Rüdiger Wilhelm von Brant

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 Rüdiger  ''Wilhelm von Brant is one of the minor male supporter characters in "Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!" . He is the father of Miriam Wilhelm von Brandt and father in law of Erich Baumeister''

Appearance
He is approximately sixty years old, silver-gray haired man with refined characteristics.

Personality
He seems to have a laid back honest personality, unlike most nobles. Even when he was being pressured by others that were trying to force their sons onto him he calmly listed to them, but still chose Erich in the end.

Background
He has previously married, but his wife died before she produced any children. He married his second wife and she only produced one child and she is female. He has been looking for someone worthy to marry his daughter and be adopted into the family.

Plot
He works in the finance department for the kingdom under Finance Minister Rückner. After Erich passed the government test he was assigned to his department. He felt Erich was perfect for his daughter and offered to adopt Erich into his family by marrying her.

Etymology

 * Rüdiger comes from Old High German and its meaning is from the words "Hruod" which means "Fame" and "Gger" which means "Spear."
 * Wilhelm is German and means "Resolute Protector."
 * von is Dutch and means one of "Noble" birth.
 * Brant is German and means "Sword."

Abilities
He is has normal human mana

Skills
Since he is a noble he knows how to work in noble circles and helps Wend navigate them.

Erich Baumeister
Erich-nii-san, who had just passed the junior governmental official examination, was assigned as subordinate to him. He observed him for 2 years and was pleased with the young man, he chose him as inheritor and marry his daughter. It took time him time to to set the marriage up due to other nobles wanting their son to be adopted into his family and relatives who might try and take the peerage. Most of these people went away after Wend slew the dragon and was awarded the title of Baronet and the Double Dragon Medal.

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
When Wend first becomes a noble he gives him good advice and help stop others who either want to become his retainer or give their daughters as wives from bothering him. Wend thinks he "is several tens times more reliable than our father and our other brothers"

Viscount Mongérard
He is the patron of the Brandt family and wanted to marry someone from his family to Miriam besides Erich. He dropped this due to Wend with saying "Even if you forcibly send in others besides Erich, that cool gentlemanly dragon-slaying hero will get mad if the marriage is cancelled and considering the circumstances, he mustn’t get angry, otherwise it would become unbearable here."

Trivia

 * He was ecstatic once he found out who Erich's younger brother was a it would bring prestige to his family. Other nobles would be trying to make a connection with his family to try and get close to Wend.