deny being wrong. The courage to show up here to apologise like this is enough for me. Lets get this kingdom back on the right path." There was a cheer among the knights, although the knight captain turned around to walk away, an angry look on his face. Though the Knight Commander in Duke's service was appointed by the Duke, the Order's Captain in charge of the training was obviously not happy to lose his new blood, and certainly not happy to lose even some of his older knights.<br/><br/>"So, we got partial success?" Michael said a bit warily.