Foss Seluo

Foss Seluo (フォス・セルオ) is a character from the "Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō" series.

He is the owner of the Water Sprite Inn, the poshest inn in the seaside town of Ur.

Appearance
Foss is an elderly looking man to be in his sixties 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.

Biography
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 Mountains 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.

Relationships

 * Aiko Hatayama - Foss is very kind to Aiko and her entourage while they stay at his inn. He offers advice to her when is conflicted about her Hajime Nagumo after he killed another of her students Yukitoshi Shimizu.
 * Hajime Nagumo - Hajime respects Foss for the service that he has provided him while staying at his inn.

Quotes

 * (To Aiko Hatayama): "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).