Klaus

Klaus(クラウス, Kurausu) was the Village Leader of the main village in the Baumeister Knight Territory and a supporting character for the first 3 arc's of the Novel. 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.

Background
He is the second son of the previous Village Head.He survived the Demon Forest Expedition and planning to become a farmer. His older brother dies of an illness which promoted him to Village Head.

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 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 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.

Leila
His only daughter that he loves and wants to protect. He see all his actions in the territory as a way of securing her future. This comes to pass when Wend and Hermann take over the territory and give Wends store to her 2 daughters.

Artur von Benno Baumeister
He has a business relationship with him, but as far as a personal relationship it is not considered good. Klaus thinks that Artur has something to do with his sons death. He didn't found out the truth till Kurt was killed and Artur explains what really happened. Even though he knows what Artur told him was the truth, it still didn't improve their relationship.

Kurt Baumeister
He tolerates Kurt since he was suppose to become the next lord, but he realizes that Kurt is ignorant and will be the worst thing for the village. He actively at first purses Erich then Wend to take over the territory. He felt that if Kurt became the next lord it would lead to the end of the Baumeister Knight Territory

Gordon
Klaus loved his son very much. Both Klaus's son and his daughters fiancée died from falling from a cliff at this same time after they went hunting with Artur von Benno Baumeister. The rumor in the village is that Artur von Benno Baumeister might have had something to do with their death since he ended up marrying Leyla.

Agnes
First Granddaughter fifteen years old, 1st appearance Novel Chapter 19

Katrina
Second granddaughter, fourteen years, 1st appearance Novel Chapter 19

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
From when Wend was a child he realized that he would be a better feudal lord than Kurt and approached him to for th is fact. Wend told him he had no desired ever after he explained how Kurt was going to destroy the territory. Once Wend returned to clear the zombies he realized that they were actually there to remove Kurt and assisted at riling Kurt up.

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

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