Qifrey is a witch and Coco's teacher. He runs an atelier and currently has four disciples.

He is a caring teacher who patiently teaches his students magic. This is especially true for Coco, who has no special abilities as a witch at first but he continues to encourage her until she can draw magic skillfully. He is protective of all his disciples, as seen from how he protects them from being taken by Esheath from the Magic Security Council. However, Qifrey is overly obsessed with his goal to locate the Brimmed Hats, with his gentle attitude oftentimes replaced by a buried hatred he has always hidden. It appears he had a personal agenda against the Brimmed Hats, as well.

~!The reason Qifrey has a grudge towards the Brimmed Hats is that they are responsible for taking away his memories and right eye as a child. He was later locked in a coffin, buried under a tree, and left there to die as it slowly filled with water. Thankfully, people from the Magic Security Council and Sage Beldarut found him and rescued him from his miserable condition, which later on he would become the pupil of Sage Beldarut. Qifrey also went to the Tower of Books in order to find an answer on how to solve the problem of his missing memories and right eye, but for that, he must use forbidden magic, and as such his issue remains unsolved.!~

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
 
Notes: 
- Nominated for the 11th Manga Taishou Award in 2018. 
- Won the Daruma d'Or at Japan Expo in 2019. 
- Won Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia at the Eisner Awards in 2020. 
- Won the Best Manga Award at the Harvey Awards in 2020.

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch … until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem... 
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

Evening falls on Qifrey’s atelier, and Coco and her fellow witches-in-training take to their beds. In the quiet of midnight, Qifrey and Olruggio are finally free to pursue their culinary experiments. The kitchen comes alive as they whip up puddings, stews, parfaits, and jellies, and when the sun rises, Coco and the gang are there to savor every bite! 

Includes a variety of real sweet and savory recipes with step-by-step instructions. 

(Source: Kodansha USA)