Alfred Reinford

Alfred Reinford(アルフレッドラインフォード, Arufureddorainfōdo) was a former adventurer and the magic teacher of Wendelin. He was also the former court magician of the late Margrave Bleichroder, father to Amadeus, the current Margrave Bleichroder.

Appearance
Alfred had long light-colored hair and dark-colored eyes. He wore a golden tiara, a dark-colored cape, a white dress shirt, dark-colored pants, and boots. He is also one of the most handsome (イケメン - ikemen) characters in the series.

Personality
Alfred was an affable and kind person. He wanted to have a disciple who he can pass the magic he learnt over 30 years onto; however, his student Wend was too amazed from his lessons to care.

Background
Alfred was originally an orphan who had an aptitude for magic and made money as an adventurer.After he retire he became the head magician of Amadeus Freitak von Bleichröder father. His father was looking for a cure for his eldest son and went to the Demon forest to try and kill a dragon. Alfred along with 2000 soldiers lost there lives, but due to his regret of not having a disciple he became a Talking Corpse.

Plot
He lived in the Demon forest and did not move around much till he detected Wends mana. He came to Wend and introduced himself and offered to teach Wend magic. He spent the next three weeks with Wend teaching him everything he knew. At the end of the three weeks he had reached his limit as a talking corpse and had Wend purify him before he became a Lich. His soul would be summoned during the head magician of Duke Nürnberg during the  Urquhart Holy Empire civil war to fight against Wend. Wend eventually killed the magician and said goodbye to Alfred a second time along with Armstrong and Burkhart.

Magic Proficiency
Prodigious Magic Talent -Alfred has an unimaginable talent for magic. He is shown to have more magic capacity than his master, Brantark Ringstat.


 * Stone, Wind, Fire, and Ice Sword.

Incredible Magic Control - Alfred is unparalleled in magic control. He has no equal and is considered one of the most efficient mages in the world. It is also due to his magic control that he was ranked among the Top 5 mages in the Lingaea Continent at his time.

Wendelin von Benno Baumeister
Wendelin became Alfred's pupil after sensing Wend's magical talent. As he desired to have a disciple who he can pass his magical knowledge onto, Wend became the one he was looking for. Alfred was very happy to have met Wendelin. He was very amazed by Wendelin's magic capacity even stating that he hasn't yet reached his limit despite being so young. Alfred taught him all kinds of magic believing that he would one day surpass him. After completing Wend's magic training, there was one thing he wanted Well to do: to help him pass onto the afterlife peacefully before becoming a zombie. Alfred taught Wend "Holy" so Wend could purify him to prevent him from losing all consciousness and reason and attacking people on instinct. In his final moments, Alfred said that he was satisfied and wanted Wend to become a great magician by working hard without being conceited. He left instructions in the magic bag he gave Wend telling him how to take ownership of his estate and to change the magic golems there to recognize Wend as their new master. Even though Wend will have other teachers, Alfred will be the only one he will recognize as his true master.

Brantark Ringstat
Brantark is Alfred's magic teacher and friend.

Klimt Kristoff von Armstrong
Rival and best friend

Quotes
"Finally, a human on the same wavelength. What is your name?"

- Alfred to Wend upon their first meeting <

"You, Wend, will become a magician that will leave his mark on the pages of history…"

- Alfred to Wend before being purified

"This is a beautiful spell, Wend. I don’t feel any pain. Instead, it’s like I’ve been wrapped in a pleasant warmth"

- Alfred to Wend while being purified

Trivia

 * Wend cleansed him in Chapter 11.
 * In the Novel, Wend knows from the beginning that he a Talking Corpse. In the Anime Wend doesn't know till he is asked by Alfred to purify him.
 * Wend took all the notes he had left for him and turned them into a book to be used to be a guideline for teaching magic. Even thought Wend created the book, he name Alfred as the author so future generations will know his name
 * Even though he had the greatest impact on Wend's life, he is only in 2 chapters and they only spent 3 weeks together.
 * It was planned that he would have married Amadeus sister, Anita.