Wendelin von Benno Baumeister/Relationships

## Relationships

### Towards his Family

There isn’t much love or attachment towards my parents, siblings and the Baumeister household. He told himself he wasn't going to get involved with his family, but after Marlene Baumeister's dead grandfather told him, "I leave it to you", he decided to resolve the problems of his home. He planned to take over the territory and hire a viceroy to run everything. Of course, the Kingdom had other plans and wanted him to develop the Savage Lands, since he could use his magic to speed up the development.  Later as time progresses his feelings towards his family changes for the better.

### Artur von Benno Baumeister

Wend doesn't have a good relationship with his father seen by the fact that he couldn't wait to leave the household and had decided he would never come back after he left. Of course, circumstances changed forcing him to return. Wend feels that it is his father's fault for what happened between him and Kurt as his father didn't seem to want to deal with Kurt. After Klaus tells Wend about his father's past deeds, he decides if there is a rebellion, he won't even attempt to save his father and Kurt. He will only save his mother, Amalie and her children

### Johanna von Benno Baumeister

Wend relationship with his mother is on good terms, but it is not a close relationship. This is due to the fact that after he was born, she couldn't spend much time raising him since she had to work in the fields. Their relationship has improved over time where he now cares more for her and has even give Paul extra funds to take care of her well being.

### Kurt von Benno Baumeister

Originally Wend didn't dislike Kurt, but that all changes when Wend returned to the territory to handle the zombies. He saw what a toxic person he had become and after Marlene Baumeister's grandfather told him "I leave it to you" before he was purified, he decided to take over the territory from Kurt. All Kurt could think was Wend is going to steal his birthright and was there to undermine him. He couldn't see that Wend could be someone to raise the status of the family if he accepted his help. Kurt was too fixated on power and lost all reasoning. Later, Wend decided he has to harden his heart and remove Kurt. Wend and his group did things to try and enrage Kurt so he would do something stupid, and this would allow the Kingdom to remove him. They didn't expect that Kurt was delusional and thought that if he killed Wend, he would inherit Wend's estate. Kurt was easily tricked by Baron Rückner to kill Wend and his party. This all backfired on Kurt, and he realized he had been used right before he died.

### Erich Baumeister

At first Erich was the only one who he talked to and got along with, but this changed at Erich's wedding as he started talking to Paul von Benno Baumeister and Helmut von Baumeister. While discussing the lack of wedding presents from his parents, Wend stated if Erich had inherited he wouldn't have mind helping him develop the territory, but "please don’t ask me to offer such free beneficial services to such a father and Kurt-nii-san!" is how he felt.

### Paul von Benno Baumeister

He didn't much of a relationship with Paul till he came to the Royal Capitol for Erich's wedding and after that it improved to the point of how brothers should be. He was with Wend when Karl tried to kill him and he was rewarded a Baronet and some land in the Baumeister Knight Territory from the Kingdom as a reward. He understands that both his marriage and peerage is a result from Wend accomplishments.

### Alfred Reinford

Alfred was Wend's magic teacher. They had good relationship. Wend was very grateful to Alfred for teaching him magic and was sad that he had to purge his master. Even though Wend will have other teachers, Alfred will be the only one he will recognize as his true master and he considers him a "great existence for me." Wend will take Alfred's magic notes and turn them in a magic textbook to make sure future generations remember who he was.

## Wives

*Unlike most other noble wives who are vying to have their children inherit, Wend's wives know their children will all have a secure future since he is starting his noble house from scratch. Due to this there is no fighting or power grab as they all get along with each other. Rodrich has also helped in this as he has planned out the future inheritance for Wend's children.*

### Elise Katharina von Hohenheim

She became his first fiancée and then joins his adventurer party. When he went to the true baptism her grandfather, Egmund von Hohenheim, was talking about her future and how he wanted her to lead a normal life and not one in the church. During this conversation he tricked Wend into accepting her as his head wife. Initially, Wendelin was afraid of this idea, but a date with her changed his mind. Elise is Wendelin's greatest supporter and she accompanies him everywhere he goes and always stands by his side both on the battlefield and outside. Elise always cooks with love for her beloved and they often go on dates.

