Chapter 13: Heir’s marriage

Storyline
Wend explains that the Baumeister Knight Territory is on the frontier of the kingdom and that he is just the useless 8th son. But since he is a noble he can do what he wants and doesn't have to work in the fields. He has 2 half-brothers and 2 half-sisters but his mother told him since they are commoners he cannot acknowledge them as family. He also explains about royals and their quirks. While talking to Erich, Erich explains that he is going to the Royal Capital to take the test to become a bureaucrat. While eating diner it is told that Kurt's wedding to Amalie will happen next week once she arrives in their territory. After diner Wend and his 3 brothers go back to their room and the brothers start packing. Wend questions them and they explain that it is agreed upon once Kurt is married they will renounce their claim to the peerage and leave the territory. Erich dismiss the family as saying there is no one who wants to come and marry them. Hermann laments that it might be better to marry like Kurt. At the end Wend is upset as he will lose the only person who understands him.

Characters
Wendelin von Benno Baumeister

Erich Baumeister

Hermann von Benno Baumeister

Locations
Baumeister Knight Territory