Alba, Cornelius

コルネリウス＝アルバ

As the director of Sponheim Abbey, he is a powerful Magus and a friend of Aozaki Touko and Araya Souren from their time studying at the London branch of the Mage's Association. Cornelius is a direct descendant of the Renaissance-era scholar and magus Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim. Despite his appearance—described in the novel as "an agreeable youth in his twenties"—he is over fifty years old and possesses a cruel disposition.
He and Touko were on good terms during their student days until Touko surpassed him in the study of Runes. He is so consumed by this inferiority complex that he occasionally becomes deranged when speaking of her. His sole reason for aiding Araya is to kill Touko to prove his superiority.