Ever since coming back from the Empire she has become possessive of Wendelin and gets jealous during the time Therese Sigrid von Philip (future wife) kept clinging to him. She has also been affectionately calling him 'Dear' ever since.

She is the first to give birth to Wend's son, who is the father's successor as the head of the family. They are married in Chapter 75

### Wilmal Etol von Asgahan

Wilmal was introduced by General Edgar to be Wend's bodyguard when he returned to the Baumeister Knight Territory after defeating the zombies. He was initially trying to avoid having her as one of his wives, but after a fishing trip alone with her he decided he would take her in to make sure she survives due to the "Hero Syndrome" plus he didn't want her to be taken advantage of. Brantark Ringstat told him he will need to take responsibility and marry her, but he was still undecided. When he returned to the Royal capital to report on Kurt's attempted assassination of him and his party General Edgar told him "Wilma is my adopted daughter! You do understand, right? Wend understood and made her his 4th fiancée at the time. They are married in Chapter 75

### Katharina Linda von Waigel

They first met when Katharina came to the demon forest and challenged Wend to a competition. The first time she lost to Wend and the second time she lost to the other members of Wends party. He initially didn't like her attitude, but he realized she was a loner like him and allowed her to stay at his mansion. Wend had a habit of going into the bathroom when one of his wives was in there to see them naked. Even though he wouldn't do anything till after the marriage, he still liked to look at them. One day he saw the bathroom was occupied and walked in to see Katharina in the bath. Wend didn't act regretful and casually said "have you gained weight?". Katharina slapped him and Elise told him to leave the mark on his face all day. Katharina was crying on Elise lap and told Wend to take responsibility and marry her. They are married in Chapter 75. One of the reason Wend loves her is due to her "cute" parts.

Later, Wend is told by Rhodrich how she can reestablish her fallen noble house. Wend goes to her and explains that since she is female, she will never be able to reestablish her house. She will need to marry a noble and her son will be able to complete this. She asks Wend to accompany her to her family's old territory to discuss this with her families' old retainers. While she is explaining it, she tells them she will take Wend as her husband to restore her family and it will be reestablished in Wend's territory. 95% of her families' old retainers follow her back to Wend's territory and some of the ones who left previously to different locations, also follow her.

### Katia von Eulenberg

Katia was a solo adventurer who later became Wend's party member. She first meets Wend and the rest of his party during a joint wyvern subjugation request in the mountains of the Baumeister territory, which they complete successfully. Later on, they meet again while Wend was in the middle of important negotiations with Lord Eulenberg and Margrave Bleichröder over the possible joint management of the newly excavated tunnel connecting the Baumeister territory with Bleichröder's lands. It is then that Katia is revealed to actually be Lord Eulenberg's daughter and the initial negotiations are subsequently derailed when she tries to solve their tunnel administration dilemma by outrageously proposing to hold a tournament open to all nobles in the kingdom, with her hand in marriage as well as the Eulenberg's stake in the tunnel as the main prize - provided that they can defeat her in combat.

After she defeated all the contests, King Helmut, told Wend to go teach her a lesson. Wend easily defeated her and after the fight King Helmut told him to take responsibility and marry her. Katia had no problems with this, and she welcomed becoming part his family.

Ever since getting married, Katia has become quite affectionate as she blushes whenever Wend complements her and when he says something that she can relate to. She affectionately calls him 'hubby'.

