Paul von Benno Baumeister

Paul Baumeister is Wendelin Baumeister's elder brother, the 3rd son of the Baumeister family.

Background
He and his brother Helmut originally went to the capitol to find a life for themselves as members of the military. Since they were not the first or second sons they had no future in the Baumeister Knight Territory.

Plot
After Wend was granted a  peerage, Paul is swept up by General Edgar in his plot to gain influence over Wend.

He was dispatched as squad leader with four others (Siegard ; Ottmer; Gotthart; Rudi; {all of whom became his retainers later} & a special personal guard, Wilma Etol von Asgahan adopted daughter of Edgar, to Wend when he went to visit his home as his honor guards to protect Wend from a plot already set in motion by King Helmut and his ministers.

Afterwards, he is awarded by the Kingdom the title of 6th rank Associate Baron and was given land alongside Wend's domain for his own to cultivate. He also took in his parents and the recently widowed Amalie into his home.

Abilities
He is has normal human mana

Skills
He is an excellent solider and had received several promotions, possibly because of Wend, before he was awarded a peerage.

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
At the beginning of the novel, due to their difference in age, he really had nothing to do with Wend. It wasn't till Erich wedding that their relationship started to improve. They became like true brothers when he accompanied Wend back to he Baumeister Knight Territory to first complete his inspection report and then to help Wend remove Kurt. Wend helped him develop his land and also gave him extra money each month to take care of Amalie and her sons.

General Edgar
While he was in the military Edgar was his patron. When Wend rose to prominence he promoted Paul to help him establish a relationship with Wend. Paul also was party to Edgar sending Wilma to become one of Wend concubines.

King Helmut
Helmut realized early on that doing things for Wend's brother would curry favor with Wend so he gave him an Baronet peerage after the Kurt incident. His reasoning was Paul helped defeat Kurt and saved lives. Paul was stunned by this as all he did was hide inside Wend barrier.

Retainers
The four were original Wends guards when he returned to the Baumeister Knight Territory after dealing with the zombies. General Edgar sent a letter to them telling them they will be retired temporary so the can continue to protect Wend and as a reward they will be made Paul's retainers as he will become an associate baron in the future, they were overjoyed.

Gotthart Theodorich Philips
His white, close to silver, hair is extending down to his hips. He was a man in his twenties with the curt, thin tone being his feature. He is holding the eighth rank with his father being the third son of Viscount Philips.

Siegard von Viktor Runmer
The third son of the Knight Runmer household a 19 year old blonde-haired, blue-eyed ikemen boy. He is a platoon leader in charge of dozens of soldiers. After he was made a retainer he proposed to his girlfriend Christa

Rudi Urban Reister
He had dark brown hair. He appears to be a normal old man you can meet anywhere. With his family’s home being a small grocery store, he joined the guards since he couldn’t succeed the store as second son. Since his enlistment, he has been earnestly serving as subordinate soldier for twenty years. He has a wife and children

Ottmer von Bleibtreu.
The fourth son of the Associate Baron Bleibtreu household. He has characteristically flat, black hair and a chubby figure, it was a man around half through his twenties. His weapon is a gigantic wooden hammer. He made the suggestion to just kill Kurt and be done with it.

Trivia

 * He married into a noble family due Wend being his brother. The other noble family was looking to have good ties with Wend. He knows this is the reason and considers himself as being useless.
 * His retainers just wanted to kill Kurt and say it was an accident, Wend stopped them.
 * He is considered a branch family of Wend's.