Merlin was on his way back because he had already looked for the prisoner when he met Sir Mordred. He joined him in silence and together they went back down into the dungeon vaults. When they wanted to send the guards away, they refused, as they were admonished to obey only orders from the king or the head of the castle guard. Merlin quickly sent a messenger to Warrick, who quickly entered the dungeon. Merlin briefly explained that Sir Mordred had official permission from the king to speak to the prisoner alone. Warrick suggested that the guards be positioned outside the closed door of the dungeon and he could keep Merlin company here. Meanwhile Mordred became impatient and just nodded to finally get the conversation over with. The guards left the dungeon and Warrick unlocked Mordred's cell, locked it again and went with Merlin a few meters away from the cell.
"How is it that you accompany the knight," Warrick asked after a few minutes of silence.
Merlin just shrugged his shoulders to answer.
"You're friends, I suppose," Warrick continued to drill.

Merlin snorted and said, "That's not quite the answer.
Warrick was disappointed. He had already suspected that perhaps Sir Mordred was Merlin's friendly wizard. He couldn't make sense of Merlin's presence or the absence of other knights. Prisoners were never interrogated alone. This was only the case when the conversations could become personal, so Sir Mordred knew the prisoner.
"Sir Mordred and the prisoner are no strangers to each other, right?" he guessed aloud.
Merlin felt compelled to answer this. If he would not answer at all, this could also be seen as confirmation. "That is hard to say. Sir Mordred has apparently not seen Kara for some time and who knows how she has changed. Yes, he recognized her and she recognized him, but I think that was it. We have to find out if she was cursed or blackmailed. She's more likely to reveal something to a familiar face than a stranger." Merlin hoped to remove any possible doubt he might have had about Sir Mordred.
He heard Mordred suddenly speak to him in his thoughts: "Merlin, I am fine. Give me five more minutes. Unfortunately, I see no signs that she was cursed. It seems that she acted of her own free will and wants to punish Arthur for Uther's crimes. Furthermore, she claims that Arthur too, under the leadership of Uther druids and sorcerers, has brought death and pain. It does not matter to her that Arthur has not executed a wizard since his reign. She smells everywhere only treason and also the change of the law is in her eyes only a deceitful trick to lure out all people with magic and then kill them. Her parents were killed in a robbery some years ago. She blames Arthur for this as well.

Warrick could observe Merlin's attention being taken up by something, but he couldn't see what it was. In the direction Merlin was staring, you could only see the dungeon wall. "Merlin?" he asked about it.
Merlin's gaze refocused and he looked at Warrick. "Yes?" he asked back.
"Shouldn't we check if the knight is okay?", Warrick expressed his concern.
"I think everything will be fine. We haven't heard any strange noises and I don't want to interrupt the possible conversation. If the knight does not come of his own accord in a few minutes, perhaps it would be appropriate after all."
Just as Warrick was about to suggest again that he should check on the knight, Sir Mordred came from the direction of the cell with a petrified expression. Warrick looked stunned. He had the door himself locked again. How could the knight get out of the cell without his help? Merlin saw the distrust in the eyes of the castle guard. As Sir Mordred was about to pass Warrick, the guard stood in his way. Merlin used the distraction and with a glow in his eyes, the cell key from Warrick's coat pocket floated into Mordred's hand. The key was reflexively grabbed by him. Mordred's gaze wandered to his hand as Warrick simultaneously asked, "How did you open the cell door?
Warrick followed Mordred's gaze and saw the key in his hand. Mordred quickly recalled and, turning to the guard, said accusingly, "You gave it to me yourself after you locked it. I don't know why, but next time you should keep it. After all, the prisoner has magic, and one should be careful. I did not expect her to attack me, but you never know.
Mordred returned the key to the guard without comment and left. Merlin glanced apologetically at Warrick and followed the knight. Warrick stayed behind in bewilderment and agreed with the knight that his behavior was reckless. That was not his usual way. To be on the safe side he went back to the cell and found that the prisoner in the cell and the door was properly locked.