### Louise Yorande Aorelia Oufelbeik

She was part of Wend class at the Adventurers Academy prep school. One day while Wend and Erwin were on the way back from a hunt Wend sensed that two people were under attack from wolves. After Wend and Erwin rescued them from the pack of wolves they went to diner as a treat from Wend. The next day her and Ina turned in their group paperwork and had put Wend and Erwin as their team members. Wend was amazed they did this, but he decided to go along with it as he could always change to different team members. When Wend was invited to Amadeus Freitak von Bleichröder party for the first time, Amadeus also invited her as she is a daughter of one of his retainers. After Wend headed to the capital for Erich Baumeister wedding he paid for her to accompany him. While in the capital Erich tells her she should try to become one of Wend's concubines and so starts "Operation Concubine". With prodding from Amadeus she tries to seduce Wend on his 13th birthday. He doesn't do anything and covers her with sheet and tells her he will take her as a wife in the future. They are married in Chapter 75

Compared to the rest of the harem, she is a lot closer to his line of thinking and they discuss a lot of things that aren't related to their relationship, such as scheming or their observances during their peeping on the naked bodies of other girls.

### Iina Suzane Hirenbrant

She was part of Wend class at the Adventurers Academy prep school. One day while Wend and Erwin were on the way back from a hunt Wend sensed that two people were under attack from wolves. After Wend and Erwin rescued them from the pack of wolves they went to diner as a treat from Wend. The next day her and Ina turned in their group paperwork and had put Wend and Erwin as their team members. Wend was amazed they did this, but he decided to go along with it as he could always change to different team members. When Wend was invited to Amadeus Freitak von Bleichröder party for the first time, Amadeus also invited her as she is a daughter of one of his retainers. After Wend headed to the capital for Erich Baumeister wedding he paid for her to accompany him. While in the capital Erich tells her she should try to become one of Wend's concubines and so starts "Operation Concubine". With prodding from Amadeus she tries to seduce Wend on his 13th birthday, he doesn't do anything, but he gives her his shirt to wear and promises that he will marry her one day.

She is the first one to fall in love with Wend and decided she wanted to be his wife soon after meeting him. She didn't think she had a chance with him till Erich encouraged her and Louise to pursue him. They are married in Chapter 75

### Philine von Bleichröder

Philine is the legitimized daughter of Margrave Bleichröder and a fiancée of Wendelin. When it was proved that she was the daughter of Amadeus, Wend brought her back from the Urquhart Holy Empire after the Civil War. While taking her to meet her father for the first time Margravine Bleichröder told him she will marry him when she comes of age. Wend wasn't paying attention and agreed and before he knew it he was engaged to her. When he takes his wives on vacations or trips he includes her. When they get married she will become his second wife due to her fathers standing.

### Lisa Clemente Ulrique Exler

A famous adventurer and magician was Katia's mentor. She was unable to make her wedding and showed up later to congratulate her. When she showed she noticed that Katia's mana pool had grown and wanted to know why. She and Therese Sigrid von Philip started to have an argument, with Therese exchanging insulted blow for blow. The two decided to have a duel in one month to settle the matter. At the duel Therese used all her mana on one Fireball spell and then gave up. Lisa told Therese to tell her to secret to increasing mana, but Therese told her "We never agreed to such terms. Lisa started to get aggressive towards Katia to make her tell her about the increasing mana so Wend stepped in-between them and then had a duel with Lisa. Wend cast a new spell, Absolute Zero, and this caused all of Lisa's clothes to become brittle and to disintegrate. Lisa was taken into the mansion by Wends wives and later in the mansion told Wend to take responsibility for her since he saw her naked. He was trying to find a way out but, in the end, she became Wend's 7th official wife. She becomes his wife in Volume 14 Chapter 8

### Amalie Mainbach

She is Wend's mistress and sister-in-law, having been married to his eldest brother, Kurt. After Kurt's death, Wend was sending money to Paul to support her and her children. Later Wend's father and Amadeus Freitak von Bleichröder decided to see if she would be Wend's sex teacher . When Artur asked if she could do this she agreed as she wanted to secure her sons future. During their time together they ended up falling in love with each other. With the approval of Wend's wives, she moves in with them as their mansion's housekeeper (in name only). Amalie continues to have a romantic relationship with Wend and remains by his side. Even before they became lovers, her and Wend had a very good relationship. She was the only one he could talk to when he was living at home, and he was the only one she could have an intelligent conversation with. She bares him a daughter and, by the end of the novel, becomes his wife.

