Astraea Libra

**Astraea Libra**「アストレア・ライブラ, *Asutorea Raibura*?」 is a student of Royal Diana Academy assigned to Pandora's Box, the coven Claude Sirius teaches. He is the son of vice headmaster Sven Justice Libra.

## Appearance

Astraea is a tall young man. His hair is slightly messy and swept to the left, covering a bit of his eye. It's also longer in the back, where it reaches down to his shoulders. His hair color is black with a hint of green. Astraea wears round glasses, but is fine without them due to his magic.

During school, he wears a standard Diana Royal Academy school uniform with a Libra badge on the left side of his chest. His casual outfit consists of a loose shirt with thin vertical stripes and a black ribbon. The shirt is tucked into long black pants.

Astraea's wand looks like a tiny sword. He can extend it into an actual sword using magic.

## Personality

Astrea is a womanizer and is often seen hitting on women, including his classmates and even the school staff. He uses a charming approach, showering the girl with compliments. His attention can quickly shift to other nearby girls though, making his shtick pretty obvious to the people around him. He is especially fond of Pollux though, which causes frequent arguments and fights with Castor.

He is very confident in his abilities, often expressed through provocation like condescending comments towards his opponents, or engaging in fights with his eyes closed. He also keeps his calm attitude and a smile while doing so. If he gets truly passionate, like when he thinks he is fighting for the sake of love, he shows a more serious side and may even unlock new powers.

Despite performing well in school, his father considers Astraea to be an undisciplined problem child due to his obsessive nature. Even Claude wonders if he is truly the son of someone as highly esteemed and recognized as Sven Justice Libra. If Astraea indulges in something he actually cares about, he very much comes after his father though, and appears like a diligent researcher even if his goals may not be as noble as his father's.

## Abilities

#### **Libra Magic**

(天秤座魔法ライブラ・マジック *Raibura Majikku*)

Libra Magic is associated witht he concept of "Psychic". It can give the user abilities like enhanced senses and perceptions, or reading minds.

* **Psychic: Eye of Themis** (テミスの目め *Temisu no Me*): Astraea closes his eyes and enhances his senses, giving him near perfect awareness of his surroundings. In this state, he is easily able to dodge punches and parry kicks from Castor Gemini. However, he can still be swarmed and overwhelmed with numbers.
* **Sword of Themis** (テミスの剣けん *Temisu no Ken*): Astraea turns his wand into a sword. Attacks from this sword do not physically harm their targets, but "cut through mind and thought", rendering the targets unable to move.

#### **Advanced Potion Synthesis**

In addition to synthesizing magic potions from recipe, Astraea can add in additional effects, improving the recipe beyond its written results.

* **Gender-bending Powder**: Temporarily switches the gender of those affected. In addition, the new appearances of those affected are customized to their new gender, if not also adjusted to any possible optimal looks. These effects are powerful enough to even affect Claude Sirius. Changing gender can also have an effect on the person's mind. Astraea and Castor Gemini harbor mutual dislike towards each other, but Astraea in his female form blushes from Castor's accidental approach.

## Trivia

* Astraea is named after the goddess of the same name from Greek mythology. She is known as the virgin goddess of justice and precision, fitting with the Libra theme. "5 Astraea" is also the name of an asteroid, continuing the theme of most characters being named after astronomical objects.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Chapter 17
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 4