Alfred

*"Welcome to Duke Redford's Residence. I am Alfred, the head butler of this mansion."*
—Alfred upon greeting Kento, Sheep 59.

**Alfred** (full name unknown, also known as "**Alf**") is the current headbutler of the Redford Ducal Residence and works for Chris Redford as his personal butler. A very skilled butler, Alfred is currently a S-Rank butler possessing a Golden Badge, the most rare of all Butler Badges and only one person receives it every 10 years, in which gives him the high reputation to be a respected butler. His relationship with his master is somewhat comedic, as Chris will often mention how he wants to quit his position of a duke and become a butler himself, much to Alfred's dismay.

For a long time, Alfred would capture the many escapes of young master Kento Shibata (now Redford) with great success, much to Kento's anger. To the recommendation of his uncle, Kento came to Alfred to teach the ways of butlerhood, in which Alfred accepted but would told the young Shibata only one advice: he will not give any lessons and Kento must learn alone, greedily.

## Personality

Alfred is a very calm, well composed and quiet butler, so quiet Kento barely noticed his presence but also possess a very polite trait in his personality as he excused for his impertinence to the young master. Due to his charism and gentleman composure, he is widely well appreciated within the Redford Residence by the other butlers and maids; to the point when Chris Redford decided to remove Alfred's badge with the idea of replacing him, every butlers and maids united to raid on the duke in order to protest against such act, with some mentioning their reasons to work at the residence is because of Alfred: this shows how much Alfred can be an "ideal butler" to others.

But Alfred can show a strict side and being very serious, as seen when Kento begged for him to teach more on how to be a good butler, Alfred only answered he will not give the young master any personal lessons, as Kento must learn all by himself and harshly, greedily. He also seems to be never tired or bored of constantly catching Kento and his escapades.

## Appearances

### Physical Appearances

Alfred is a very tall butler with a slender frame, similar to almost every other butlers in the franchise. Kento would notice Alfred has a rather sturdy build, hinting he possibly has a good muscle mass. Although he seems physically young, he is probably between his late 30's and early 40's. He is even slightly taller than his master Chris and probably one of the tallest butlers in the series, his height could possibly surpass Rihito or Sakuraba. At most times, Alfred is seen with his eyes closed, which is often portrayed for a butler to display a composed attitude toward people he greets (given the fact he is naturally very tranquil, this matches Alfred's personality). He rarely opens his eyes, the only time when his eyes were opened was when he warned Kento he will not give any sorts of lessons and must learn alone.

*"Oh, and I won't be giving you personal lessons. You must learn alone, greedily."*
—Alfred warning Kento on how he must learn.

### Clothing & Outfits

Alfred has jet black, short hair with a two rebellious bangs pointing frontward. He wears a traditional outfit for butler, a black suit with a pair of white gloves and a bowtie, with the Golden S Badge present on his chest.

## Butler Information

### Overview Information

Alfred is one of the very few butlers to be qualified of the S-Rank, as well possessing the Golden S Badge: this proves how much he's very skilled and strong as a butler, being officially recognized by the National Butlers' Committee. So far, Alfred has barely show his butler skills on the field but seems to be a butler who mainly works within the residence and doesn't seems to be oriented into combats or espionages. Due to his years of experiences and his hidden abilities, it can be plausible Alfred is one of the strongest butlers in the manga series, possibly surpassing Rihito in terms of experiences.

### Butler Skills

* **Butler Charisma**: Despite his small presence in the manga, Alfred is one of the most charismatic butlers in the series and is constantly praised by his fellow peers; every butlers and maids within the Redford Mansion loves his calm personality to the point when the Duke himself wanted to choose a younger butler to replace him caused a massive uproar from the butlers and maids who wanted to protect Alfred.
* **Stealth Mastery/Hidden Presence**: Despite his tall height and large build, Alfred can be incredibly subtle and silencious to the point people around him does not notice his presence. Even a butler with incredible sharp senses like Kento couldn't notice him at all.
* **Peak Physical Condition**: Alfred's physical prowess has proven to be far superior than the other butlers in the mansion, as he managed to easily subdue the wild and rebellious Kento Shibata and successfully captured each and every of the young Shibata's escapades without little efforts.
	+ **High Intelligence**: To obtain the Golden Badge isn't only a matter of physical prowess but also intelligence and Alfred is among the prime examples of butlers possessing a high intellectual. He has easily predicted and foresaw all of Kento's runaway attempts, who is known to also have a high intelligence for his age.
	+ **High Stamina**: Alfred has yet to show any signs of fatigue when catching Kento and his escapades and was never seen complaining about the runaways becoming a weekly to a daily basis.

## Relationships

* **Chris Redford**: Alfred respects Chris Redford ultimately and the two of them have a great friendship together, although sometimes Alfred questions his master's ideas. Alfred did not argued or fought back when Chris wanted to remove his badge and replace him with a younger butler, as Alfred respect every choices Chris decides and makes.
* **Kento "Redford" Shibata**: Alfred initially view Kento as a rebellious young boy until the latter wanted to become his student. He acknowledges the incredible progress of Kento's way to butlerhood, believing there are no other servants in the Redford Residence who can match the young master. Alfred even claimed he is unworthy next to Kento's skills, when asked by Chris if he is as good as Kento.
* **Redford Residence's Butlers & Maids**: Every butlers and maids look up to Alfred as the "ideal servant". They deeply respect, praise and love him, with most of the servants in the residence claimed the reason why they work there is because of Alfred.

## Quotes

*"Excuse my impertinence, Kento-sama."*
—Alfred, before lifting Kento.
*"Very well. However, you can only learnf from me at night. You must study during the day."*
—Alfred to Kento.

## Trivia

* Like most butlers, Alfred's family name is unknown and never mentioned, with the possibility for his master Chris Redford and perhaps some maids or butlers in the Redford Ducal Residence knows his full name. However, it can be highly assumed his full name can be from English origins if his birthplace is from London.
* He is probably one of the most powerful butlers in the franchise, whether he is equal or maybe stronger to the likes of Rihito and Sakuraba remains unsolved.