### Duchess Therese Sigrid von Philip

Before she became one of Wend's mistress, she was in fact in line to become the empress of the Urquhart Holy Empire. When the Civil war happened, Max Erhart Armin von Nürnberg who started the Civil war, tried to kill her but Wend and his group killed all the assassins. After being rescued one of her retainers took offense to Wend destroying carriages and horses that belong to the Empire so Wend almost abandoned her to her own fate. After she smoothed things over they went to raise the army in the north of the kingdom and also from the Mizuno Country. After the Civil was over she decided to give up her peerage to her cousin and go live with Wend. When Wends wives got pregnant, she invited Wend to keep her company. One night he took her up on it and then became one of his mistresses and eventually a wife.

### Agnes von Benno Baumeister

She was a student when Wend was a temporary teacher. She was one of his favorite students so Wend spoiled her by taking her to the ocean with him and also taking her out to diner as a prize for winning the contests he came up with. He thought she was like the student presidents in his classes back on earth. He introduced her family to the concept of sunglasses as her family ran an eye glass shop. After he left the store, her family was ecstatic thinking Wend was interested in their daughter and was already ready to give her to him. Rhodrich also pushed him to take her as a wife.

### Cindy von Benno Baumeister

She was a student when Wend was a temporary teacher. She was one of his favorite students so Wend spoiled her by taking her to the ocean with him and also taking her out to diner as a prize for winning the contests he came up with. He wanted to get something for his wives during his teaching in the capital and Agnes von Benno Baumeister recommended flowers and explained that Cindy's family owns a flower shop. Wend went there and bought the flowers recommended by Cindy for his wives. As thanks he also bought flowers for Cindy. Oblivious to him the flowers he bought has the meaning of "I love You". After he left the shop her father and the other employees started celebrating and planning for her marriage to Wend with plans to open a shop in the capital of his territory once they got married and the child born by her will inherit that store. She couldn't bring herself to tell her father the truth that Wend had no idea what the flowers meant,Rhodrich also pushed him to take her as a wife.

### Betty von Benno Baumeister

She was a student when Wend was a temporary teacher. She was one of his favorite students so Wend spoiled her by taking her to the ocean with him and also taking her out to diner as a prize for winning the contests he came up with. Her brother ran a restaurant that he inherited from their parents. The Wend stopped in to east there and when her brother asked his opinion of the food, Wend was honest and said it was just average. Betty arrived at the restaurant Wend was surprised and after discussing it with her she decided to help them out. He changed the restaurant into a bar that also served food and it started to flourish. Betty became the guarantor of the money lent by Wend and when she thought about not being able to repay it and becoming Wends property, she was expectantly happy about the prospect and told her brother to not worry about paying the debt.Rhodrich also pushed him to take her as a wife.

## Retainers and Friends

### Erwin von Arnim

Erwin was Wend's party member, and later became his retainer. They become friends right away as they are sitting next to each other during the orientation at the prep school and go hunting together. He is with Wend when he saves Louise and Ina from the pack of wolves

### Rhodrich

Rhodrich is Wend's chief retainer who governs his estate in Stadtburg. When Wend become an Earl, he moves to the Earldom and becomes its governor in charge of all the development. He is a huge admirer of Wend's and serves him loyally. He has dedicated his life to see Wend achieve even more greatness. Rhodrich's family ties to a merchant family meant he was well versed in accounting, administrating and general managing of all essential items within an estate. His pedigree as a former champion within the Spear division only heighten his value even more to Wendelin. He pushes Wend to hurry up and have children and to find more wives. He told Wend in reference to Amalie Mainbach. "She has experience in giving birth, and she’s still young, so please do your best."

### Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong

He is Head Magician of the Helmut Kingdom, the childhood friend and personal confident to the king, Helmut the 37th, a former rival to the late Alfred Reinford, and uncle (with his sister being the mother) to Wend's first legal wife Elise Katharina von Hohenheim. He is also amongst a long line of mentorship & teacher to Wend's ever growing magic capacity.

