Freoncoise

About
Freoncoise is the owner of the Yum Yum Diner restaurant in Toushin City.

She was one of the oldest residents of the small city, and served as something of an unofficial leader figure within it as a result. As her diner was the only eatery in the community when it was still located on Toushin Toshi Upsilon, it served as a popular meeting place for the city's populace.

In Rance IV, Freoncoise was the first person on Toushin Upsilon encountered by Rance and Sill Plain. She offered to buy new clothing and equipment for Rance, whose previous clothes were left in an alternate dimension after his encounter with Demon King Gele, in exchange for Sill paying off the costs by working for her as a waitress. Rance immediately opposed the idea, declaring that Sill was only allowed to work for him, and battled Freoncoise for Sill's servitude. However, as he had been reduced to level 1 after returning from the dimensional rift, Rance lost the encounter and was forced to temporarily work without Sill at his side. After gaining a few levels training in a nearby tower, Rance was able to defeat Freoncoise and Sill was allowed to travel with him again. Following this, Freoncoise allowed Rance and his party to stay at her inn for the remainder of the game. Other girls that came to Rance's rescue from Leazas also started working with her when not adventuring with Rance, like Julia Lindum and Kanami Kentou.

After Upsilon crashed into The Continent following the defeat of its Toushin, Freoncoise assisted in rebuilding the damaged city. While it is unknown what happened to her after the city was successfully reconstructed, she likely simply resumed running her diner.

Personality and Appearance
Freoncoise is a middle aged woman with a large, hefty body and sandy brown hair. She is only ever shown wearing as standard waitress uniform consisting of a simple blue dress, a white apron and a white bonnet.

She is a kind and matronly woman who is willing to welcome everyone into her town with open arms, though as she is old and unattractive, Rance hardly cares about these positive qualities and acts very rude towards her. She is far from a pushover, however, and can only tolerate Rance's behavior for a few minutes before kicking him out of her restaurant. She is also shown to be levelheaded in times of crisis, and remained calm and focused even when the city was being overrun with monsters.

Abilities
Despite her age and lack of formal training, Freoncoise is actually a rather strong woman. She possesses both a large build and a talent for fighting, allowing for her to be substantially stronger than an average civilian, to the point of being able to effortlessly defeat Rance when his level was reduced to 1. In addition, her being at her Level Cap implies that she has seen combat fairly regularly, suggesting she is an experienced fighter. As Ylapu City had long lost its strongest fighters by the time Rance and Sill discovered it, she was likely the strongest person in the city at the time they arrived by a wide margin.

However, her strength is only very impressive when compared to the average untrained civilian, as she quickly falls when fighting against Rance after he had reached a level closer to hers.

In addition to her fighting ability, she is a competent chef, as Rance enjoys eating her cooking, though he finds the taste lessened by his knowledge that it was made by an ugly woman.