Foss Seluo

Foss Seluo (フォス・セルオ) is the owner of the Water Sprite Inn in the seaside town of Ur.

Appearance
Foss is an elderly looking man to be in his 60s with a magnificent mustache and grizzled white hair.

Personality
Foss is very polite and is willing to offer advice to his customers when they need help. As a result his many years of work as an innkeeper, he is able to read the expressions of people and can easily tell if something is wrong with them.

Foss is very wise and knowledgable. He knows all about Ur's history due to his parents teaching it to him when he was younger. As a result, he is often sought for advise from even Ur's governing figures.

Background
Foss was born in Ur. During his youth, he travelled around Tortus in order to broaden is knowledge. At some point, he became the owner of the Water Sprite Inn, Ur's poshest inn.

Chronology
When Aiko Hatayama the her students that had companied her to Ur were eating dinner one night at the Water Sprite Inn, Foss was checking up on them and asked if they were enjoying their meal, to which they expressed their satisfaction at it. Foss then told them that he would no longer be able to provides seasoned food at his inn due to the increase in monster activity in the Northern Mountain Range that made it difficult to gather the necessary ingredients, and that all the adventurers who ventured the area never returned. Hearing this news caused Aiko and the others to worry of a potential monster attack, but Foss attempted to reassure them by claiming that a strong party of adventurers had arrived in Ur in order to rescue the missing adventurers and uncover the source of the disturbance at the personal request of the Adventurer's Guild's Fuhren Branch Chief Ilwa Chang. Hearing this caused the knights that were also accompanying Aiko to murmur in shock based on Ilwa's well-known reputation throughout the guild. Just then the group of adventurers arrived, which prompted Foss to tell the knights that it would be their best opportunity to talk to them if thy wished to. After hearing a conversation between the adventurers, Aiko immediately recognized one of the voices and soon discovered that it had belonged to her missing student Hajime Nagumo that everyone had believed diid in the Great Orcus Labyrinth. After an awkward reunion with his teacher, Hajime proceeded to have Foss take his order for dinner before being joined by Aiko and her entourage. The next morning, Foss served Hajime breakfast before the latter set off to explore the mountains.

After Hajime had accomplished his objective and left Ur, Foss was checking in on Aiko one night while she was eating dinner. She was unable to enjoy her food due to the shock she experienced from watching Hajime kill his classmate Yukitoshi Shimizu (who was responsible for the rise in monster activity and planned to invade Ur with an army of 60,000 of them before Hajime stopped him). Foss attempted to further accommodate Aiko after seeing her in such a disheartened state. When his efforts failed, he decided to offer her some advice by telling her to just believe in what she felt was right. Hearing this shocked Aiko at how perceptive Foss was, but it helped her to understand a new perspective of her situation and realized that Hajime had killed his classmate in order to shift the fault of his death to him instead of Aiko.

Sometime later, when Ur was experiencing a mysterious phenomenon where it had been raining nonstop for a month, Foss encountered Hajime and his companions at his inn once more while they were traveling to the Hoelscher Empire. Upon greeting Hajime, Foss expressed his shock after seeing that Princess Liliana was among those that were traveling alongside him. Liliana politely greeted Foss and expressed her gratitude towards him for his previous hospitality towards the Hero Party, to which Foss greatly accepted. Foss then inquired as to the reason of their visit, and explained that Ur had sent a messenger to the kingdom not too long ago in order to request aid from them. He then elaborated about the month-long rain that Ur was facing, which was causing damage to the village, as well as revealing a ruin that had been recently discovered deep within the Northern Mountains, believing that they were somehow connected. This caused Hajime and the others to debate on whether or not to investigate the ruin in order to save Ur. When it was ultimately decided that they would resume their initial journey, Foss applied for having brought up an unpleasant issue for them. They then talked about a legend in Ur a water spirit that served God, who would protect the land, as well as punish those would would harm it. The next morning, Foss witnessed the commotion that was caused by Hajime's companions after they had awoken and had lost their memories.

Aiko Hatayama
Foss is very kind to Aiko and her entourage while they stay at his inn. He offers advice to her when she is conflicted about her feelings towards Hajime after he killed Yukitoshi.

Hajime Nagumo
Hajime respects Foss for the service that he provides him while staying at his inn.

Liliana S. B. Heiligh
Liliana shows Foss the utmost respect. She even bows in front of him, which is the greatest form of respect that royalty can bestow a commoner. Unlike most people of Ur, Foss has had several opportunities to see Princess Liliana in person prior to the summoning of the otherworld heroes, albeit from a far.

Quotes

 * (To Aiko): "When you’re not sure what to do, it’s okay to trust in your instincts. People often warn others that blind faith blinds you to the truth. And that certainly is the case, sometimes. But I believe people need faith in something before they can act on it. So if you find yourself stuck, I think it’s okay to just believe in what you feel is right."

Trivia

 * In the Anime, Foss is credited as "Owner Chef of Water Sprite Inn" (水妖精の宿のオーナーシェフ).
 * Foss does not appear in the Manga.