Klaus

''Klaus is one of the male supporting tritagonist, then an antagonist, then back to a male supporting tritagonist in "Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!" He was the Village Leader of the main village in the Baumeister Knight Territory and after his two grandson's rebelled he resigned and became an advisor to Wend.''

Appearance
Klaus is an elderly man between 60-70 with a slight build with brown hair and eyes

Personality
He is easy going and wants to make sure that all the townspeople are well cared for, but Klaus has a troublesome and cunning nature. He always has a smile on his face that is disturbing in some aspect.

Etymology

 * Klaus is German and means "Victory of the People."

Background
He is the second son of the previous Village Head. He survived the Demon Forest Expedition and planned on becoming a farmer but his older brother suddenly died of an illness which promoted him to Village Head. He and other 2nd and 3rd sons use to travel to Breitburg in order to buy goods for the territory.

Plot
Before Wendelin von Benno Baumeister leaves home he approaches Wend and asks him to succeed as the heir to his father and explains that Kurt von Benno Baumeister only treats his allies well and that there is no future if Kurt is allowed to take over. He explains that this is what the King wants but they can't force Artur von Benno Baumeister to name Wend as the heir. When Wend comes back to take care of the zombie problem he again tries to get Wend to take over the family.

It is insinuated that Klaus was pushing Wend to become the next Lord as he wanted revenge against Artur as he believed he has something to do with his son and future son in law dying. After Artur explains to Klaus that Gordon and Hein hated each other as Hein had his eye on becoming the next village head after he married Leyla. He further explains that both of them were fighting and that Hein probably decided to Kill Gordon and they both fell off the cliff fighting. Artur also explained that he took Leyla as a mistress to stop the other village heads from trying to marry her and take over the main village.

When Wend comes home for the first time Klaus gets permission from Artur for Wend to hold a Bazaar to sell things that the citizens have a hard time getting. Since Wend has a a lot of items that have been given as gifts or he created with magic he agrees to hold the Bazaar. The Bazaar ends up being a great success as Wend and his group sells almost everything and some items sold out causing Wend to take out more from his magic bag. Even though Klaus said this was to help out the citizens, his main motive to erode Kurt's image in the eyes of the villagers.

After he failed with the attempted coup of Hermann von Benno Baumeister territory he made an agreement with Wend to retire and let the children of Agnes and Katrina become the next village leader. His two grandsons, Walter and Karl who participated in the coup, were stripped of their home, land and were banished from the village. He became a retainer to Wend, but Wend still doesn't fully trust him.

Abilities
Klaus has normal human mana

Skills
He is very smart and knows what is best for the people and realizes that the town will prosper if Wend becomes the lord. He is man who is skilled at seeing quite well through people. He pushed Wend to create a bazaar for the people saying it was to help the townsfolk to get things that they only had a chance to get 3 tines a year, but he really was doing it so the townspeople would come to support Wend.

Quotes
"If it’s Wendelin-sama, I feel that he won’t have such troubles though…"

- Klaus to Kurt

"As expected of Baron Baumeister-sama. You are even very popular with the children of Hermann-sama."

- Klaus to Wend

"Burkhart-sama, I’m assessing the base of a tree. I don’t evaluate such dirty, withered leaf attached to a twig"

- Klaus to Burkhart about Kurt

"nfluenced by the inheritance by Kurt-sama, it will contribute to the stability within the territory. With such calming parts, there isn’t any reason to not make a move on women of his liking. He is raising such a beast. That gentleman."

- Klaus to Wend about Artur

Trivia

 * He has a poor relationship with the other 2 villages as they don't trust him.
 * In the Novel he came to Wend when he was 11 asking him to take over as feudal lord. In the Anime he came to him when Wend returned to defeat the Zombies.
 * When Wend returned home to purify the undead and decided to stay and force Kurt out, Klaus realized what Wends plans were and started to say and do things to upset Kurt. Wend and Burkhart realized this and also realized that he is a very cunning person.
 * He gave the idea to Hermann and Marlene to market the Honey Liquor.
 * After Wend watches him convince the captured troops of Margrave Browig who caused the rebellion in the Baumeister Knight Territory to join Wend's Earldom, Wend can't help but be convinced that Klaus is a real swindler
 * He started a rumor in the Baumeister Knight Territory - "If we aspire to systematically enlarge the territory, wouldn’t it be better to have Erich as next family head then?"
 * In Chapter 46 of the Manga it states that Klaus is married to a young woman, but the picture is of his daughter. In the Novel his wife is deceased and it never states he remarried. Might be a translation error.
 * He wanted to reduce the Baumeister's power in the territory due to the death of his son.