Merlin and Mordred talked quietly on the way to the throne room.
"Thank you, Merlin. I opened and closed the door with magic in my mind, without really noticing it. I think I also wanted to prove to Kara that I could still use magic. I only have the suspicion that she is in contact with Morgana, but she has not confirmed this specifically. She is definitely not powerful enough to hide a curse behind a curse and keep it up for that long. So she was only the messenger, but still she is not innocent. Although she has changed so much to the negative, I don't know if I can bear her death," Mordred confessed tortured.
Merlin stepped in front of Mordred, forcing him not only to stop, but to look into Merlin's eyes. "We'll find a way to keep Kara from being executed and still not harm Arthur or Camelot."
Mordred looked at Merlin hopefully. He could almost believe it, but he still worried about Kara and also about Arthur. Even if they stopped Kara from hurting Arthur, who stopped him from piercing Arthur himself with a sword?
They resumed their journey and reached the throne room. They saw that they were probably the last, for the heavy doors closed behind them. As soon as they had taken their place, Arthur opened the session with these words: "You are welcome. The last days were very eventful. What is there to report?"
A knight stood up and expressed his concern that many mounted soldiers had been seen in the neighboring country of Essetir and that the inhabitants of the outer villages had left their homes to seek shelter with other relatives. "There are still no exact reports of assaults or injuries. It seems that this was merely a precautionary measure."
Arthur raised his voice again: "I thank you. Yes, we definitely have to keep an eye on the borders, even though our attention is here right now, as we are dealing with a major change in the law, no enemy should take this as an invitation to attack us. We must always be united and strong in our actions. I have several changes in mind and would like to hear your honest opinion on them. The first matter concerns the law text, in which every magician automatically deserves to die only because of his talent, whether old or young, woman or man, regardless of whether this person is practicing magic at all. Before we vote on whether this law should be abolished, I would first like to ask for your comments.

Sir Leon stood up immediately and said, "People should be judged by their actions and not by their possible skills. I advocate the abolition of the law."
There were murmurs of agreement in the room. Occasionally a frown or a shake of the head could be observed. Since no other knight stood up, Arthur called for a vote and proudly saw that almost all knights were for abolition and only a few abstained.
"I hereby officially announce that from now on the possession of magical abilities will not be punished and that the aforementioned passage of the law will be completely deleted.
He waited until Merlin had written this down on a parchment and the king put his signature including a wax seal under the resolution. Arthur noticed that his servant's hand trembled heavily while writing the document.
"We have often suffered because of magic in the past, so I think it is important that the use of magic that harms other people continues to be met with severe punishment.
Another knight stood up and said: "I am glad that magicians do not get a free pass for their actions. It is not for nothing that magic has been equated with betrayal until today. Wizards have a lot of power and this power can easily be misused. We need hard laws to protect ourselves and our families."
Then Sir Percival stood up and said: "Yes, we need hard laws, but what sense do laws make if they are hard but not fair and absolutely inappropriate to the violation? Suppose a witch gives a rash to an unsympathetic neighbor's face. By doing so, the witch has definitely harmed another person and deserves to be punished, but does she really deserve to die right away?
The knight sat down again and a loud discussion broke out. Suddenly Merlin cleared his throat loudly and all eyes were on him. He waited until Arthur nodded at him, then he took the floor: "In the past, death sentences and executions were pronounced very quickly. Sometimes days or even hours later it was found that the accused was not guilty after all, or that death in hindsight had been an untenable decision. I am not saying that some people may not deserve to die, but if a death sentence is signed, the signer must be absolutely sure that the person deserves it - there must be no last doubts. Merlin stepped back again, fell silent and tried not to look in the direction of Sir Mordred at that moment.
Immediately it became loud again in the hall. The strongest was the fear of imprisoned magicians. Gwen was getting a bit too much of that. She also rose and immediately everyone in the hall fell silent. "I understand the fear of magicians. The quick executions of magicians were based, among other things, on the fact that they possessed magic and the longer they were held captive, the more likely they were to escape. But in this discussion it is forgotten that magic in general is no longer prohibited. Magic for protection, defense or healing should be allowed and therefore good people with magical abilities could help us in the fight against evil, i.e. misguided people who want to harm others". Gwen sat down and a crackling silence could be heard in the room.
A knight started laughing, stood up and said, "What magician would be stupid enough to travel to Camelot and help us? Every magician who has set foot in Camelot to this day has been captured and executed."
Sir Gwaine stood up and replied, "You really think the sorcerers are stupid, don't you? They do not walk around proclaiming loudly that they can do magic. Some of you have certainly learned to keep your abilities secret and to adapt. If there are wizards in Camelot who could live happily, I can imagine that they would want to help to show that not every wizard is automatically bad.
The same Knight replied, "What makes you so sure Sir Gwaine? Do you have such as magical abilities yourself?"
Sir Gwaine grinned mischievously and replied, "If that were the case, don't you think I would have adapted brilliantly? He scratched his chin and continued: "On the other hand, I would probably have cured my headache after a visit to a tavern and saved myself the ridicule of a black eye, wouldn't I?
In the relaxed mood, a very old knight, who had already lost a lot of white hair, suddenly stood up and said quietly with drops of sweat on his forehead: "There are magicians in Camelot.

