Freoncoise

About
The owner of the Yum Yum Diner restaurant in Toushin City.

She is one of the oldest residents of the small city, and serves 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 all residents for the city.

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 remains calm and focused even when the city is being overrun with monsters.

In Rance IV, she was the first person on Toushin Upsilon encountered by Rance and Sill. 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 as a waitress for her. Rance immediately opposed the idea, declaring that Sill was only allowed to work for him, and battled Freoncoise for Sill's freedom. 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 the 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.

It is unknown what happened to her after Upsilon crashed, but she is confirmed to have survived and is likely still running the diner.

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 Toushin 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.

trivia

 * She is one of the few women rance hasn't tried to have sex with.