Egmund von Hohenheim

Cardinal Hohenheim is one of the major male characters in "Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!"

Appearance
That close to 70-years-old man was wearing gorgeously decorated priest’s clothes. Undoubtedly he was a church official. Moreover he was in a position of being able to freely enter the royal palace. He was sure to be quite the big-shot at the Head Church

Background
Nothing is really given about his background.

Plot
He first appears when Wendelin von Benno Baumeister is explaining how he defeated the Undead Ancient Dragon and agrees with the king that Wend is a very powerful magician. He then offered to preform a true baptism for Wend. Wend accepts this due to Arterio_Marchen recommendation. After Wend has the true baptism, Elise Katharina von Hohenheim ,enters the room to serve tea and the Cardinal basically tricks Wend into taking her as his wife when he comes of age.

Abilities
He has no magic Abilities

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
He thinks highly of Wend given the fact he gave Elise to him as his head wife.

Finance Minister Rückner
After Kurt Baumeister attempted assassination of Wend and his party he came to Finance Minister Rückner and let him know he was highly upset that Rückner gave concessions to Baron Rückner when his plot almost killed Elise Katharina von Hohenheim. This hurt Rückner's standing somewhat.

Trivia

 * He had already gotten King Helmut's permission to marry Elise Katharina von Hohenheim to Wendelin von Benno Baumeister before he had even meet him.
 * He pushed Elise to make sure she bore the first male child to Wend.
 * When he went to King Helmut to get his permission to marry the two, he was informed by King Helmut that Wend's peerage would be rising to Baron soon.