It became very quiet in the room and all eyes were fixed on the older knight. He swallowed and gathered courage to continue: "There are magicians in Camelot. They have always existed and will probably always exist. They have learned to live here undiscovered. They had to learn that you can hardly trust anybody and yet they could not completely break off contact with others, knowing that they had a responsibility through their gifts. A responsibility that they take very seriously - no matter what the dangers. He swallowed again and although he did not find the courage to look at the king, his eyes still sought the queen, "My grandson was dying a few months ago. He had got a high fever and the healer in the village did not know what to do. He gave the little boy perhaps two or three days to live. I begged him that I would pay everything and do everything if he would only save my little one. You could see the man's inner struggle and finally he told me a place where I would get help. In my desperation, I asked what could help him now. Thereupon the healer said that the only thing that could save him was magic and even this was uncertain. You know that my grandson is alive. Yes, I went to the place in question and asked for help. I could not believe that I was not sent away. I was still wearing the colors of a knight of Camelot, since I immediately went to that place with my grandson without hesitation. I was blindfolded so that I could not recognize any faces, even the voices sounded strangely distorted. It was an act of desperation. I did not care if I would survive this, the main thing was that there was a chance that he would be helped. I suddenly fell asleep and when I woke up, my grandson was lying next to me with rosy cheeks. Only a part of my money in the bag was missing. After a few days I went back to the place I had mentioned and found it abandoned. The old knight sat down again. He had become very pale in the meantime and did not know whether he had made a mistake and perhaps put his grandson in danger.
Gwen had maintained eye contact with Sir Boran throughout the confession and now turned to Arthur, whispering softly. Merlin also bowed his head, which brought him close to the whisper. "I would have done the same for you, Arthur, even if the penalty was death."
The King looked at his wife and nodded. "Yes, I would have done the same. I was also prepared to cure my father with magic, even though this probably failed because of Morgana's intervention, and yet I do not quite know how to react to this situation in front of the knights."
Merlin then whispered: "Let your knights decide with you. According to the old law Sir Boran and his grandson would have to be executed, according to the new law nobody knows this yet and this has to be clarified. Perhaps the information that even Uther Gaius once desperately asked Gaius to save Morgana by magic when everything else could not save her anymore will help you.
"Even my father, for whom this law was so important, broke it in order to save a loved one after all," Arthur marveled. Merlin nudged Arthur, because the king had not noticed that he had probably said his last words louder than intended.
He lifted his eyes and said, "Magicians live well in Camelot and it is up to us to gain their trust and help us catch dark magicians. An offence has just been confessed."

The older knight, who had made up his mind a bit, became chalky pale again.
"My father's laws have long since become outdated and I suggest that we discuss how we want to deal with this situation today. I suspect that almost everyone would have acted like Sir Boran, and yet the dilemma remains that magic was forbidden and punishable by death. Laws make sense and they serve to prevent chaos from breaking out. How shall we decide, Knights of Camelot," Arthur exclaimed.
The elder knight said in a thin voice: "I, Sir Boran, willingly accept any punishment. Since my grandson is too small to make a conscious decision, I will gladly take his punishment upon myself as well."
Sir Percival then said: "My friend, although I doubt that this is necessary, I am against a possible death penalty. It was brave of you to tell us this incident, and it gives us hope that we can work and live with magicians in the future. The elder knight nodded gratefully at Sir Percival.
The queen raised the word and said: "I think I express the thoughts of all those present here that a death penalty is not at all up for discussion, but there must be a consequence of the law breaking.
A pale, grumpy knight asked challengingly: "How do we know that the grandson has not been bewitched by an evil demon and will not bring death and damnation upon us in some time?
King Arthur fixed the knight and rummaged in his mind for the name. "Sir Hirar, it seems to me that such a procedure on the part of the sorcerers is not logical, but a miraculous healing can look suspicious. In order to remove any doubts completely, I suggest, if there are no objections, that my court physician may examine the grandson and may repeat this at his discretion.
Gwen waited a few moments, but when no one spoke up again, she asked in the round: "Furthermore, we need an appropriate punishment for Sir Boran.