### Brantark Ringstat

Brantark is the first teacher to Wend's mentor Alfred Reinford. While Brantark's mana capacity is far less compared to that of Wend, Alfred & Klimt, his vast knowledge and experience often balance out the differences. Brantark also has the uncanny ability to sense other mages whom he had met over long distances over the continent. He too is an avid adventurer who have many accomplished deeds on his belt, including the slaying of a fire dragon during his early trials. He would later become a retainer and resident head mage to MargraveBleichröder.

### Dominique

She is the head maid of the Baumeister Household and is married to Kaspar, who is the gardener of the household. They have one child together. She is Elise Katharina von Hohenheim best friend from childhood and is totally trusted by Wend and his family members.

### Crown Prince

Wend and him are very good friends as shown by two of Wend's children being engaged to his children. Wend takes him on hunting trips. When Wend went back to Urquhart Holy Empire for Erwin's wedding he was upset that Wend didn't take him with them.

### King Helmut

Wend and King Helmut can be considered good friends by the fact that two of Wend's children are engaged to his son's children. He counts on Wend to help the Kingdom out when there are serious problems that need to be taken care of. He knows he can not push things onto Wend that might cause him to become dissatisfied with the Kingdom and defect to another Kingdom. This was shown when the King's advisors wanted the King to push all the unmarried princess onto to Wend as wives.

### Warren

They are friends and he trusts Warren opinions. He asks Warren to teach Amalie's two son's basic sword play. Warren also realized that

### Arterio Marchen

They have a good friendship and an even better business relationship. When they first met he instructed Wend on how to act in front of King Helmut after he slayed his first dragon, He would help Wend acquire certain herbs for thing Wend wanted to create and after creating the products he would give them to Arterio to market. Thanks to this Arterio has become one of the biggest merchants in the Kingdom.

### Unnamed Retainers

There are many illegitimate and 3rd sons and below of powerful nobles and cabinet ministers employed by Wend. Due to his territory expanding quickly he held a marriage interview to find wives for his retainers.

### Yeff

Yeff(イェフ, I~efu) Wend needed to hire an expert seal official in a hurry so he hired Yeff. He is the second son of Mr. Breier who is serving as seal official of the Margrave Breithilde household.

## References

1. ↑ [HHT Chapter 46 Coming-home-after-a-long-while
2. ↑ HHT Chapter 49 - Stay-at-the-baumeister-territory-and-kurts-troubles
3. ↑ HHT Chapter-47-once-again-klaus
4. ↑ HHT chapter-49-stay-at-the-baumeister-territory-and-kurts-troubles
5. ↑ HHT Chapter 30 - Erich-nii-sans-marriage
6. ↑ HHT Chapter 11 - Parting with Master
7. ↑ HHT Chapter 55 - beginning-the-development-of-the-baumeister-earldom/
8. ↑ HHT Volume 15 Chapter-6-graduation-and-future-careers
9. ↑ HHT Chapter 61 - Waigel households revival
10. ↑ HHT volume-12 chapter-7 - Finally-the-martial-arts-tournament
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 HHT Interlude 12 - The lords weird instruction
12. ↑ HHT Volume-11 chapter-4 - Being-able-to-help-with-the-reunion-between-parent-and-child
13. ↑ HHT Volume 15 Chapter 6 - Graduation and future careers
14. ↑ HHT volume-14/chapter-5 - Wendelin gives flowers as a gift
15. ↑ HHT volume-14 chapter-6 - Wendelin helps out at a restaurant again
16. ↑ [HHT volume-14/chapter-8-troublesome-matters-are-increasing-in-various-ways-even-while-i-work-as-teacher
17. ↑ [HHT Chapter 44 - The-numerous-rewards
18. ↑ HHT chapter-60-a-new-trigger
19. ↑ HHT Chapter 61- waigel-households-revival
20. ↑ HHT Chapter 75 - a-nobles-wedding-ceremony-and-bridal-night-are-troublesome
21. ↑ HHT Volume 17 Chapter 4 - funeral-and-pope-election