Benno

Benno (ベンノ Benno) is a merchant who takes young Myne and Lutz under his wing to help them become merchants themselves, also to profit from Myne's inventions as much as he can. Myne considers him the Gutenberg of plant paper.

His youngest sister Corinna is Otto's wife. He has a second younger sister (older than Corinna), who is married and lives in another city.

His height is average. He has milk-tea colored hair and dark red eyes.

Benno seems cold and menacing at first glance. However, he shows concern for his family and friends. Concerned about Myne's health, he paid her three small gold coins for information on rinsham, which was enough to buy a magic tool used to ease the symptoms of the Devouring.

Benno is said to have softened a little due to Myne’s influence.

After his father was killed by bandits, Benno took over the operation of the Gilberta Company, abandoning his dream in order to protect his family’s store. At the time, his mother was bedridden with grief and Benno had recently reached adulthood. With the future of the company in doubt, the majority of lehange (darua) chose not to renew their contracts. Among those that remained, Mark assisted Benno in rebuilding the store, becoming his trusted right-hand man.

Around that time, Benno came into conflict with Gustav. Gustav proposed marriage to Benno’s mother shortly after she became a widow. He also attempted to arrange a marriage between his daughter and Benno shortly after the death of Benno’s lover Liz, and later suggested a marriage between his sons and Benno's two younger sisters, causing one of the sisters to flee to another city. Benno interpreted his offers as insensitive, thinly veiled attempts to take over the company and developed a lasting dislike for Gustav.

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 * Benno is surprisingly inept when working with his hands. When peeling the bark off of wood for paper-making he was even worse than Myne with her tiny hands.


 * His Japanese voice actor, Takehito Koyasu, voices Dio Brando from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
 * Benno's dream was to become a world-influential merchant.