Sir Leon hesitantly expressed his idea: "Perhaps he could act as a mediator between sorcerers and the Knights of Camelot. The sorcerers or druids have a great distrust of knights, which unfortunately was also strongly founded in the past". Sir Leon's face turned white for a moment and got small red spots. He blinked, grasped himself and continued: "But if they recognize in Sir Boran the grandfather concerned about his grandson, this connection could be developed and strengthened.
Arthur was eager to make a decision on this incident today, but he did not want to rush this event, so he asked that everyone had a short time to think about what was said or to exchange ideas in conversation. He then looked at Merlin questioningly. Gwen had also changed her gaze from Arthur to Merlin. Merlin could hardly describe the chaos in his head, the joy and hope in his heart. "I, ..., if, ... I can't think clearly right now and I'm not at all objective about this case, but a mediator who can bring knights and wizards closer ... if this really works", Merlin broke blissfully and got a dreamy expression.
The queen's soft giggle made him find his way back to reality.
"The idea with the mediator is good, but one alone will not be enough. For decades, magicians were outlawed, so it takes more than just a knight to mediate. Furthermore, not only knights should be able to become mediators, but everyone who is well-disposed towards Camelot and the wizards at the same time. I would also not rule out that Sir Leon would be another good choice for this position. In the long run, not only healers, but also wizards with fighting skills should be welcomed to Camelot. If I have permission, I would like to write to a friend and invite him here. Even scholars or druids who have studied magic and healing over many years should be able to pay and be respected. Merlin broke off when he realized that Arthur could no longer suppress a grinning shake of the head.
"It's really a satisfaction to hear you come up with ideas that haven't been thought through in the smallest detail. Usually I'm the one who throws ideas into the room, which are illuminated by you from all sides to rub my nose in the weak spots.

"If you hadn't interrupted Merlin, he would probably talk enthusiastically for days about possible changes and innovations and jump from one idea to the next," Gwen kept teasing him.
Merlin looked embarrassed on the ground. On the one hand, he was happy about the open attitude of the royal couple, on the other hand he was almost ashamed of his euphoric outburst of possibilities. As the conversations in the room slowly subsided, Arthur called for a vote. The grandson of Sir Boran should have the pleasure of being examined personally by the court physician and not only Sir Boran, but also to Sir Leon's surprise, he himself should act as a mediator between knights and wizards or druids. Sir Boran was relieved. He had not believed that he was facing the death penalty, but he had already feared a prison sentence or something similar. He did not know how he could become a good mediator, but he wanted to do his best. He owed thanks not only to the magicians who had saved his grandson's life, but also to King Arthur, who had awarded him a special position and at the same time had given his grandson excellent medical care. Immediately after the council meeting, he would visit his healer, report on the events and ask for a meeting with the druids.

Hey hey:)

As I promised yesterday, heres the new chapter for today. There are only ten more chapters coming in the next time, then the story is over:(

But anyway, Whats your favourite Netflix series/ Film?

I´m going to watch a few new series soon, so heres a list of them, maybe you can check them out for a long series weekend when it rains a lot:)

My top newest films: for Halloween

1. Hubie Halloween age: 6 Time: 1h, 43min

2. The Babysitter Killer Queen, and the Babysitter (two films) Age: 16, Time: 1h, 42min

3. Little evil Age: 12, Time: 1h, 34min

( all films are from 2020 )

My top series:

1. Julie and the phantoms, S1 from 2020, age: 6

2. Spuk in Bly Manor, S1 from 2020, age: 16

3. Gotham S1 - S5 from 2019 and previous, age: 16

Now you have some stuff to watch for this weekend:) See ya soon